This is a dilemma for every Muslim when he reads history. Companions
should be those earlier Muslims who fought for the establishment of our
religion. Companions also were the transmitters of hadiths , Quran and
Islamic practices. Companions as thus should be Muslim brothers who have
rights on us like any other Muslim. Companions were also men whom three
years ago were mushriks, you do not expect someone to turn 180 degrees
over a night. This is particularly important in one case: companions as
transmitters of religion. This is why the ilm of jarh and ta'deel was
invented by Sunni school. They needed to verify that hadiths they
received were said truly by prophet. Jarh and ta'deel was controversial
at its earliest days because part of its process is to judge companions
actions and faith. They ended up with adalat asahabah theory which is
unknown when it came to existence. This theory dominated the Sunni
thought for decades now.
If a Sunni wants to know why Shia oppose some sahaba , he have to make sure that Sunnis at some point of history did the same. It is not a Shia thing, it is something a Muslim must go through to make sense of the history and to know which hadiths to accept and which to reject.
Shia are sticking with one rule regarding sahabah : who ever opposed imam Ali is wrong doer whom we cannot accept Hadith and religion teaching from. Shia believe that those who opposed imam Ali were nasibis and nasibis are munafiqs and munafiqs are liars.
When it comes to the first three khulafa, Sunnis try to show that there was no ill feelings between Imam Ali and them while Shia try to prove other wise.
While Shia ulama emphasize on the necessity of Unity, unity does not at all mean abandonning our beliefs or we should stop revealing the truth. It means that Shia and Sunnis should rely on common principles against common enemies such as Jews and Wahabis who are trying to detsroy Islam. That does not mean we should start worshipping the 'Idols of Quraysh' , or we should desist from cursing/disassociating ourselves from the enemies of Ahle Bayt , or we should stop commemorating the 'Ashura event, etc.
If a Sunni wants to know why Shia oppose some sahaba , he have to make sure that Sunnis at some point of history did the same. It is not a Shia thing, it is something a Muslim must go through to make sense of the history and to know which hadiths to accept and which to reject.
Shia are sticking with one rule regarding sahabah : who ever opposed imam Ali is wrong doer whom we cannot accept Hadith and religion teaching from. Shia believe that those who opposed imam Ali were nasibis and nasibis are munafiqs and munafiqs are liars.
When it comes to the first three khulafa, Sunnis try to show that there was no ill feelings between Imam Ali and them while Shia try to prove other wise.
While Shia ulama emphasize on the necessity of Unity, unity does not at all mean abandonning our beliefs or we should stop revealing the truth. It means that Shia and Sunnis should rely on common principles against common enemies such as Jews and Wahabis who are trying to detsroy Islam. That does not mean we should start worshipping the 'Idols of Quraysh' , or we should desist from cursing/disassociating ourselves from the enemies of Ahle Bayt , or we should stop commemorating the 'Ashura event, etc.
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