Muslim Companion

Very informative & beneficial app. BarakAllahu Feekum!

Everything a Muslim needs to know about his/her deen packed in one app, definitely an app for balanced Muslims who are looking to follow the creed of Muhammad(saw) and those who followed him. Simply, beneficial and easy information to read and understand.

I was excited to download this app. It has a nice interface and I cherish resources that provide helpful information for my Deen. However, the first article I read was about the differences between Sunnis and Shias. The information provided about Shias was very bigoted and xenophobic and designed to mislead people who don’t know any better. For example it says that Shias consider most of the companions as disbelievers. Astaghfirallah! This is a lie. Indeed Shias are critical of some decisions made by some companions. This criticism does not extend to considering them as disbelievers (although there a Sunnis and Shi’as with extreme beliefs, I refer to the mainstream thought). I don’t think the makers of this app are that misinformed so I can only conclude that they are deliberately covering the truth. This is the definition of kufr. Because of this glaring issue, I cannot trust any other information contained in this app and I am going to delete it. I am a Muslim. A revert from 2001. I learned Islam trough a predominately Hanafi perspective. However I was also taught to value all schools of thought. Including the Jafari (Shi’a) school. Therefore I have studied Shi’a fiqh as well. If you are a Sunni and you have difficulty accepting Shi’a thought as legitimate, consider it this way: Ali was no doubt a companion and a tightly guided khalifah. Technically imams Hasan and Hussein were companions, although they were young. That makes Imam Zayn ul Abideen among the tabieen. And Imam Muhammad Baqir and Jafar Sadiq among the tab tabieen. Imam Jafar Sadiq was also a known teacher of Imam Abu Hanifa and Imam Malik. In any event, if you are Sunni and you dislike Shias that’s your business, but don’t go so far as to slander them. This is a grave sin. Wa Allahu alim.