Walaikum salam wr wb dear brother,
Wellcome to the forum. Alhamdulellah, that you left the sect of hate and fitna. May Allah bless you.
wa aleikum salam brother
thank u! im glad i left shiism after 30 years. cant stand longer for hate and cursing.
After 30 years, Wow! That is a very long time. Rather than suddenly leaving after such a long time why not just stop hating and cursing if that suddenly started to bother you? Allah becomes angry and he also hates and curses. And so does the Messenger (s). There are plenty of Verses and Hadiths to prove this.
God and his Messenger may hate and curse the unjust and corrupt but they are merciful and kind towards the just, Tashayyu` curses and hates the just and pious. That's what no one can stand.
Nobody hates and curses the just and pious because this is not sensible or logical. And one can be just and pious according to you but not to me or the other way around. Just as one's terrorist is another's freedom fighter. Give me a stronger argument!
The discussion of Lanat is of those matters among the two sects of Islam (Shiaism and Sunnism) which have few commonalities. In reality, nobody denies the concept of Lanat as it has the stamp of the Holy Quran and reliable traditions of Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).
The problem arises only when some people hesitate or prohibit people from cursing the ones who have been cursed by the Holy Quran and the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a.).
Moreover, they display their friendship with the enemies of Allah and the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a). This PERSONALITY WORSHIP is the cause of the differences.
Terminologically, lanat means to pray to Allah to keep a person far from His Mercy. Lanat is the opposite of Salaam, which is a prayer to Allah for His Mercy on a person. Salawaat and Lanat are ways of manifesting Tawallah [love of Ahle Bait (a.s.)] and Tabarrah [enmity with the enemies of Ahle Bait (a.s.)]. They both go hand in hand.
The Messenger of Allah said: "Loving ‘Ali is the sign of belief, and hating ‘Ali is the sign of hypocrisy."
Sunni references:
- Sahih Muslim, v1, p48;
- Sahih Tirmidhi, v5, p643;
- Sunan Ibn Majah, v1, p142;
- Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal v1, pp 84,95,128
- Tarikh al-Kabir, by al-Bukhari (the author of Sahih), v1, part 1, p202
- Hilyatul Awliya’, by Abu Nu’aym, v4, p185
- Tarikh, by al-Khateeb al-Baghdadi, v14, p462
This tradition of Prophet was popular to the extent that some of the companions used to say:
"We recognized the hypocrites by their hatred of ‘Ali."
Sunni references:
- Fada’il al-Sahaba, by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, v2, p639, Tradition #1086
- al-Istiab, by Ibn Abd al-Barr, v3, p47
- al-Riyad al-Nadirah, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, v3, p242
- Dhakha’ir al-Uqba, by al-Muhib al-Tabari, p91
Also Muslim in his Sahih narrated on the authority of Zirr that: ‘Ali (ra) said: By him who split up the seed and created something living, the Apostle (may peace and blessing be upon him) gave me a promise that no one but a believer would love me, and none but a hypocrite would nurse grudge against me.
- Sahih Muslim, English version, Chapter XXXIV, p46, Tradition #141