sunni and shia beliefs Flashcards
percentage of muslims:sunni
90 percent
percentage of muslims: shia
10 percent
who was Ali?
Ali is the first cousin and son in law of Muhammad SAW
according to Shia’s ail should’ve been the sucessor after the muhammad SAW death as he was the only blood relative and descendant of his
main reason for split of Sunni and Shia?
sunni belive it was good that abu bakr was chosen as he was a close sahabi of muhammad SAW and old and wise and knowledgabe. first man to embrace islam but shias disagree and belive ali should’ve been it as he was a blood relation. belive each iman must choose his sucessor before c he dies.
5 roots of Usad al din:
Tawhid
Justice of god
Prophethood
Imamate
Resurrection
shia belief on tawhid
belief in one god
most powerful
believe they should follow allahs commandments and worship him alone etc. zakat, salah
Justice of God Shia belief:
adalat
Justice in next life
prevent from sinning as they know they will be punished
prophethood shia belief:
known as nubuwah
teaches us what Allah wants us to know and the examples of our prophets that we should follow from and learn valuable morals, solutions and actions to things e.g sunnah, kindness, forgiving
imamate shia belief:
following teaching of 12 imaams
follow Muhammad saw as a successive leader
also seen as infallible, divinely guarded leaders holiest people
the twelfth mehdi believed to have been kept alive by Allah and hiding somewhere on earth and one day will make himself known and bring equality to all
resurrection:
known as al m’aad
beliedf in the ressurection and day of judgement
how it affects shias today?
going through issues-allah will aknowledge their strength and reward for any injustic bestowed on them
belief god makes no mistakes so just and wise so will hold shias accountable for mistakes so makes them strive for good rid off bad
resurrection- one day theyll be resureccted and should live their life proper so known as good muslims
usad al din principle of
roots or religion.
roots of a tree keep it alive and firmly attached to the source of its life
for shias these 5 principles keep them firlmy rooted in allah and islam -source of life-main way
sunnis belief on the 4 rightly guided caliphs?
abu bakr
uthman
umar
ali
what year did muhammad saw die?
8th june 1632 11AD
5 main belifs for sunnis?
tawhid
belief in angles
belief in the holy book
belief in the prophets
belief in the day of judgement
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