From tariqas-approval@facteur.std.com Thu Feb 22 16:15:28 1996 Received: from nova.unix.portal.com (nova.unix.portal.com [156.151.1.101]) by jobe.shell.portal.com (8.6.11/8.6.5) with ESMTP id QAA20167 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 1996 16:15:27 -0800 Received: from europe.std.com (europe.std.com [192.74.137.10]) by nova.unix.portal.com (8.6.11/8.6.5) with ESMTP id QAA24662 for ; Thu, 22 Feb 1996 16:15:22 -0800 Received: by europe.std.com (8.6.12/Spike-8-1.0) id SAA08881; Thu, 22 Feb 1996 18:41:03 -0500 Received: from yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au by europe.std.com (8.6.12/Spike-8-1.0) id SAA08853; Thu, 22 Feb 1996 18:40:57 -0500 Received: (from darice@localhost) by yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA12752; Fri, 23 Feb 1996 10:40:55 +1100 (EST) Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 10:40:55 +1100 (EST) From: Dien Alfred Rice To: tariqas@facteur.std.com Subject: Re: need help with explanation In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: tariqas-approval@world.std.com Precedence: bulk Reply-To: tariqas@facteur.std.com Status: RO Assalamu alaikum, Thanks to Jabriel Hanafi for his explanations! On Thu, 22 Feb 1996, Jabreil Hanafi wrote: > Sunnis: > "custom of the Prophet" The largest group of Muslims known as "the > orthodox", who recognise the first four Caliphs, attribute no soecial > religeous or political function to the relatives of the Prophet's son in law > Ali, and adhere to one of the four Sunni Schools of Law. Actually, Ali does have a special status, as he was the fourth Caliph in the "first four Caliphs" you mention above. So Ali is highly respected by both the Sunni and the Shi`ah. He is also the person through whom most Sufi tariqas trace their lineage, with the exception of the Naqshbandiyya, who trace their lineage through Abu Bakr and Salman al-Farisi. Wassalam, Farid ud-Dien Rice