What do the shia believe

To know what the Shia believe, study the Quran, for Shias believe in everything stated by the Quran. The shias of Prophet Muhammad (SAW) and Ali Ibn Abu Talib believe that:

• There is no god but Allah, creator of the universe and Prophet Muhammad is the last prophet of God. (Hz Gabriel was meant to give the divine revelations to none other than the last prophet of Islam)
   
• It must be borne in mind that according to Shia belief, every book authored by a human mortal can be subject to error, and, therefore, unlike the Sunni brothers, they do not consider their books of Ahadith as 'SAHIH' or fully authentic and sound. While the Sunni school has 6 books labelled as 'SIHAH', eg Sahih of Bukhari and Muslim etc., the Shias believe that the only book which can be classified as pristine and unsullied is the Book of Allah, the Holy Qur'an.
   
• Verses from the Holy Qur'an:
  "And your Lord sent WAHY to the bee to build its cells in hills...." (al Nahl, verse 68)
  "So We sent WAHY to the mother of Musa that suckle him...." (al Shua'raa, verse 7)
  "And we made them Imams, guiding men by Our command and We sent WAHY to them to do good deeds..." (al Anbiya', verse 73). From the verses quoted above, it is evident that WAHY is used by the Holy Qur'an to mean inspirations, intuitive knowledge, apart from the WAHY in the form of a revelation to the Prophets. WAHY to Imams came as the inspirations as vouched by the Holy Qur'an.
   
• Shia schools agree that not only the Imams, but also an ordinary MU'MIN, following the Shariah of Islam can achieve higher status than the angels. Angels do not have emotions, passions and desires. Humans have to combat all the evils to achieve purity. Therefore, when he frees himself from base desires and obeys his Master, he has a higher place. As for our Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, no Shia scholar has ever claimed a higher status for any Imam.
   
• We, Shias, unlike our Sunni brothers do not accord the status of 'SAHIH' to any book other than the Holy Qur'an. Every report is subjected to a meticulous study, based on the laid down standards of RIJAAL and SANAD. Time and again we have reiterated that the Holy Qur'an as it exists is the WHOLE book, having no interpolations at all. I guarantee that the Holy Quran found in any Shi'a home is not different from the Quran in any other mosque or a Sunni home.
   
• We Shia believe that Abu Bakr and Umar were MUSLIMS. And the SAHABA who survived the Prophet, peace be upon him and his progeny, were MUSLIMS. The qualifying term "true" is judged by the actions of an individual.
   
• The practice of MUTA'H was ordained by the HOLY Quran. Shia's do believe in its legitimacy