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Shia (/ˈʃiːə/; Arabic: شيعة Shīʿah), an abbreviation of Shīʻatu ʻAlī (شيعة علي, "followers of Ali"), is a branch of Islam which holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad's proper successor as Caliph was his son-in-law and cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib. Shia Islam primarily contrasts with Sunni Islam, whose adherents believe that Muhammad's father-in-law Abu Bakr was his proper successor.
Adherents of Shia Islam are called Shias or the Shi'a as a collective or Shi'i individually. Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam: in 2009, Shia Muslims constituted 10–13% of the world's Muslim population.Twelver Shia (Ithnā'ashariyyah) is the largest branch of Shia Islam. In 2012 it was estimated that perhaps 85 percent of Shias were Twelvers.
Shia Islam is based on the Quran and the message of the Islamic prophet Muhammad attested in hadith recorded by the Shia, and certain books deemed sacred to the Shia (Nahj al-Balagha). Shia consider Ali to have been divinely appointed as the successor to Muhammad, and as the first Imam. The Shia also extend this "Imami" doctrine to Muhammad's family, the Ahl al-Bayt ("the People of the House"), and certain individuals among his descendants, known as Imams, who they believe possess special spiritual and political authority over the community, infallibility, and other divinely-ordained traits. Although there are myriad Shia subsects, modern Shia Islam has been divided into three main groupings: Twelvers, Ismailis and Zaidis, with Twelver Shia being the largest and most influential group among Shia.
Why don't you stay with me?
Come on and play with me
You know I'm out of my tree
Honey, why did you walk away?
When you knew I had something to say
Sittin' here drinking alone
Left wondering why you ain't gonna phone
But I know baby
That you were just sent for me
You're driving me crazy
I'm begging right down on my knees
Why don't you stay with me?
Come on and play with me
You know i'm out of my tree
Lay down your love
I ain't satisfied
Cause you never tried
When making love was a matter of pride
I heard it from friends just the other day
That you're coming back maybe this time you'll stay
Whenever you're near me
I see the truth in your lies
Please open your heart to me
I'm begging you down on my knees
Why don't you stay with me? yea, yea
Come on and play with me, yea, yea
You know I'm out of my tree
Baby, baby, baby, it's allright
Lay down yourlove, allright
Falling in love was'nt easy
But people need love, to survive
If I knew then
All the things I know now
These'd be more then enough to go round
Why don't you stay with me? yeah yeah
Come on and play with me, yeah
You know I'm out of my tree
Baby baby babe it's allright
Lay down ya' love
Why don't you stay with me?
Come on and play with me
You know I'm out of my tree
Baby, baby, babe it's allright
Lay down ya' love
Why don't you stay with me
Come on and play with me
Come on baby
You know it's allright
Lay down ya' love