SHIAISM EXPLAINED! Read Before Converting to Shia

Understanding the Shia Game Plan

OK… So you have a shia friend and he/she is asking you questions about the Islamic History and now you are searching the internet for sunni side explanations…You friend will tell you that this and this happend in history and they will give you references to your own books like Bukhari, Muslim etc. or they will ask you questions wanting you to explain why this event happend… they will want you to discuss and explain events like:

• Ghadir Khumm
• Burial of Prophet Muhammad sallalahu alayhe wasallam
• Issue of Fadak
• The Event of Pen and Paper
• The Event of the Saqifa
• The Hadith of the cloak
• Assault on Fatima (r)
• Fatima’s anger with Abu Bakar (r)
• The Battle of Siffin and Battle of Jamal
• Tragedy of Karbala
• Attitude of Muawiyah and Yazid
• etc etc…

SO WHATS THE CATCH??

By discussing these events they will thus try to prove to you that the companions of Prophet Muhammad sallalahu alayhe wasallam were not loyal to him (naazuzobillah), that Ali (r) was the most virtuous and had many distinctions, while other Sahaba had no distinctions and thus he was the chosen Caliph by Muhammad (saw) and that he and his family ‘the ahle bait’ were persecuted by the other companions, his caliphate was snatched away, all the other Sahaba were apostates and THUS the Sunni Islam is wrong and Shia Islam is the truth! and lo and behold you will stupidly convert to Shiasm and marry your shia boyfriend/girlfriend.

TIME UP! OPEN YOUR EYES!!!

The basis of any religion is its belief system – the Aqaidh (Creed) and not events of history.

First of all the Shias are fed and brainwashed since their childhood and they are fed the ‘fabricated history’ which has been spun by the shias.

The events and issues mentioned above all have logical explanations and most of all the history presented to you by the Shia is highly distorted.

You will find the Truth in non shia books of history… however, the point is that these issues are ir-relevent and leads to nothing but endless debates.

Now.. if for the sake of argument, you accept the shia versions of history and accept the events as the Shia say happened, this in no way proves that the Twelver Shia Islam is the right version of Islam. Why? You may ask… because… read carefully this is important.. the other sects of Shias also believe in the above events of history, but they are not twelver Shias.

Do you know who these other sects are? They are Bohris, Agha Khanis/Ismailies and zaidis. Do you know whats the difference amongst them? Its Immamat.

The 12er Shias claim that there are 12 imams and they were appointed by Allah and the twelfth one is in hiding, but the Agha Khanis say that the chain of Imams has continued till this day and Prince Karim Agha Khan is the present day Imam and the Immamat did not end at the 12th hidden Imam..then there are Zaidis who only believe in the first five Imams!!

Plus there were many many sects of Shias which have faded and everytime their imam died they fell into dispute as to who should be the next imam and this led to creation of many sects among them! So the main thing to prove shisam is their concept of Immamat.

Now, we want answers to a few a questions;

1. Who chose the imams and how?
2. If Ali chose Hasan to be Imam, then shouldn’t Hasan’s son be the next Imam? Why did Hussain become the next Imam and who chose him? (radyallahu anhum)
3. Why did the Immamat continue in the sons of Hussain and not of Hasan? (r)
4. What was the purpose of having Imams after the Prophethood had ended? Were the Quran and Sunnah not enough?
5. If the purpose was to keep the mankind on the right path,then why did the 12th Imam disappear into hiding?
6. Can the Shias prove the concept of Immamat from the Quran if it is such a major pillar of Shia belief?

Another aspect to which the Shias themselves are oblivious to and are unable to explain is their twelfth imam. They know he is the imam and he is in hiding, but who was he really? and how and why did he go into hiding?

About this.. the Shias have spun fairly tales which will take you into dreamland and astonishingly none of the amazing miracles attributed to the 12th imam are even hinted at in the Quran! So you will have to believe the fairy tales the Shias tell you without any proof what so ever!

Their 11th Imam Hasan Al Askari dies at the age of 22 leaving no male heir. Shias don’t know what to do now… many sects of Shias developed and one of them came up with the amazing story of a union between Hasan Al Askari and a roman slave girl, how she became pregnant and gave birth the same day!

Apart from the unexplained system of choosing of Imams and the mystery of the 12th Imam… the main issue where Shias and Ahlus Sunnah differ is the system of belief i.e. the creed and most importantly Tawheed.

Shirk, which is the opposite of Tawheed is deeply prevalent in Shiaism. One simple example is that they call out to their Imam for help by stating Ya Ali Madad, Ya Abbas.. Ya Hussain.. even though Allah has told us to call HIM ALONE for help. “Iyaaka Naa’budu wa iyaka Nasteen”. You Alone We Worship and You Alone we ask for help.

However, a Sunni contemplating on converting to Shism must have a look at the belief system and the creed of the Shia. One should especially note their beliefs regarding Allah and their Imams and it should suffice that Shiasm is a religion based on shirk.

One thing that I found astounding when interacting with Shias was they were very well aware about the events mentioned above but they have no clue what’s in their own Hadith books. Infact apart of Nahjul Balagha, they don’t even know the names of their own Hadith and fiqh books!

Many things negating the Shia beliefs are found in the book “Nahjul Balagha” a book containing the sermons of Ali radiallahu anhu. The source of this book is unknown and its authenticity is questionable so just like the Bible it contain sermons of Ali, some of which appear to be fabricated and some appear to be the real words of Ali as they are in confirmation with the Quran and Sunnah. Amazingly one can find Pure Tawheed as found in the Quran and Sunnah in the sermons of Ali and in the same book the ‘lies’ attributed to Ali are full of shirk and deviation.

For more information on this subject visit the following website. It’s very good for inquisitive minds.

http://www.answersforshiafriend.wordpress.com

NB: Someone sent the above to me.
May Allah reward them in full.
May Allah protect the ummah from the fitnah of Shia.
May Allah protect our iman and the iman of all our Muslim brothers and sisters. Ameen