Guest shia asked 2 years ago
What is the major difference between our belief and lsect/aw and their imams and our imams.
thanks
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mehdi Staff answered 5 days ago
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh,
We hope this answer reaches you in good health and Islamic spirit.
Based on your specific question and information provided.
From the Jurisprudence perspective ( The opinion of the Jurists):
The Institution of Marriage is Mubah ( Optional / at your discretion )
The Marriage Contract is Mubah ( Optional / at your discretion ).
From the Fundamental of Faith ( Belief / Aqeeda ) perspective: If you fear for your Aqeeda and for your children Aqeeda. This Marriage is Haram ( Forbidden).
From the Islamic Ethics / Morals perspective: If your parents do not agree and this harms them. You have committed a Major Sin, (Haram). However for a man the Marriage contract is valid.
From the Islamic Law perspective: If you fear for your Islamic acts and for your children. Meaning you and your children will not be able to follow the Shia Imami law/fiqh. Marriage is Haram. ( Forbidden).
Regarding the Preferred option: It is a norm to marry within the sect or the people of same aqeeda. Due to risks involved of fear of loosing aqeeda, or people having a change of heart later, or their family pressure on you and your children and freedom to engage in activities related to your aqeeda or any other unforeseen circumstances. If you were to do something outside of the norm or preferred option. You would need to first justify the need to yourself and to your parents. In other words you are asking for an exception, and the burden is on the person looking for an exception to the norm.
Regarding the Emphasis on the obedience to the parents.
The emotional bond between the parents and the children is one of the greatest relationships that sustains the humanity. If they are not respected, honored and shown kindness. If this primary and natural bond is not honored in words and in action. The children’s emotional ties and connection can cease and as a result all secondary social bonds may become trivial and may unravel.
Disrespect can originate from disobedience. One of the Greater Sin is ‘Aqq Al-Walidayn ( Disobedience to Parents ), you can read the Holy Qur’an, the Exegesis / Tafsir and the books written by Islamic Scholars on Islamic Ethics.
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mehdi answered 2 years ago
أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم
بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
As Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh,
We hope this answer reaches you in good health and Islamic spirit.
Based on your specific question and information provided.
Fundamental or Principles of Faith ( Belief ) are.
- Tawhid ( Divine Unity ).
- ‘Adl ( Divine Justice ).
- Nabuwwat ( Prophethood ).
- Imamat ( The Divine Leadership ).
- Ma’ad ( The Return ).
The Shi’ahs believe that the divine leaders of the Muslims after Muhammad al-Mustafa ( Peace be upon him and his pure Progeny) are the Twelve Infallible Imams (as) and that Muhammad al-Mustafa ( Peace be upon him and his pure Progeny) specified them as:
- Al-Imam ‘Ali ibn Abu Talib, Commander of the Faithful [Amir al-Mu’minin] (as)
- Al-Imam al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali, the Oldest Grandson [al-Sibt al-Akbar] (as)
- Al-Imam al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali, Master of the Martyrs [Sayyid al-Shuhada’] (as)
- Al-Imam ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn, Beauty of the Worshippers [Zayn al-’Abidin] (as)
- Al-Imam Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, the Splitter of Knowledge [al-Baqir] (as)
- Al-Imam Ja’far ibn Muhammad, the Truthful [al-Sadiq] (as)
- Al-Imam Musa ibn Ja’far, the Controller of anger [al-Kadhim] (as)
- Al-Imam ‘Ali ibn Musa, the Content [al-Rida] (as)
- Al-Imam Muhammad ibn ‘Ali, the Generous [al-Jawad] (as)
- Al-Imam ‘Ali ibn Muhammad, the guide [al-Hadi] (as)
- Al-Imam al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali, the Soldier [al-’Askari] (as)
- Al-Imam al-Hujjat ibn al-Hasan al-’Askari, the Rightly Guided, the Awaited [al-Mahdi ] (as)
Our Islamic laws / Jurisprudence is based on the Qur’an and the Tradition / Hadith of Muhammad al-Mustafa (Peace be upon him and his pure Progeny) transmitted to us thru the Twelve Infallible Imams (as). It is necessary for a Muslim to believe in the fundamentals of faith on the basis of proof and he cannot follow anyone in this respect i.e. he cannot accept he word of another with regard to the fundamentals without demanding proof. However, to act on Islamic code (except in those matters which are considered by all to be indisputable e.g. the obligatory nature of the five daily prayers, fasting during the holy month of Ramadan etc.) a person must be Jurist or follow one of the Most Learned Jurist ( Taqlid ).
I have provided general information. You can speak to the qualified Islamic Scholars in person or refer to the various books by qualified Islamic Scholars on Principles of Faith ( Usual al-Din) / Aqeeda or Tafsir / Exegesis of the Holy Qur’an or Nahj al-Balagha or Ziyarats ( for example – Ziyarat Warisa).
You can read about what other Muslims believe in the books written by them. The word “Imam” for us means the Divinely Appointed Leaders ( Imams ). Other Muslims use the word Imam for the fallible Jurists ( The learned in Islamic law from their sources), or Collectors of Hadith / Tradition. The sects among the other Muslims are named after and based on their following a Jurist (fallible person who is learned in Islamic law). They are divided into four Main schools of law or fiqh (religious jurisprudence): Hanafi, Shafi, Maliki and Hanbali.
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