Sunni + Shia = One Ummah. Part 3.

Asalam u Alaikum.

Hope everyone is doing well Insh'Allah.

Today I'd like to talk about the Caliphate. Why do many people argue over the Caliphate? Why do so many people still think, after 1430 years that Ali r.a. should have been the first Caliph after the Prophet P.B.U.H? Doesn't everything happen for a reason, doesn't Allah decide everything, doesn't every little thing happen with Allah's will? Then why all this arguing, why all these disagreements?

Many people take the incident in which the Prophet P.B.U.H had assigned Ali r.a. as a Caliph to look after the children, whilst they went on Jihad. Fatima r.a. was not very well herself, and so the Prophet P.B.U.H thought that it would be best if Ali r.a. stayed back and looked after his wife, and all the children, as well as keeping an eye out for all the other women. Ali r.a. did not want to stay back whilst the other Sahabah went on Jihad, and so he got hold of a camel and caught up with the army who were residing on the outskirts of Madinah. Ali r.a. then asked the Prophet P.B.U.H why he was made to stay behind, and the Prophet P.B.U.H replied to him saying: I have put you in charge of looking after your wife, children and the women. You are like a Caliph. Do you not remember how Musa a.s. appointed Haroon a.s. as a Caliph? How are you not happy with this great responsibility?

Out of all the Sahabah, the Prophet P.B.U.H chose Ali r.a. to stay back and look after all the children. Many people say that the Prophet P.B.U.H even assigned Ali r.a. as Caliph during his lifetime, so how could Abu Bakr r.a. be the first Caliph? Well, people forget that he was appointed with this responsibility only for this war. The Prophet P.B.U.H was still alive, how could he have been Caliph when the Prophet P.B.U.H was still alive? And Haroon a.s. was older than Musa a.s. - he even died during the Prophet Musa's a.s. lifetime. They were like Caliphs, they were given certain responsibilities by the Prophet's P.B.U.T.

The Caliphate and the order of the Caliphs was decided by Allah, how can people even dare to go against the decision of Allah? How can they even dare to disagree with what Allah decided?

The non-Muslims at the time of the Prophet P.B.U.H and after his death, up until today have been trying their best to separate the Muslims, to cause disagreements between the Muslims. They have lied, they have spread rumours, they have made Muslims believe things and innovate things which are not in Islam, which have not been taught by the Prophet P.B.U.H and which have not been said by Allah in the Qur'an. This has also led people to interperate the Qur'anic Ayah's in ways they shouldn't be interperated. They have twisted the translations and meanings of the Ayahs to suit their own purposes and innovative beliefs.

Islam is the simplest of religions, don't complicate it. For your own sake. For everyone's sake.

May Allah unite the Muslims and guide us all to the Straight Path. Ameen.

Walaikum Salam. :)