For a Muslim to say that he/she belongs to any particular group is a sectoral behaviour. He/she is simply a Muslim, believing in pristine, Allah-approved Religion of Islam as delineated in the Qur’aan. A Muslim should shun all practices contrary to the Qur’aanic teachings.

I would like to know if Groups such as Tijania, Kadriya, Ahmadia etc are all sects. If yes, is their a sect one cannot leave going by what has been discussed above so far?

I sincerely want to know more about Tijania. Are their practices sectoral. I asked those questions to put me into the right footings of not belonging to what is not Islamic.

The information in the links given are all based on the man-influenced, error-prone ahaadeeth. As a result of following such ahaadeeth it is that the Allah-disapproved sects came into existence. The only remedy, to get rid of the sects, is to ignore the ahaadeeth and follow the Allah-protected divine Message of the Qur’aan scrupulously. Insistence on following the ahaadeeth will further alienate the Muslims from His Straight Path.

http://www.al-islam.org/ghadir/

Who are Ahl-al-Bayt ?

http://www.al-islam.org/mot/14ahlbayt.htm

Sahih Version of Hadith al­Thaqalayn

http://www.al-islam.org/thaqalayn/nontl/Versions.htm

Various Occasions Related to Hadith al­Thaqalayn:

http://www.al-islam.org/thaqalayn/nontl/Occasions.htm

The Even of the Ghadir

mjaga notes:
The relevance of Verse 26:28 to the subject matter here is not understood.
There are no Verses like 57:65, 45:64-65.
Verse 30:32 is of course relevant and describes how every sect thinks it is the only right one, and vainly rejoices at that thought. Verses 42:15-16 describe how disputes in Allah-approved Religion of Islam invite Allah’s wrath and His punishment.

Assalaamu alaykum, Br. Syed Sadqain Kazim!

The top of my simple story is that Allah Almighty strongly disapproves of His approved Religion of Islam being divided into sects. And its end is that, despite the divine disapproval, Islam stands divided into many sects like Sunni and Shia.

I have given my assessment as to what caused this division. If you disagree with my asseessment, Allah is the Infallible Judge between the two of us, Brother!

But, before signing off, let me also give my assessment of points raised in your comments:
1. The Arabic word Shia, meaning sect, is mentioned in the very Qur’aanic Verse quoted in my post.
2. The ahaadeeth came to be first codified in writing at least 150 years after the death of the Prophet (peace be upon him).
3. The Sects came to be recognised, as such, only after the ahaadeeth were codified.
4. Before that, there of course were disputes on the choices for the Khalifah. but those disputes had not assumed the form sects.
5. There is no mention of the ‘Sunnah of the Rasool’ in the Qur’aan, but ‘Sunnah of Allah’ is indeed mentioned therein. “Sunnah’ essentially means practice.
6. The documents you have mentioned are based on man-influenced, error-prone ahaadeeth. Those cannot be as sacrosanct as the Word of Allah.

And, finally, since you agree that Islam should not be divided into sects, let us stop identifying ourselves as ’shias’, ’sunnis’, etc. and just call ourselves Muslims, i.e., those who submit to Allah’s Will. We can do so by strictly adhering to what the Qur’aan says.