Shia or Sunni - Shaykh Mahdi Rastani discuss their differences

Yasir Qadhi

Muslim Central

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Islam

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 103 minutes

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0:00.0	This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.
0:06.9	There is no way to really reconcile.
0:09.3	This is where it gets personal in the sense it is very painful.
0:12.4	You know, Kamran tonight is playing the role of Pakistan.
0:15.4	So he...
0:17.0	Wait, who's Trump here? What is that supposed to me?
0:22.7	Ahele Sunnah believe their version is right.
0:24.6	Ahele Tashir believe their version is right.
0:26.5	They both can't be right.
0:27.7	This is where the differences occur.
0:29.6	I do not believe in this concept of Shia and Sunni being kind and friendly and cordial together
0:37.0	only when there is a common enemy.
0:40.0	What we have in common, while Allahi, is much more than what we disagree.
0:45.9	We might disagree about.
0:47.3	Na'u'u'u'u'u'u'u'u'u'u'u'u'la, the wife of the messenger of Allah was involved in,
0:52.4	such and such deed. I don't even want to say.
0:55.0	This brothers and sisters from the level of our scholarship
0:58.0	has always been rejected.
1:00.0	But to claim that the senior companions
1:02.0	intentionally disobeyed the messenger,
1:05.0	that is theologically problematic.
1:09.0	It's not just politics anymore. Any action that brings about and fans the flames of sectarianism is forbidden.
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