Dear Sister Heba, thank you very much for telling me of your experience. It helps to know that there are other sincere believers like yourself. You are ever so right, Allah is the Watcher. Just want to say, we love the Qur'an and love to truly follow it because we truly love Allah and the Qur'an is the only book Allah speaks to us. May Allah guide you and your family even more to the truth.
Thanks Sr. Heba
O yes, me too. and this is how I interpret my feelings. The Noble Quraan says nothing about the Sunni or Shiia faith. It only mentions the Islamic faith, that is, Surrender to Allah. This was the Prophet's message, loud and clear, at the orders of Allah (The Highest). Therefore, I make it quite plain while interacting in other forums that those who call themselves Sunnis or Shiias are just that. They aren't Muslims. One cannot be a Sunni and Muslim together, nor can one be a Shiia and Muslim at the same time. Sunnism and Shiiaism clash with the Message of the Quraan in numerous ways.
Alhamdulillah, beautifully put! All praise be to Allah. One cannot be surrendered to Allah if he or she does not have the dedication to Qur'an. Because, true sincerity leads to exploring the Qur'an, exploring the Qur'an leads to true surrendering. It is Allah who initiates the path of guidance.
"This (Qur'an) is a reminder. Let whoever wishes, take the way to his Lord. But you will only wish to do so if Allah wills. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise." (Qur'an 76:30)The fun of it is that in a Sunni or Shiia forum, if you find two groups consisting of Shiias and Sunnis arguing or quarreling with each other in the traditional way, would you know what's the best way to stop that fight and to unite them together? Just jump into the scenario as a Muslim who's neither a Sunni nor a Shiia and tell them that you follow only the Quraan. In a minute you'll find the Sunnis and Shiias shaking hands and rolling up their sleeves to fight with you. After all, enemy's enemy is always a friend As a Quraan only Muslimah , I've played this role of uniting Sunnis and Shiias in many online quarrels.
looll! very nice explained there. And very true as well. Their religion has become a set of scribbles of sciences, hadiths and nostalgia...nothing more...not true devotion to Allah. When they meet a true servent of Allah, they make him or her an outcast. Sometimes I think, they cant accept life without the tangles of hadith and fiqhs and ulamas.
Also, Ive experienced the difference you state between Sunnis and Shias online. For example, the article on lowering the gaze got deleted from Sunniforum the same day, but its there on Shiachat...though I get refutations in replies. I never had any articles deleted from ShiaChat but have had many deleted articles on Sunni forum, even though the articles challenge hadith, rather the Quranicness of them they cannot accept.
You're absolutely right brother. This is exactly what happens there. What this actually means is that these so-called believers try to challenge the Words of Allah with the words of their sheiks and 'saints.' About such people, Allah has mentioned in the Quraan that now they feel protected taking up for their spiritualists and 'saints' but on the Day of Judgment these so-called saints will forget their disciples and will be busy seeking forgivness for themselves
Alhamdulillah, very well interpreted...the Verse about idols abandoning them. Yet, their concept of associating partners with Allah (shirk) lacks true understanding.
Many thanks sister Zeynab for your post.
I am very happy to know believers like yourselves - Sr. Zeynab, Sr. Cat and others here...and its also reasuring that having taken the Qur'an as the only guide, we come with the same conclusions about Verses which are so differently interpreted by Sunnis and Shias. Its good to talk
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