Q: Do you argue among yourselves about Islam, like Christians do with their religion, they argue among themselves cannot agree on one single thing. So,I have heard you have two different sects of Islam, Sunni and something else, or do you have more? What are the major arguing about?doctrines or what? how many sects do you have? Don't lie about not arguing among yourselves, you God knows if you are lying and well punish you. So be honest. typo*your God you have 73 sects? or 170?
A: There are many, many sects in Islam. There are 2 main sects: Sunni and Shia and from those 2 stem many others. The major argument between Sunni and Shia was about who was the leader (Khalif) after Mohammad (PBUH) Sunni (the majority of Muslims, if i'm not wrong they are like 90%; Shia 10%) believed Abu Bakr -one of the Prophets closest companions- was the rightful new leader, the Shia thought it was Ali, the cousin and son in law of the prophet. There are also disputes about doctrine: the Shia believe in 12 imams, the Sunni do not, but i guess main issue are the hadith books (these books hold the supposed sayings and practices of the Prophet). After Quran, Hadith is an important source for religious guidance for most Muslims The Shia do not believe in the main hadith source of the Sunni: Sahih Bukhari. Sunni do not believe in the Hadith books of the Shia. There will be 73 sects in Islam. A few sects that are considered Sunni's are the Ahle Hadith, the Salafi, the Wahabi and the Amhadiyya. The last sect consider them selves Sunni's but were placed outside the fold of islam in 1974 by the scholars of all other sects, because they believe in a prophet after Mohammad (PBUH). Some Shia sects are the Ismaeli's the Agha Khani and the Bohri.One sect that can have both Shia's and Sunni's are the Sufi's; they are very spiritual. Another sect that is neither Sunni nor Shia would be the Quran Only. They do not believe or accept hadith as a guide for Muslims, they only accept the Quran for guidance. Wikipedia can no doubt give you more information. I hope this answered your question.
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