Shaikh Hakim

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Salam 1. Study Imamate in-depth. That's the criteria by which you can choose either Shia or Sunni. 2. The environment is effective. Thus, Shia mosque is preferred and befriending Shia Muslims can be useful as well. 3. The first two part of Shahadah is necessary. However, the third part that testifies the Imamte of Imam Ali is NOT.

Salam Aql (reason) is also a criteria as well as the holy Quran and Ahlulbayt.

The truth dominates at the end.

You're joking right?

Abu Basir has related that he said to Abu Abdallah-upon whom be peace "Tell me about God, the Mighty and Majestic Will believers see Him on the Day of Resurrection ?" He answered, "Yes, and they have already seen Him before the Day of Resurrection." Abu Basir asked, "When?" The Imam answered, "When He said to them, 'Am I not your Lord?' They said: 'Yes, verily' (7 : I72)."91 Then he was quiet for a time. Then he said, "Truly the believers see him in this world before the Day of Resurrection. Doest thou not see Him now ?" Abu Basir then said to him, "That I might be made thy sacrifice. Shall I relate this (to others) from thee?" He answered, "No, for if thou relatest it, a denier ignorant of the meaning of what thou sayest will deny it. Then he will suppose that it is comparison and unbelief (kufr). But seeing with the heart (al-ru'yah b-il-qalb) is not like seeing with the eyes (al- ru'yah bi-l-ayn). High be God exalted above what the comparers (mushabbihun) and heretics (mulhidun) describe!" Source

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Salam Brother @amirhosein_88 explained well. For more information:

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Welcome to ShiaChat. I hope you will have a pleasant stay here. The source and origin of Islam is Tawheed (Oness of God). Everything starts from Tawheed. You will succeed in religion studies if and only if you start from the beginning, i.e. God and its attributes. In my humble opinion, if you start from the beginning without any artificial presupposition, you will realize that the reality is absolute and ... Regards,

قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَىٰ كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ أَلَّا نَعْبُدَ إِلَّا اللَّـهَ وَلَا نُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا أَرْبَابًا مِّن دُونِ اللَّـهِ ۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَقُولُوا اشْهَدُوا بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ [3:64] Qarai Translation: Say, ‘O People of the Book! Come to a common word between us and you: that we will worship no one but Allah, that we will not ascribe any partner to Him, and that some of us will not take some others as lords besides Allah.’ But if they turn away, say, ‘Be witnesses that we have submitted [to Allah].’ http://tanzil.net/#3:64 According to some interpretations, Some scholars of the book (علماء أهل الکتاب) used to distort the divine rulings in accordance with their own interests or bigotries. In the viewpoint of Islam, one who follows such scholars with awareness has in fact worshiped them somehow. It is due to the fact that legislation belongs solely to Allah،سبحانه و تعالی، and ascribing this position to other than Allah means holding partners for Him. It is reported that Adiyy ibn Hatim, who was earlier a christian and then embraced Islam, thought that the holy Quran asserts that the people of the book worship some of their scholars. Thus, he said to the holy prophet ,"we never worshiped our scholars in the past." The holy prophet said, "Did you know that they change the divine rulings when you were following them?" he replied," Yes." The holy prophet said, "It is the act of worship." Islam regards intellectual slavery as an act of worship and confront it as much as it confronts paganism.

Salam According to Hikmat, the only genuine relation is the relation of the cause and the effect (العلیة). Ownership, marriage, parent-child relations etc. are all conventional (اعتباري) and not real (حقیقی).

Salam Please opine on the messages of a friend on mine: [MOD NOTE: Posts below that have no reference are mere speculations.]