Yasin-shalal
Yasin-shalal
Salam,I believe no division is the right one, but then I ask myself - if no division is right is Islam right? There must be unity for Islam to function as it really should be to have perfect practice of it but I doubt there will ever be one. I simply can't agree with those people who claim infidels should be killed no matter what etc. Even if some denomination overcomes completely it's just a matter of time when it will start to fall apart again.
Brother Raahim, I understand how you feel about different sects. Before my main comment, I wanna give you a simple view for Islamic sects.
Islam has got eight top classical sects. Four Sunni sects(Shafei, Hanafi, Maleki and Hanbali) and four Shia sects(12-Imami, 7-Imami, Ismaili and Zaydi). Of course, some of them have got branches which I ignore. They all believe in God, Muhammad(pbuh) and Quran. Though, each of them have their own Hadith collection, they have thousands of common Hadiths. Can you imagine, thousands of same Hadiths! They have a background of 12 to 14 centuries.
Non of them suggest killing innocent people. Non of them.
When we wanna use the word "sect", we must consider only top classical sects which have their own Usul, Kalam, and Hadith collections. We are not allowed to talk about any stupid people who have built their own idiotic and wild sects in the recent centuries. These are the people who know nothing about Quran and Islam.
Main comment:
All eight sects share almost 98% of beliefs, we are all brothers. We love each other. We go to each others mosque and pray with each other. We marry each other.
Now, on 2%:
Which sect is right on that 2%?
The answer is:
It depends on the filed. Here are some fields:
Succession, Rijal of Hadith, Kalam and etc.