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Shia and Sunni
Imam Ali, upon whom be peace, was
the first Muslim
and the best.He used to listen
well to the words of the
Prophet.He used to obey the Prophet's
instructions and, in
all his actions, was perfectly
submissive to them.He always
helped and assisted the Prophet
and struggled in the way of
righteousness.During the time of the Prophet,
a group amongst the
Muslims were friends of Ali and,
together with Ali, strove
and struggled for the advancement
of the "religion of Islam".These Muslims always used to take
example from Ali's
speech, behavior, manners and morals,
and, like Ali, they
used to obey the instructions of
the Prophet.Our Holy Prophet used to speak
to Ali and that
distinguished group in this fashion;
"O Ali! You and your "Shia" are
the best people on the
earth."Also, sometimes when he saw Ali
with his friends, he
would point to them and say,
"This youth and his "Shia" are
the successful ones."This distinguished group who really
had conviction,
was named by the Holy Prophet,
"Shia".So, from that very day, a Muslim
who followed Imam
Ali in behavior, speech, ethics,
morals, and righteousness,
was called a Shia (Shia means "follower").We Shia believe in what our Holy
Prophet said, that,
after the Prophet, twelve Imams,
one after the other, have
attained to leadership and Imamate.The first Imam is the
Holy Imam Ali, Amir ul-Muminin (P.B.U.H.)
and the twelfth Imam is the Holy
Imam Mehdi (P.B.U.H.).Another group of Muslims are called
"Sunni" or "ahl tasannun"
or "ahl sunnah".These Muslims
recognize Imam
Ali as being the fourth of the
rightly guided successors of the
Prophet, and they love him.All
Muslims, whether Shia or
Sunni, worship the One God and
recognize Muhammad (S.A.)
as being the Holy Prophet and the
Holy Quran as being
their sacred and Divinely-revealed
book.All Muslims, Shia
and Sunni, worship the One God
and seriously refrain from
polytheism and idol-worship and
consider it rejection of
God.They all follow the laws of
the Quran and Islam and
consider themselves as the brothers
and sisters of all other
Muslims.They are kind and compassionate
towards one
another, living with one another
in society in perfect purity,
and striving together and fighting
the declared enemies of
Islam and Muslims.The enemies of Islam strive as
they have always striven
to create differences and discord
between these two groups of
Muslim brothers.However, this
has become clear for the
Muslims now, and they are aware
of their enemies' plans,
Muslims are no more being tricked
by their deceitful enemies'
guile, and day by day they are
improving and strengthening
their relations with each other,
and they both help each other
in understanding the Quran and
the Prophet's traditions.The day when all the Muslims of
the world unite under
one banner and stand up against
the disbelief and oppression
and guile of the "powers" of the
East and West, is very near.And our precious Islam, with the
help of God and the unity of
the Muslims.will finally be victorious
over the age- old forces
of disbelief and materialism.Inshallah.
