Allahumma shalli ala Muhammad wa 'ala ali Muhammad,
Another morning, another day :)
I plan to write at most one article per day so even though I have few topics yesterday, I try to be patience and wait for today. Hmm... now I forgot them *laugh*.
Okay, I will write about my opinions regarding to shia. One thing you must take notice is, my writings I make will be based on my experiences and all opinions are very subjective. So, it will not representing anything or anyone but me. Even so, I am open to discussions and comments on these.
As I told you before that I am a revert. I like to learn more about Islam. At my earlier time I embrace Islam, one of my friend told me about Prophet (pbuhahf)'s hadith about sects in Islam :
My ummah will be divided into seventy three sects. All of them will be in the Fire except one? [Saheeh Muslim, no.976]
then he also said, "It is us, ahlul sunnah wal jamaah" and I said okay. I believed him. Time passed by and many things happened in my life. My knowledges about Islam history and 4 khalifah mostly I got from books by Mohammad Husain Haikal and internet articles. I read it until "Umar" book and then I read other Islam books. And for a very long time, about 8 years after my first shahadah, I never continued my readings about Islam history.
Then that time came and I really thanked to Allah. I believe it was all His plan. I found a group that discussed about Shia and Sunni in one of social network sites and it took my interests. One Shia explained in a polite and nice way to group of Sunnis instead of mocking and harsh words he got. For me, polite and good manner is very important in any way, so it was impressed me some how. Moreover, his answers were mostly match to my logical thinking. Short of the stories, I followed that group and that made me want to know more about Shia. Also it reminded me of my lack knowledge about history of Islam after our beloved prophet, Muhammad (pbuhahf)'s death.
I decided to continue my readings, and I read Utsman era. I was shocked of the conspiracy regarding his way of death. It was too cruel and the way he was treated were very very not Islamic in my opinion. Many questions arose in my minds and still I continued to read. In the book of Ali, the author is not the same, the previous author is dead and another person continued his project. The story of Ali era were so limited and his death were also not clearly explained. I felt disgusted with Moslem ummah at those time. What happened with them, seeing all those incidents, and kept silence? What happened with their Islam faith, what happened in that time exactly? Have Islam been a great country, and shouldn't be afraid of oppressor anymore? Why instead there was a big and dirty political conspiracy in Islam leaderships? And so on those questions were piled up, more and more. The big bang finally came, those "Karbala" stories. It gave me all the answers I was looking for. Now it all make sense. There were Moslems that were not true Moslems inside the Islam community. I believe, they still exist, until this very day.
I still continue my studies about Islam now. May Allah always guide me on His path, the true path, the path of the prophets and the believers. Allahumma shalli ala Muhammad wa ali Muhammad. Ameen.
