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Originally posted by Adbulmalick:
** Do the FOUR sunni sects say the namaz in the same way?
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Again, I see another of your nasty Shia attempt to divide the Mainstream Muslims.
First of all, these are ** NOT SECTS ** but ** SCHOOLS OF THOUGHTS. **
This is ** UNLIKE THE SHIAS ** who have ** different SECTS ** - like Ismailies, Alawites, Ithna 'Ashari, Yemeni Zaidis etc - each claiming they are right and the others are wrong, and have different ** assertions. **
** Difference between Sect and School of Thought : ** The different Schools of Thought believe that all the other Schools of Thought are ** right . ** The difference lies in their ** Methodology (manhaaj) and interpretation. ** If a scholar from the Shafi' school of thought is given a little different from a Hanafi School of Thought, he would normally ** agree that if interpreted in that way, this is the ruling you'd get. **
However, ** Sects ** believe that they are right and the other sects are wrong. And the ** Sects are based on Assertions, not different Interpretations. ** For example, Shias believe that after the death of the Holy Prophet (S), out of all the ** 120,000 + Sahaaba, everyone apostated EXCEPT ONLY about 3 OR 7. ** Now, this is an ** assertion, NOT an interpretation. **
Also, there's ** NO difference of 'aqeedah (belief) ** between the 4 Schools of Thought, but there are some differences in ** jurisprudence, which are subject to interpretation. ** It is like saying any 2 Scholars will obviously have slightly different opinions on some issues.
Also, the different Schools of thoughts, do ** NOT ** have any ** competition or Identity issues ** among them. Like, you wouldn't see a Shafi' wanting to convert everyone to the Shafi' school of thought, and see the World turned into a Shafi' world. We only care about Islam.
For example, during the Afghan-Soviet war, many Arabs volunteered to fight for their fellow Afghan-Muslims. Many of the Arabs followed the Shafi' School of Thought, while the Afghan Muslims usually follow the Hanafi School of Thought. Did "School of Thought" matter to the Arab volunteers when they came to lay down their lives in defence of their Afghan brothers ?
However, ** do you see Shias volunteering to fight for the Muslims of Chechnya, or Philippines, or China etc ? **
Also, most of the Mainstream Muslims (Sunnis) ** hardly know the differences between the different Schools of Thought. ** These differences are so minor, they don't even matter to the common people.
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Originally posted by Adbulmalick:
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There are about 200+- differences Combined in the way the four sunni sects say their namaz.
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It is interesting to see that the ** Shias are more informed about our differences than we ourselves !!! And they seem to know the minor and the major and even the statistics on these differences !!! ** Hmmmm..What other reason could it be except to divide the Mainstream Muslims ????
But you know what, when it comes to ** Congregrational Prayer (Jam'aat), ALL the 4 Schools of Thought are agreed that we should pray together. ** That's why you see Mainstream Muslims belonging to different Schools of Thought praying together.
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** Changez_like: ** I didn't mean to sidetrack the topic, or create a Shia-Sunni fight, but It was important to ** address this SUBTLE & SINISTER trick ** used by the ** Shias ** to ** DIVIDE ** the Mainstream Muslims.