The few comments made in reply to my latest article about the Sunni and Shia shahada are by people who are not scholars and are ignorant about Islam, especially the Quran. Sadly most Muslims are indeed ignorant about their religion and these comments stand as proof. None of the comments rebutted or touched on any of the points that I had made. An intelligent discussion would be more useful than ignorant labelling. I showed FOUR verses of the Quran which clearly forbid even the concept of anything like the shahada. The people who commented obviously do not agree with those FOUR verses of the Quran. They do not realise that by rejecting these FOUR Quran verses they are basically murtad or apostate. The comment by Namazie that the shahada reminds Muslims that "Mohamed was just a prophet" is obviously a frivolous and made up argument. I have never read such an argument by any of the Sunni fuqaha like Malik, Shafie, Hambali or Abu Hanifah. If Mohamed was just a prophet then why is your prayer to god null and void if you do not mention the name of Muhammad in your shahada and in your prayer? It looks like Mohamed is the gatekeeper for you to worship your god. His point that he does not know the Shia shahada is just dishonesty. He is saying he does not know why Sunnis reject Shias. Every Sunni knows the Shias idolise Saidina Ali and that they say Ali is a WALI ALLAH. This is one of the many reasons why Sunnis reject Shias and label Shias deviants. It is worth repeating Sura 72:18 "The masjid are exclusively for Allah, so do not invoke anyone besides Him." There is no equivalent verse in the Quran which says that the Sunnis can invoke Muhammad or that the Shias can invoke Ali in their shahada, in their prayers and in the adzan call to prayer. Because that is indeed shirk. The Muslims have been misled and deviated for over a thousand years. That is why the Muslims are in such confusion and deviation.
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The few comments made in reply to my latest article about the Sunni and Shia shahada are by people who are not scholars and are ignorant about Islam, especially the Quran. Sadly most Muslims are indeed ignorant about their religion and these comments stand as proof. None of the comments rebutted or touched on any of the points that I had made. An intelligent discussion would be more useful than ignorant labelling. I showed FOUR verses of the Quran which clearly forbid even the concept of anything like the shahada. The people who commented obviously do not agree with those FOUR verses of the Quran. They do not realise that by rejecting these FOUR Quran verses they are basically murtad or apostate. The comment by Namazie that the shahada reminds Muslims that "Mohamed was just a prophet" is obviously a frivolous and made up argument. I have never read such an argument by any of the Sunni fuqaha like Malik, Shafie, Hambali or Abu Hanifah. If Mohamed was just a prophet then why is your prayer to god null and void if you do not mention the name of Muhammad in your shahada and in your prayer? It looks like Mohamed is the gatekeeper for you to worship your god. His point that he does not know the Shia shahada is just dishonesty. He is saying he does not know why Sunnis reject Shias. Every Sunni knows the Shias idolise Saidina Ali and that they say Ali is a WALI ALLAH. This is one of the many reasons why Sunnis reject Shias and label Shias deviants. It is worth repeating Sura 72:18 "The masjid are exclusively for Allah, so do not invoke anyone besides Him." There is no equivalent verse in the Quran which says that the Sunnis can invoke Muhammad or that the Shias can invoke Ali in their shahada, in their prayers and in the adzan call to prayer. Because that is indeed shirk. The Muslims have been misled and deviated for over a thousand years. That is why the Muslims are in such confusion and deviation.
A.M.