fanzo, i'm not saying malik is an alim, but he probably has more access to a shi'a scholar than the rest of us to put forward the questions we're asking which he is unsure of. and how do we know if he has an answer or not if we don't ask in the first place?

i'd rather ask than remain ignorant.

"malik" wrote:

There is a Hadith in which a man asked the Prophet (pbuh) that what you have taught me in too complicated for me to comprehend, and I cannot do everything Islam requires of me; so please order me just one thing that would save me from the fire of Hell and allow me to enter the garden of Paradise. Prophet (pbuh) replied just be honest; never tell a lie and you will surely enter paradise.

the man in this hadith was already a muslim, he believed in the existence of God, how can one use this hadith to justify not believing in God at all?

"malik" wrote:

All I said was that if you have an honest doubt, even about existence God, then that would not held against you on the final day of judgement. Why would Allah punish you if you were genuinely confused about something? All honest and sincere people would be forgiven.

but isn't that why God has made us superior to other animals by giving us an intellect? what use is it if we can't even question our very existence and the creation of the universe? Sunnis believe that if a person lived in such a time or place where no Prophet or the message of Islam ever reached him, then in order for him to be admitted into Heaven it would still be compulsory for him to have come to the realisation that One God exists and has power over everything, because nature and it's harmony is a sign of God's existence in itself.

"malik" wrote:

I am not an Alim. I am an ordinary Shia Muslim. I dont know everything about even my own madhab. I am still learning from Shia scholars.

that's fine, and i appreciate your answering our questions to the best of your ability, jazaakallahu khayran katheeran.