As salaamualaikum Brothers and Sisters, This seems like the ideal place to discuss why a once upon a time Catholic decided to submit to the will of Allah (swt) as a Shia. I will keep this brief because I hate to indulge in long posts. 1) Who better to know the Prophet (pbuh) that the House of the Prophet? It is a matter of logic. I have many friends but nobody knows me like my family. So should I follow the Hadith of my Prophet's (pbuh) bloodline or of the Sahaba? Which is more reliable