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Nothing to refute. They are empty claims untill some evidence is bought forward.

Most likely propaganda sponsored by the Saudis...anyone who doesn't fall inline with the Wahhabi theological narrative is classified as a nature worshipper...keep being ourselves and keep helping humanity and the oppressed...ultimately people will acknowledge the truth...not everyone is comatose...it's already starting to happen

So does this mean more people will convert to shia?

As a husband, he is responsible for supporting you. He should manage the family dynamics to ensure he keeps you happy, as well as his parents and siblings. As it has been 4 years now, you should give an ultimatum to your husband regarding his lack of action, and to mention that you won't put up with the treatment you've been receiving for much longer. You should mention to your husband that if he wants you stay with his family, then at the very least, he should manage the environment to ensure there is respect and good family values. If he doesn't do anything, you should consider taking a step back from the relationship and moving back in with your own parents for a while. If nothing changes after some time away, then it might be time to reconsider your marriage. Marriage is about equal compromise, not one person bearing all the weight and burden to make the other happy. If everyone is to live under the same roof in harmony, then he has to take control of the situation so whenever someone is at fault within the family, he should tell them to fix up. I hope you find peace and happiness insha'Allah.

Allahumma salli ala muhammadiw wa ali muhammadin wa ajjil faraja hum Rabbinee lima anzalta ilayya min khayrin faqir Allahumma innee urreedu an atazawwaja faqaddir lee minan nisaa-I a’fihunna farjajan wa ah’fadh’ihunna lee fee nafsihaa wa awsa-i-hunna lee rizwan wa a-dhamahunna lee barakatan fee nafsihaa wa maaleee faqaddir lee minhaa waladan tayyiban tajaluhoo khalafan saalihan fee hayaatee wa ba`da mawtee. Oh Allah! I desire to marry, so arrange for me a woman from those who willingly abstain from what is unlawful and who safeguards her soul for my sake and because of her, not only my means of sustenance will increase, but also make there be in it abundance and also make it sure that she will give me a virtuous son, who will be a noble successor in my life and after my death. Ya Rabb, help me in finding a good wife in the same boat as me, who also understands and accepts me as I am. May she find peace and be filled with joy wherever she goes. May she have the strength and courage to find me, love me and live with me. May she find and be filled with much wisdom and clarity in her words and from her experiences. May she in her kindness, share these experiences with me and help us grow together. Verily with hardship comes ease. (إِنَّ مَعَ الْعُسْرِ يُسْرًا - 94:6) Ya Rabb, You alone know what is truly in my heart. You alone know my struggles and pain, Al-Wadud. I feel unbearably lonely and do not wish to incur Your displeasure by remaining unmarried, Al-'Aziz!

Walaykum salam, Indeed, according to most scholars, boxing is permissible as long as it does not involve significant harm. It is disliked though, due to the risk of suffering from injuries and long term damage to the brain from sustained strikes to the head. Wrestling, on the other hand, was praised by the Prophet on several times. What follows is from my personal research on this topic and more speculative, and is not supported by well known scholars: The existing martial style most similar to the one practised by the Prophet and Ali is "catch wrestling", as understood by Billy Robinson and his people. There was also a hidden martial knowledge that is very rare nowadays: the internal strength of people such as Minoru Akuzawa, Dan Harden, Saotome Sensei, Hiroshi Ikeda, William Gleanson, Roy Goldberg, George Ledyard... It is my belief that this knowledge arrived to the far East by means of the Hui people, and from there it gave rise to internal martial arts such as tai chi. Later on the martial secrets were hidden, and nowadays they are very rare to find, there only remains watered down versions of tai chi except for the people mentioned above. Hope it helps brother!

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What this tells us is that rich countries who believed that it would all be ok as long as their people were vaccinated were wrong. Unless the whole world is vaccinated, there will be breeding grounds for variants and rich countries will have to stump up to pay for this otherwise their sophisticated economies will be kaput. You kinda have to admire God for having created something that forces the rich to give to the poor to save themselves.

Silence is nothingness, silence is not the absence of sound. You can feel it only in the moment of complete stillness when there is no movement, no vibration. When the words are spoken, there is silence. When the relative is over, the absolute remains. The silence before the words were spoken, is it different from the silence that comes after? The silence is one and without it the words could not have been heard. It is always there -- at the back of the words. Shift your attention from words to silence and you will hear it.

Ok so I'm not going to disagree about similarities. But when talking about that which are the fundamentals of your faith hard evidence is required. Not conjecture and making links here and there. The part about succession has been answered in part as we agree upon the Zaidi & 12er fundamentals of the explicit appointment of Imam Ali and the vast amount of evidence supporting it. Now when we look to your fundamental of 12 Imams. You posted some hadith to give Quranic tafseer to support your claim. Now as we are both layman I want to ask a question. Imagine a person studying Islam maybe not settled on any group yet. Why should they accept the hadith from 12er sources you posted for those verses ? as apposed to Sunni or Zaidi etc.

Iceland and "Israel" who have vaccinated over 80% of their eligible populations have now reintroduced restrictions and have issued warnings about their healthcare systems potentially being overwhelmed due to the rapid rise in hospitalisations, which has made "Israel" (a vaccination success story, apparently) even contemplate another lockdown. There are many factors to this, one of the claims is that the vaccine efficacy even against severe infection and death can reduce after 6 months, and another claim is that the new variants, in particular the Delta strain, are breaking through too many vaccinated individuals, in particular those who are already immunocompromised and/or the elderly and other at risk populations, and are causing hospitalisations. This has caused people to rush to proposals where they are suggesting kids have to be vaccinated now - and urgently - and that booster programs must begin as soon as possible for the frontline workers and the at risk populations, and as I mentioned before, a return to restrictions (again) and now the new one - "vaccine passports". My prediction is we will remain - as a global society, in most places - under restrictions (at the very least vaccine passports), and potentially lockdowns from time to time, as well as annual or half-yearly jabs being the norm, for a long time (which the CEO of Moderna admitted himself). My personal opinion is that in all of this there is massive government overreach and disregard for basic liberties, a great deal of hysteria and panic driven by certain parts of the media, and an indifference to those who are suffering as a result of the "cures" to Covid under the guise of following the science.

Once the soul enters the body of the fetus, it becomes a valuable lifeform, and has the same right to life as anyone else. It becomes equal to its mother and to any other human. Just as I have a soul, you have a soul, the mother has a soul, the baby also has a soul, and no one is allowed to take a soul except where Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) has allowed it to be taken. What you are implying is that we should have the right to end someone's life in order to save someone else's life, and that's not how it works, because like I said, the baby's soul is as valuable as any other human's, fetus or not. In such a case where it is either the baby is born (once the soul has entered) or the mother's life is in danger, then the most we can do is Du'a and hope for a miracle. This is an unfortunate event and a calamity.

Good piece in the Financial Times. I have made some text bold. Children may be introduced to loot boxes in e.g. football games and their parents may not even realise it is gambling - but it is. https://www.ft.com/content/aaf1b117-2efa-4e31-9fba-a67cdf3ffe1d

Why Google Maps is not working on Samsung? Clear the app's cache & data On your Android phone or tablet, open the Settings app . Tap Apps & notifications. Follow the steps on your device to find the Maps app. After you select the app, storage & cache options should be available. How to fix Maps when it crashes - Android - Google Maps ...https://support.google.com › maps › answer https://drfone.wondershare.com/android-stopped/google-maps-not-working-android.html

Why has the ancient Sumerian religion Zuism become the fastest growing religion in Iceland? https://icelandmag.is/article/why-has-ancient-sumerian-religion-zuism-become-fastest-growing-religion-iceland

This will always happen people will move in both directions. But Saudi are based on a extreme Salafi movement. What's needed is sects to remove extremism and hopefully unite against the kuffar.

Our main focus should be on imitating the Iranian model and restoring the utmost quality...if we follow this diagram then quantity will naturally follow as a matter of logical/natural consequence...that said, amazingly Islam is still the fastest growing religion in the world...this despite all the negative Western propaganda relentlessly hurled at it from every conceivable angle...Islamic growth is expected to surpass Christian growth (for the first time) by 2050 according to Pew Research Center analysts...this means a steady progression for Shi'ism as a unvarying cog within Sunnism (estimated annual growth rate for the Shi'ism is 1.6 percent and for Sunnism is 1.7 percent in 2014)…they maintain our numbers fall somewhere between 10 - 15%...but my instinctive feeling tells me that those statistics are based on ultra-conservative figures and that we're closer to 17 - 22%...sacredness will largely disappear the further we venture into the future...Third World peoples will continue to worship the Westerner as a god besides God until religion and all indigenous forms of traditionalism will eventually go the way of the dinosaur...secularism, industrialization and globalization will continue to spiral and snowball...the world will become smaller and more interconnected...Muslim women will continue to abandon the headscarf and Muslim men will continue to shave their beards (unless hipsters decide it to be culturally appropriate or sophisticated)…but there will always be a small contingent of devout followers that will gallantly stand firm until the end

Shia haters will keep hating and spreading lies of us. How can we be "Satanists" when we literally say :"I seek refuge in God from Satan the accursed". Besides, many times in the Qur'an it says that Satan is mankind's biggest enemy. These people think that we don't read the Qur'an . As for that pagan/polytheist nonsense, it is sufficient to say that the biggest sin in Shi'ism (and the rest of Islamic madhabs) is to be a pagan/polytheist. If they want to attribute lies to us, let them learn to be better liars. But what can you expect from such people who don't have a 'aql ?

They've been doing this for ages, brother. I'm pretty sure you already told us about this btw.

I find the one in the Divine Pearls app to be pretty clear. This is pretty decent as well: the mobile version site of Duas.org: Ziyarat Ashura Duas.org

Ustadh Ali Ataie is a theological powerhouse no doubt...he's like Ahmed Deedat on steroids!

I don't know which Zaydis you are talking about but the Zaydis in Yemen are very Shi'a and don't care about the "acceptance" of the Sunnis. The Zaydi-Sunni dynamic in Yemen is different from the rest of the Muslim world. The Zaydis dominate the political structure of the country while the Sunnis feel marginalized.

Have a look at this https://www.al-islam.org/torch-perpetual-guidance-exposé-ziyarat-ashura-al-imam-al-husayn-b-ali-ali-asghar-azizi-tehrani-0 There is this as well I hope you can see the text and file,... https://www.scribd.com/doc/63574116/Ziarat-e-Ashura-With-Urdu-Translation

Bismillah. Salaam. Requesting prayers. JazakAllah. Wasalaam.

Wa alaikum as salaam I think wrestling is better suited to muslimeen. It doesn't involve striking or significantly harming your opponent. It is also very useful in real life situations, as opposed to boxing which becomes redundant in most confrontations.

Regarding the verse of the 12 naqeebs, without any tafseer, it's about Bani Isra'eel, and not the Ummah of Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم). However, there are very important points that can be concluded from this verse: 1) These leaders are chosen by Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) as it clearly says "We raised up among them twelve chieftains". This is one of the characteristics of twelver imamah. 2) Again, since they are chosen by Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) and are divine leaders instead of just scholars, disagreeing and opposing them is prohibited and anyone who does so "shall lose the right way", meaning that they are astray from the path of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى). 3) The children of Israel had 12 appointed leaders. Jesus (عليه السلام) had 12 apostles. Don't you find it also logical for Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) to have 12 successors ? You obviously may disagree immediatly with me, also you may say this is baseless deduction, and that nowhere in the Qur'an does it say that there will be 12 imams after the prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم). We don't deny that, but the Qur'an also says: سُنَّةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ اللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا "Such has been the course of Allah that has indeed run before, and you shall not find a change in Allah's course." (Qur'an 48:23) For us 12ers, this is a very strong indication that the nation of Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم) will, just as the nations of Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them both), also have 12 leaders after him. For us, it's logical that Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) not to designate different numbers each nation, rather to be consistent, and always emphasized that he appointed Twelve Successors to each founding Prophet each nation. But if still you don't accept this that's fine. I just find it hard to believe that Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) appointed leaders for the children of Israel, yet for the nation of Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم), who is suposed to be far greater and the ultimate and best of all religions, he didn't appoint any...

Brother, I have added few posts and i have tried to present clear views of 12vers. I am not a hawza man but i am experienced enough at SC to reply such points raised by some one in an ambiguous manner. wasalam

The absence of (or lacking in) light. I have a question as well. If darkness is “black”, does it exist? The absence of (or lacking in) sound.

We have carried out discussion already on many similar threads and we are aware of Zaydis view and their conclusions. You also know our stance very well. You may be able or unable to reply our posts other than discussion with the brother quoted yourself. It is yours choice and i have nothing to do with it. However when an ambiguous statement is made about the creed and basic principles of 12vers, any twelver brother or me can come and clarify our view as it is an open forum. wasalam

Husband and wife should be living togheter in their own house, the wife has right to have her own house and the husband has the responsibility to provide that for her. Nobody likes to be in a house where there's no mutual respect.

Walaikum salam, Imam khomeini believed similar hadiths referring to God creating Adam in his image / form / surah as per Irfan. This does not mean Allah has a body or is anthropomorphised in any way but Imam Khomeini explained it in this way (if you read the full link Imam Khomeini explains conflicting hadiths as well): With my chain of authorities reaching up to the august shaykh, the Pillar of Islam, Muhammad ibn Ya’qub al-Kulayni (R) from a group of our Companions, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid, from his father, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Bahr, from Abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz, from Muhammad ibn Muslim, who said: I asked Abu Ja’far (A) concerning that which is narrated, that God created Adam (A) in His form (surah literally, form, image). He replied, “It is a form that was originated and created. He elected it and chose it over all the other different forms and attributed it to Himself, in the same way that He has attributed the Ka’bah and the Spirit (ruh) to Himself, saying: ‘My House (2:125, 22:26),’ and ‘I breathed into Him of My Spirit. (15:29, 38:72)’1 Source: https://www.al-islam.org/forty-hadith-exposition-second-revised-edition-sayyid-ruhullah-musawi-khomeini/thirty-eighth-hadith

Ok so this verse is talking about Israelites. Nothing explicit about your 12 Imams. Should we move to tafseer or is there anything you want to say about the verse itself ?

Also I want to add if someone unbiased is reading the verse and using the Qur'an as its own tafsir. 2 verses directly adress who are truthful: The believers are only the ones who have believed in Allah and His Messenger and then doubt not but strive with their properties and their lives in the cause of Allah. It is those who are the truthful. 49:15 For the poor emigrants who were expelled from their homes and their properties, seeking bounty from Allah and [His] approval and supporting Allah and His Messenger, [there is also a share]. Those are the truthful. 59:8 With these verses present. The general application of the verse is best. And I don't believe it favours any sect.

Ok so we are both reading the verse from our already preconceived beleifs. So again let's look at the verse unbiased and without tafseer. So I agree that the disagreement maybe with the believers rather than Ulil amr. This is possible from just reading the verse But it is also possible the disagreement maybe with the ulil amr. Your argument about infallibility and needing to access the sunnah through them is based on being and Imami Shia. As you are trying to proove your creed using the verse you can't rely on assumptions of infallibility of ulil Amr. Let's go step by step Possible readings : 1) The disagreement is with the ulil Amr 2) Disagreement between believers not ulil Amr. Then guidance is to go back to Allah and the Prophet without mentioning ulil Amr so the resolution does not require ulil amr. 3) The disagreement is between the believers and resolution is through Allah and the Prophet, which is accessed through the ulil Amr Let's analyse the 3 position 1) obey is not the same as Allah and Prophet as u can disagree with ulil Amr 2) So again the obey now becomes conditional as ultimate authority is to Allah and Prophet ulil Amr not mentioned as part of the resolution. 3) (which I believe you are saying) Supports your belief but is a very strange reading. Obey A,B,C if X disagree then they go to A&B which is accessed through C. But C not directly mentioned. A very strange and long winded way to say obey C and if there are any problems seek guidance from C 3) Also requires the assumption that Qur'an and sunnah can only be accessed through Ulil Amr. Nothing in the verse indicates this (other than your insistence Obey Prophet and ulil Amr means this indirectly) My conclusion is 1&2 are the clearest and simplist readings. And both support my claim. How to move forward: 1) 1& 2 are possible we can explore it further to see who it supports 2) only reading 2 is possible (again I'm happy to ignore 1 for arguments sake) and we can explore it further 3) You disagree and favour 3 but believe all the readings are possible. I'll entertain reading 3 and we can move to tafseer for an explanation. To see which reading is correct. 4) If you insist on reading 3 as the only possible reading then tafseer won't help as the plain reading of the verse (according to you) therefore it only supports Imami Shia . So we can agree to disagree on the reading and move onto the next verse you mentioned. Your thoughts ?

(Salam) Taken from https://www.sibtayn.com/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7403:superiority-of-ali-ibn-abi-talib-a-s-over-all-others&catid=267&Itemid=338 "Some proofs of his superiority from authentic Sunni sources:Ahmad ibn Hanbal said:"There is no companion concerning who are reported as many merits as Ali ibn Abi Talib ((عليه السلام))"-He was the first male Muslim.The famous Historian, Tabari wrote: “The first three to offer prayers were Muhammad (P.B.U.H&H.P), Khadija (S.A) and Ali ((عليه السلام)).”[History of Tabari, v2, p65]Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H&H.P) said to his daughter Fatimah (S.A): "I gave you in marriage to the best in my Ummah, the most knowledgeable amongst them, the best in patience amongst them, and the first Muslim amongst them."[Kanz al-Ummal, by al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, v6, p398]****************************-He was chosen as the successor of the Prophet (P.B.U.H&H.P) and the executor of his will, right from the beginning of the prophetic mission.At the beginning of his mission, the Prophet of Islam said in a speech: (In the Dawat e Zul Asheerah at the residence of Hazrat Abu Talib ((عليه السلام))“Who amongst you shall support me in this matter and be my brother, the executor of my will (wasi), and my successor (caliph)?"All the listeners, with the exception of Ali, who was the youngest among them, kept silent.Ali ((عليه السلام)) responded by saying: "I will be your helper, O' prophet of God."The Messenger of Allah (P.B.U.H&H.P) then put his hand on the back of Ali’s neck and said: "This is my brother, executor of my will and successor; therefore, listen to him and obey him."Those present laughed and kept saying to Abu Talib: "Allah has commanded you to listen to your son, and to obey him!"[A sahih hadith reported in numerous sunni books including: The History of Tabari, The History of ibn Asakir, Al-Durr al-Manthoor by suyuti, Al-Mukhtasar, by Abul Fida]****************************-He did not neglect the Prophet of Islam during his time of need.The Great companion of the Prophet (P.B.U.H&H.P), Ibn Abbas said:"Ali has four distinctions which no one shares with him: He was the first male who prayed with the Messenger of God. He was the bearer of his banner in every battle and … he was the one who stayed with him at the Battle on the day of Al-Mihras (the Battle of Uhud), and he is the one who washed his blessed body and laid him in his tomb."[Al-Hakim, in his Al-Mustadrak, Part 3, p.111]Questions: Why didn’t Abu Bakr and Umar attend the funeral of Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H&H.P)? And… Why did they run away during the battle of Uhud, leaving Imam Ali ((عليه السلام)) to defend the Prophet (P.B.U.H&H.P)?****************************-He Resembled the Prophets (P.B.U.H&H.P). The Messenger of Allah (P.B.U.H&H.P) said: "He who wants to see Noah ((عليه السلام)) in his determination, Adam ((عليه السلام)) in his knowledge, Abraham ((عليه السلام)) in his clemency, Moses ((عليه السلام)) in his intelligence and Jesus ((عليه السلام)) in his religious devotion should look at Ali Ibn Abi Talib ((عليه السلام))."[Sunan al-Bayhaqi, Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, Tafsir al-Kabir by Fakhruddin al-Razi and others]****************************-He was the representative of the Prophet (P.B.U.H&H.P).Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H&H.P) said: "Ali is from me and I am from Ali and no one represents me except Ali."[Sunan ibn Majah, Hadith No.119]The Messenger of Allah (P.B.U.H&H.P) said to Ali ((عليه السلام)): "Your position to me is like the position of Aaron to Moses, except that there shall be no Prophet after me"[Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Hadith Number 700. Sahih muslim Book 031, hadith Number 5913]****************************-He was the most knowledgeable person after the Prophet (P.B.U.H&H.P).The Messenger of Allah said: "I am the city of knowledge and Ali is its gate; therefore, whoever wishes to attain knowledge, let him enter through the gate."[Reported in hundreds of Sunni books. Classified authentic by numerous Sunni scholars such as Imam Hajr al Asqalani, imam Tabari, Imam Suyuti and Imamal Hakim]On many occasions, Umar said about Imam Ali ((عليه السلام)): "If there was no Ali, Umar would have perished!"[Fadha'il al-Sahaba by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p647, Hadith 1100. Al-Isti'ab, by Ibn Abd al-Barr al qurtubi, v3, p39; Manaqib, by al-Khawarizmi, p48.Al-Riyadh al Nadhirah, by Muhibbuddin al-Tabari, v2, p194; .Tarikh al-Khulafaa, by Jalaluddin al-Suyuti, p17]The Quran says:“...Is He then who guides to the truth more worthy to be followed, or he who himself does not go aright unless he is guided? What then is the matter with you; how do you judge?” [10:35]****************************-He is the leader of the faithful.Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H&H.P) said: "Ali is from me and I am from Ali and he is the guardian of every believer after me"[Sunan Tirmidhi, volume 2, page 298. Mustadrak al-Hakim, volume 3, page 111. Sawaiq al-Muhriqa, page 122, published in Egypt]****************************-He is the criterion between truth and falsehood.The Prophet (P.B.U.H&H.P) Said: "Shortly after me, discord and hatred will arise among you, when such a situation arises, go and search out Ali because he can separate the truth from falsehood"[Kanzul Ummal, volume 2 page 612]****************************-His name is written on the Gate of Paradise."It is written on the gate of Paradise: `There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and Ali is the Brother of the Messenger of Allah'."[Al-Awsat by Maharani. Al-Muttafaq wal-Muftaraq By al-Khatib. Kanz al-Ummal. Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal page 35, Vol. 5. Ibn `Asakir page 46]Ahmed ibn Hanbal said: "Ali had many enemies who searched hard to find a fault attributable to him, but they could not, so they brought a man whom Ali had fought and battled with, and praised him because of their hatred towards Ali.”They could not find flaws in Imam Ali ((عليه السلام)) so THEY fabricated traditions in favor of his enemies.These are just a small sample of the merits of Imam Ali ((عليه السلام))." Wassalam.

Salam, Please understand the purpose of Nubuwwah and Imamah. Rasulullah is to give good news and warning to all mankind, regardless who they are, men and women from his time to the future. He has to invite people to the right path in the best manner. Imams are to guide mankind to follow what the Prophet has laid down. Rasulullah and Imams have to show upmost restraint and patience in finishing the hujjah to everyone on the earth. Rasulullah and Imams will give their life in order to guide the people during their time and future people even though they suffered the utmost pain. They are not after duniawi leadership but it will beneficial for all humans to make them as their elected leader. By default, they are as wali. Wali is guardianship, independent from space and time. How do we expect Rasulullah and Imams to behave, under the principles of Nubuwwah and Imamah? Sword all the time or be patience and finish the hujjah to the people. Try and try to invite and guide until the last moment of their life. Imam Ali said that he would forgive Ibnul Muljam if he is alive. He gave ibnul Muljam water and lesser the tightness of rope around the hands of Ibnul Muljam. Can we learn a lesson here? Imam Hussain and his army got the control of water at the Euphrates river, near Karbala but allowed his enemies to drink from it. And in every single seconds at Karbala, he invited the enemies to return to right path and finishing the hujjah. At the final moment before his head was cut off, he called to Shimr and say "I am thirsty and give me water". If Shimr had followed that request from an Imam, he would be safe. But, the final hujjah was given. Shimr (la) could no longer be safe from hell fire. It is because to give some hope to the future of Islam and delivering of hujjah for future people to witness, Imam Ali didn't forcefully opposed the 3 Quresh leaders and also defended Uthman from be killed. But, he made it clear that he opposed the selection of the 3 Quresh leaders and also future people can't say that Ali was also the party that supported the killing of Uthman.

Assalamu alaikum brothers and sisters, I was wondering as a fellow shia muslim myself, what hadith collections or books do we have which we can use? Also, just as a fun fact, most of the hadith compilers for sunni muslims, were all Persians, which is where most shias in the world reside in atm, pretty cool huh?

Be careful. The Ithna Ashariyyah has its own skeletons, e.g. Ismail bin Ja'far, Abdullah al-Atraf, Waqifiyyah, Tawussiyyah,Bazighiyya, Muhammad ibn Ali al-Hadi, Ja'afar al-Kadhab, Nawbakhti family, etc. Most damning of all, Kamal al-Haydari revealed the infiltration of Yahudi, Masihi, and Majusi narrations into Twelver traditions and even into Tafsir al-Qummi! I would advise caution and self-reflection before drawing attention to such matters. The Twelverism of today is quite different from the time of Yusuf al-Bahrani, and different from the time of Saduq and Tusi, and different from the time of Murtadha, and different from the time of pre-ghaybah.

Does it mean that all the sunni who love Umar Bin Khattab because they have read in history that he was most pious ruler his time are all deprived from intercession?.