هناك مقولة لأسامة عبد الله صاحب موقع Answering Christianity يقول فيها أنه يرى علياً رضي الله عنه الشخص الأحق بأن يكون أول خليفة للمسلمين . و حين سألته عن دليله و أسبابه أرسل هذه :
As'salamu Alaikum dear brother 'Black Muslim'
Thank you for emailing me dear brother. You could also ask in public. It's ok akhi. We are all here to learn, insha'Allah.
Here are some facts that no Sunni or Shia disagree on:
1- After Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) death, Ali was busy burrying the Prophet and making the necessary preparations and setup service for the Prophet's grave. Our Sunni sources also say that Ali isolated himself from people for 6 months and just wanted to be away from people and to be all alone. The Shia sources say that Ali was upset from Abu Bakr for this period for rushing the elections during Ali's absence, and never gave Ali the chance to get elected. They also say that Ali for the sake of keeping Muslims united finally gave his Bay3a (vote) to Abu Bakr to be the Muslims' Caliph after 6 months.
2- Our Sunni sources say that the reason why Abu Bakr rushed the Bay3a was because the Muslims of mecca and Madina (with their tribal mentality of Jaahiliyyah) had disagreements or issues on FROM WHERE the next Caliph should be. A good support for the Sunnis claim is the fact that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, chose to live his days in MADINA and not MECCA after the liberation of Mecca, despite the fact that his beloved city was Mecca and not Madina. The Prophet made the leaders of Muslims be from Makkah, while he gave himself as a gift for the Madina Muslims. And he indeed died in Madina.
So Caliph Abu Bakr did what he did to destroy the tumult among the Muslims. As a human, it is also possible that he had desire to be the next ruler. I mean, who wouldn't really. But it wasn't his TOP PRIORITY. The shias disagree with us on this, but our sources have much stronger evidence than what they have. And my evidence above is just one from many.
Here is where I believe Ali should've been the first Caliph:
1- Ali was to Muhammad as Aaron was to Moses, peace be upon all of them.
2- Ali was from Ahlul Bayt, who we send Peace and Blessings to in every single Prayer in our 5 daily Prayers.
3- Ali never really took part of the Bay3a. He should've been given that chance even after Abu Bakr was elected.
But Ali was above any worldly gain, because he was really a pious and purified Believer as the members of Ahlul Bayt were, as Allah Almighty mentioned in the Glorious Quran. Ali didn't really care much about being a Caliph. But NONETHELESS, he should've been at least given the opportunity.
Here is another point that destroys the Shias: Ali and his sons had always served Islam under Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman! They took orders from them, traveled to distant lands to spread Islam based on their orders and commands, and served Islam and Muslims under the rulership of these three guided Caliphs. And when Ali became the Caliph, Ali never declared himself to be an Imam, nor did Hasan nor did Hussein, and neither did any of them declare that there are a total of 12 Imams. In fact, Shias themselves disagree in the number of Imams. Some say 4, others say 6, but the majority say 12 Imams.
And like I said before, their top Scriptures such as AL-KAAFI (their equivalence to our Sahih Bukhari and Muslim) and other similar books were written even hundreds of years after our Hadiths Sahih Collections. So their religion is a religion of doubtful and absurd narrations, and nothing more. They have absurd things that they strongly believe in such as the sky rained blood for 3 days when Hussein died, and the soil of Karbala became the holiest soil on earth by Allah Almighty's Command, and so on.
I hope this helps, insha'Allah, dear brother.
Take care,
Osama Abdallah
Thank you for emailing me dear brother. You could also ask in public. It's ok akhi. We are all here to learn, insha'Allah.
Here are some facts that no Sunni or Shia disagree on:
1- After Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) death, Ali was busy burrying the Prophet and making the necessary preparations and setup service for the Prophet's grave. Our Sunni sources also say that Ali isolated himself from people for 6 months and just wanted to be away from people and to be all alone. The Shia sources say that Ali was upset from Abu Bakr for this period for rushing the elections during Ali's absence, and never gave Ali the chance to get elected. They also say that Ali for the sake of keeping Muslims united finally gave his Bay3a (vote) to Abu Bakr to be the Muslims' Caliph after 6 months.
2- Our Sunni sources say that the reason why Abu Bakr rushed the Bay3a was because the Muslims of mecca and Madina (with their tribal mentality of Jaahiliyyah) had disagreements or issues on FROM WHERE the next Caliph should be. A good support for the Sunnis claim is the fact that Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, chose to live his days in MADINA and not MECCA after the liberation of Mecca, despite the fact that his beloved city was Mecca and not Madina. The Prophet made the leaders of Muslims be from Makkah, while he gave himself as a gift for the Madina Muslims. And he indeed died in Madina.
So Caliph Abu Bakr did what he did to destroy the tumult among the Muslims. As a human, it is also possible that he had desire to be the next ruler. I mean, who wouldn't really. But it wasn't his TOP PRIORITY. The shias disagree with us on this, but our sources have much stronger evidence than what they have. And my evidence above is just one from many.
Here is where I believe Ali should've been the first Caliph:
1- Ali was to Muhammad as Aaron was to Moses, peace be upon all of them.
2- Ali was from Ahlul Bayt, who we send Peace and Blessings to in every single Prayer in our 5 daily Prayers.
3- Ali never really took part of the Bay3a. He should've been given that chance even after Abu Bakr was elected.
But Ali was above any worldly gain, because he was really a pious and purified Believer as the members of Ahlul Bayt were, as Allah Almighty mentioned in the Glorious Quran. Ali didn't really care much about being a Caliph. But NONETHELESS, he should've been at least given the opportunity.
Here is another point that destroys the Shias: Ali and his sons had always served Islam under Abu Bakr, Umar and Uthman! They took orders from them, traveled to distant lands to spread Islam based on their orders and commands, and served Islam and Muslims under the rulership of these three guided Caliphs. And when Ali became the Caliph, Ali never declared himself to be an Imam, nor did Hasan nor did Hussein, and neither did any of them declare that there are a total of 12 Imams. In fact, Shias themselves disagree in the number of Imams. Some say 4, others say 6, but the majority say 12 Imams.
And like I said before, their top Scriptures such as AL-KAAFI (their equivalence to our Sahih Bukhari and Muslim) and other similar books were written even hundreds of years after our Hadiths Sahih Collections. So their religion is a religion of doubtful and absurd narrations, and nothing more. They have absurd things that they strongly believe in such as the sky rained blood for 3 days when Hussein died, and the soil of Karbala became the holiest soil on earth by Allah Almighty's Command, and so on.
I hope this helps, insha'Allah, dear brother.
Take care,
Osama Abdallah
في النقطة الثانية يقول أن النبي صلى الله عليه و سلم جعل الخلفاء من مكة و ليس المدينة و هذا شيء أيضاً لم أسمع به و هو يخالف حقيقة كون العديد من الخلفاء للدولة الإسلامية من غير مكة .
إضافة إلى ذلك فهو يقول أنه كإنسان ، كانت لأبي بكر رضي الله عنه رغبة في تولي الخلافة و هذا أمر يخالف أحوال الصحابة حسب علمي فهم كانوا يخشون الفتنة و يصيبهم الهم و الغم لتوليهم مثل هذه المهمة العظيمة .
بعدها يذكر أموراً يراها دلائل على وجوب كون علي رضي الله عنه أول الخلفاء و منها أنه من أهل البيت و أنه بالنسبة لمحمد صلى الله عليه و سلم مثل هارون لموسى عليهما السلام . و يضيف أنه رضي الله عنه لم يشارك في البيعة رغم علمنا بأن المسلمين تشاوروا فيما بينهم و لو أنه لم يكن موجوداً و عزل نفسه عن الناس - و لا أدري من أين هذه - لكانوا اختاروه كذلك .
و أعلمكم أن هذه ليست النقطة الوحيدة التي أراه يختلف فيها عما نعلمه . و منها قوله بأن وضع روابط لمواقع تهاجم الإسلام - كأدلة على تفنيداته - أمر ضروري و أنه يجب ألا نتهرب بمنع هذه الروابط ! كما أنه قد قال سابقاً بمروره بفترة شك و حيرة و تبنيه لأفكار مخالفة قد تخلى عنها . و مع هذا فأرى بعضها ما تزال فيه .
أفيدونا هدانا و هداه الله .
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