Soldiers and Saffron

And there has been those who have said similar things about muslims: 1. Those who are religious become terrorists and kill innocents. 2. Those who arernt religious and can live along with anyone. Please dont use these simplistic and generalizing world views or be ready to be called a daesh terrorist. Indeed there are also among all schools of Islam who are religious and are more concerned about themselves and how Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) views them than they are with others and how Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) views others.

If what you said was true, then Iran would be allied with israel, not trying to fight it. It has much more to gain in terms of power and material gains by allying itself with israel than it has to lose.

No, we get headaches. Only a degenerate would enjoy something like that.

Can you imagine? When there are zionist soldiers among their own ranks who speaks out about the severe oppression they are putting the muslims in Palestine in, there are still those among the ranks of muslims who does not believe in that those in Palestine are oppressed and they tell others to not care. Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) is the All hearing and the All seeing. The annual Quds day will not stop until that flickering spark from a sympathetic heart that shoots out when they see the oppression, only to shortly fade, turns into a flame and that flame into a burning fire that seeks justice for the oppressed muslims in Palestine. How can we who mourn the death of the oppressed Hussein(عليه السلام) turn a blind side to the oppressed of Quds? So long as we are busy infighting we will always be the target of the kafirs ridicule and at the hands of their mercy. I cry for you Imam of our time, what a sorry state our ummah is in...

[4:75] And what is wrong with you that you fight not in the Cause of Allah, and for those weak, ill-treated and oppressed among men, women, and children, whose cry is: "Our Lord! Rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from You one who will protect, and raise for us from You one who will help.

What you have done here is no different from what the far right extremist do when they look at daesh as a basis on which they judge all muslims on. The sunnah of the Prophet(S) and his Alhlul Bayt(عليه السلام) does not include spreading of haqq through hatred. Should we look at the worst of the worst when comparing how good we are in comparrison? Even the best among the worst is still bad and what this guy did was disgusting, remove the shia/sunni thing from the equation and put in any other similar thing and it will still be disgusting solely based on a humanity level. Most muslims, those who call themselves shias and sunnis, do not care much about religion, nor the history if Islam, they are very secularized and care little for religious things. If anyone here thinks otherwise, I recommend you to turn your computer off and go out and talk to people more often. The absolute majority of the sunnis are not hardcore salafi who hate shias, they believe in Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) but they barely know anything about their own branch of Islam let alone the shia one. But I can promise you that face on hatred will only be met by hatred and no message of Ahlul Bayt(عليه السلام) will spread if it start with insulting the other part and his/her intellect. Prosperity and the growth of power in the Islamic countries will never be acheived so long as there is infighting going on, taking away the attention from the corruption among the leaders and serving the interest of those whose interest is to cause discord in the muslim countries. I dont agree with their understanding of Islam nor their understanding of history and I will do my best to explain our point of view and if they accept then its for their own good and if they dont then let Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) judge between us on the day of judgement while we can still unite around that which we share in common, such as the holy Quran, Rasulullah(S), Hajj, Hijab, etc, against those who would seek to destroy us and everything we share in common completely. What is wrose? A sunni man who is honorable, helps mankind, show kindness to his parents and the orphans, pays his zakat, pays his sadaqah, prays with sincerity, makes peace between people, is not arrogant, etc. Or a kafir who seeks to destroy Masjidul Haram and our Qibblah, desecrate the holy Quran and to remove the hijab of our sisters? I advise all of us to look at the story of Rasulullah(S) and the rest of the Prophets(عليه السلام), they asked Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) for mercy over their people even when they disobeyed them and did not believe in their message. Forget about the humans, even the angels who are not even human, ask Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) to forgive us for our mistakes! Lets please try and spread haqq the way we have been instructed to do so by Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) thru his Prophets(عليه السلام) as well as the Ahlul Bayt(عليه السلام), in the best of manners and with kindness. If anyone thinks that he or she is better than any other muslim or even human solely based on he or she calling him/herself a shia and on that basis instead of following the sunnah in spreading Haqq instead shows hatred and disgust (which many do as a form of self praise) then I am afraid that that person would sound very similar to the one who in the past refused to obey Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) because he thought himself to be better since he was created out of fire.

Imam Ali (عليه السلام) was the first caliph many testified to that back then and millions of people testify to this today, even if the majority does not. Likewise the majority of humans may not testify to the oneness of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) but that does not mean it is not true. And non spiritual rulings regulating a society can have spiritual implications/effects on your spirituality. How would you define Islam and how would you define politics? Do you believe them to be completely separated? How would you then explain the rulership of Rasulullah(S) with regards to that? I am not sure how much you have studied islamic history brother or about the life of Imam Ali(عليه السلام) but I would strongly recommend you to watch these series of his biography: And brother, these are holy nights, I would strongly advise you to pray to Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) to guide you to whatever He deems the best and that which will be the ultimate best for you. Surely Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) guides those who seek His guidance.

Why do you think I was referring to you? Did the news of the fatal incident make you happy?

I know some people who call themselves shia that are happy about this incident, it brings them pleasure whenever something bad happens to the IR and sadness when something good happens to the IR. I hope Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) guides them out of their sickness but if their arrogance prevents them then I hope Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) reveals their true nature for everyone and that He then gives them what they deserve.

Example of idols: Money, some people love it to the extent that they practically worship it, its become their God and they are ready to acquire it at the cost of whatever. Fear for others, some people fear other humans instead of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى), they have made those people equal to or even greater than God. Their egos, some people worship themselves instead of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى), pleasing themselves is more important than pleasing God and so they become a slave of themselves instead of a slave of Allah(سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى).

Ultimately you must research and ask yourself who the rightful leader was after Rasulullah(S). As for what social community you should hang around with, it is really secondary if your goal is to search for the truth of matters rather than creating an identity. Pray to Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) to guide you to His truth and do your own part in studying and researching as well, with an open heart and without thinking about how people of x sect act vs y sect, it's not of primary concern.

I wish him good luck, its not an easy job or an easy situation he has. I hope he makes sure that the nation of Iraq and its people will be steadfast on the path of Muhammad(S) and the family of Muhammad(S) and that he does not sell his religion and soul for earthly gains. Its going to be very though regardless, I dont think people in Iraq, especially the young instagram generation has much patience and unlike their phones that they are glued to, real change is not just a click away but it is a long process that takes time, effort and sacrifice. Are the young people of this generation ready for that? Do they have the patience for that? We will see. Globalization has had some good things brought with it but among its bad things is that the scale of "okay" conditions have changed considerably because people no longer compare their own life standard to their neighbours but they compare their life standards to the entire connected globe and its people and of course the only thing the instagram generation compares is the material things. I hope Iraq grows to become one of the best countries on earth, but never at the cost of its soul and religious integrity.