How can you be Shia and claim to also believe in the entire Quran and not accept some of the companions? #shia #sunni #islam #fyp

Alen Bašić | Muslim Journalist & Historian on Instagram: "HOW DID IRAN BECOME SHIA? 🇮🇷 524 years ago today, Shah Ismail I founded the Safavid dynasty, officially declaring Twelver Shiism as the state religion of his empire. At its height, Safavid rule covered much of modern-day Iran and Azerbaijan, and at various points extended into parts of Iraq, Türkiye and Central Asia. Although Iran had historically produced some of the most celebrated Sunni Muslim scholars — including Imam al-Bukhari, al