difference between shia and sunni funeral

1. What is the difference between Shia and Sunni mosque?
2. How do you know if you are Shia or Sunni?
3. Can Sunni pray behind Shia?
4. Why do Shias wear black?
5. Do Shias have a different Quran?
6. Are Shia allowed in Mecca?
7. What does Shia believe in?
8. Why do Shias pray with a rock?
9. Do Shias have Friday prayer?
10. What is difference between Sunni and Wahabi?

What is the difference between Shia and Sunni mosque?

Sunni Muslims pray five times a day, whereas Shia Muslims can combine prayers to pray three times a day. Shia prayers can often be identified by a small tablet of clay, from a holy place (often Karbala), on which they place their forehead while bowing in prayer.

How do you know if you are Shia or Sunni?

Pray with hands folded over chest, except among members of the Maliki school who hold their hands at their sides as Shias and Ibadis do. Sunnis do not use any rocks or tablets of soil to place their foreheads on when praying. Male worshippers often may wear a white skullcap.

Can Sunni pray behind Shia?

Praying together has more than one scenario: A Sunni Imam leads Shia follower(s) in the salah, and that is acceptable as the status of the follower (Maa'moom) does not affect the status of the Imam.

Why do Shias wear black?

Peace be on you. Respectfully: They do not wear black all the times. Mostly they wear so in month of Muharram to remember the great sacrifices for truth and martyrdom of Hadhrat Imam Hussein, his family members and dears - may Allah be pleased with them. He was the grandson of Hadhrat Muhammad PBUH.

Do Shias have a different Quran?

The Shia view of the Qur'an differs from the Sunni view, but the majority of both groups believe that the text is identical. While some Shia disputed the canonical validity of the Uthmanic codex, the Shia Imams always rejected the idea of alteration of Qur'an's text.

Are Shia allowed in Mecca?

In 2009 a group of Shiites on their way to perform hajj pilgrimage (one of the five pillars of Islam that all able-bodied Muslims are required to perform once in their lives) in Mecca were arrested by Saudi religious police due to the involvement in a protest against the Saudi government.

What does Shia believe in?

Shia Muslims believe that just as a prophet is appointed by God alone, only God has the prerogative to appoint the successor to his prophet. They believe God chose Ali to be Muhammad's successor, infallible, the first caliph (khalifah, head of state) of Islam.

Why do Shias pray with a rock?

Significance and symbolism. Turbah has a primary meaning of 'dirt', 'earth' or 'soil', identified as the material God used to create the earth and humankind. Turbah also denotes any ground on which one prostrates oneself for prayer.

Do Shias have Friday prayer?

Shiite (Imamite) attach high significance to the presence of a just ruler or his representative or Faqih and in the absence of a just ruler or his representative and a just faqih, there exists an option between performing either the Friday or the zuhr prayer, although preference lies with the performance of Friday ...

What is difference between Sunni and Wahabi?

1. Wahabi Muslims are followers of Muhammad ibne Abdul wahab present in the 18th century in Saudi Arabia whereas Sunni Muslims are followers of Prophet Muhammad and his companions. ... Sunni Muslims believe in intercession and mysticism whereas Wahabis call them as deviants and wrongful innovations in Islam.