Re: Sects of Islam
There is no love of RasoolAllah (SAW) as high as the love of those who remember him, his family and those who he (SAW) loved - his companions as well.
Your main argument of family being the basis is not even followed, the four caliphs were all part of this family and closeness to him (SAW).
Being a Shadhili, I trace back my spiritual lineage to Sayyidina Ali(RA), so don’t make the mistake that Sunnis are heedless of the Syed family, we respect members of the household, but we also say the members of the household have a greater test too, if their members fail to be pious then their judgement will be harsher too. So says my Shaykh who is a Hassani …