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Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

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Some people filled their whole lives with really evil things and caused so much harm to the Ummah and the religion, but then apparently had good lives and even seemed to die in peace. Why is that so?
Zoheir Ali Esmail

Bismillah

Thank you for your question. God is Just and all people will receive rewards for their good deeds and accountability for their bad deeds. Certain people are given all of the recompenses for any good that they have done in this world, but only to find punishment for the bad they have done in the next. The blissful life in this world distracts them from reforming their ways and their end is undesirable. Conversely, some pay for all of the bad they have done in this world, only to find good in the next. The lives people lead on the outside, during our short stay in the corporeal realm, are not a benchmark for God's favor. 

May you always be successful
Our Sunni brothers claim that the Prophet said that the best of his Ummah was the first generation of the Sahabah, followed by the generation after that. Do the Shia also have such a narration?
Amina Inloes

No. In this day and age, this is basically a Salafi idea which is used to justify the belief that reconstructing society as it was during the first four caliphs will fix all the problems in the world.

Since Shi'is do not share the idea that society was ideal or perfect during the first four caliphates, and in fact point to a number of problems during that time, or things which were done which may have been against the Prophet's intent (whether relating to internal matters, such as the caliphate or financial management, or external matters, such as wars), this idea isn't found in Shi'ism.

In fact, we look forward to better times during the advent of the Mahdi (A)!
Is this an authentic Hadith from the Prophet (pbuh) that says that the Ummah will be divided into 73 groups and only one group will enter paradise, those who follow the Jama'ah of the Muslims?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

The Hadeeth which is narrated in Shia and Sunni books is (My Ummah will be divided in to seventy three sects). The additional words which you quoted are not authentic. Obviously, the followers of the Quran and the Progeny of the Prophet (SAWA) will be saved because they are the real followers of the Prophet (SAWA).

Wassalam.
There is a famous narration attributed to the Prophet (SAWW) where he said that the Ummah will be divided into seventy-three sects, one of which will be in Paradise and seventy-two will be in the Fire. What is the authenticity of this narration?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

There are many narrations in Sunni and Shia books regarding the 73 sects, but most of the narrations have additions which are not authentic especially what is in some Sunni books that the saved sect will be those who follow me and my companions ما أنا عليه وأصحابي. Leading Sunni Ulama stated that this narration is fabricated.

Our Shia Ulama narrated many narrations about the 73 sects as find in Bisharat Al-Mustafa narrated from Ameerul Mo'mineen (AS) which states that saved sect will be those who follow the real successor of the Prophet (SAWA).

This narration does not mean that all Muslim sects will be in hellfire except one sect, but means that there will be right sect despite of the different sects. The followers of the right sect will be saved because there have obeyed the orders of Allah (SWT) and the Prophet (SAWA).

Wassalam.