Original post by TawheedWhen i talk about shia sunni unity, i do not mean uniting and abandoning aqeedah, or compromising belief systems. Rather, what i mean is unity on the basis of uniting in what is common, having love, tolerance, and respect for one another, and harbouring good relations with each other.
Even the Messenger of Allah, Muhammed s.a.w sought unity with christians on the first shahadah - and we muslims also have the second shahadah!
Noble Quran: "(Muhammad), say to the People of the Book, "We must come to a common term. Let us worship no one except God, nor consider anything equal to Him, nor regard any of us as our Lord besides God." However, if they turn away from (the Truth), tell them, "Bear witness that we have submitted ourselves to the will of God."
While there are differences among shia's and sunni's, to claim shia's and sunni's have only marginally more in common than sunni's do with jews, i feel , is not a correct statement:
1. Shia's and Sunni's both believe not only is there no God but Allah , but Muhammed (s.a.w) is his messenger. Jews do not believe in the prophethood of Muhammed (s.a.w).
2. Shia's and sunni's both believe that the Quran is the unchanged, unaltered word of God. We share the same Holy Book, such can never be said about Sunni's and Jews. The bible indeed, paints the Prophets of Allah (azwj) in a terrible right, the differences between the Quran and the Bible are so great.
3. Sunni's and shia's aren't Quranists either. They both accept on the need to follow the Sunnah of Muhammed s.a.w, and both accept on the finality of prophethood.
4. Sunni's and shia's both pray five prayers a day, both fast during Ramadhan.
5. Think about all the fiqh issues we have in common? - From the Hijab, tahara rules, codes of dressing, codes of eating, codes of sleeping, etc
I could go on and on. You would be right in claiming there are fundamental differences between shia's and sunni's. but we have a considerable amount in common that we can unite upon.
I also think this thread , with respect about jaysh al fatah, has been derailed by IdeasforLife, who sadly, over the years, has become increasingly secterian, and i have had the pain to watch that transformation.