{"id":6238,"date":"2024-07-10T07:42:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/2024\/07\/10\/shiaism-and-sunnism\/"},"modified":"2024-07-10T13:18:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T13:18:51","slug":"shiaism-and-sunnism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/al-mawrid.org\/questions-en\/shiaism-and-sunnism\/","title":{"rendered":"Shiaism And Sunnism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question<\/h3>\n<p>I  would like what are the commonalities between Shiaism and sunnism. The  best it can be said is Shias are &#8216;Muhids&#8221; but not Muslims. If we wish to  increase the number of Muslims the it is a political issue and not  religious one?<\/p>\n<h3>Answer<\/h3>\n<p>We may of course make up our own criteria for who is and who  is not Muslim. Most of the times, this practically ends with  considering all who agree with us Muslims and all who disagree with us  non-Muslims.<\/p>\n<p>However if we decide to go with the criteria that God has mentioned in verse 9:11, then the criteria will be as follows:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Not to be Mushrik and repenting from it<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Establishing daily prayers in the life<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Paying Zakah<\/p>\n<p>As far as I know, Shia Muslims are not Mushrik, they pray  and they pay Zakah. If I consider them as non-Muslim then I am  disregarding the above mentioned verse.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, please bear in mind that no individual  has the authority to announce someone as Non-Muslim. It is only the  state of Muslims that has that authority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Answered by:<\/strong> Farhad Shafti<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 2014-12-10<\/p>\n<button class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6238\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Favorite <i class=\"sf-icon-star-empty\"><\/i><\/button>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I  would like what are the commonalities between Shiaism and sunnism. The  best it can be said is Shias are &#8216;Muhids&#8221; but not Muslims. 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