| Second coming of Jesus | Affirmed |
Affirmed |
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| Place of worship | Mosque, Imambarah or Ashurkhana, Eidgah |
Mosque .Tombs of saints |
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| Clergy | Imaam (divinely guided), Ayatollah, Mujtahid, Allamah, Maulana, Hojatoleslam, Sayed, Mollah (colloquial) |
Only saints |
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| Population | 200 million |
most of sufis are in asia and in turkey zone |
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| Birth of Jesus | Virgin Birth |
Virgin birth |
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| Marriage | Man may marry up to 4 women. |
Man may marry up to 4 women. |
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| Holy days | Ashura, Eid al Fitr, Eid al Adha, Eid al ghadeer, Ashura, Mawlid |
Fifty Days |
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| Death of Jesus | Denied. Jesus did not die on the cross, but his body went up to heaven. |
Denied |
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| Resurrection of Jesus | Denied. Jesus did not die on the cross. Jesus will come back down from heaven in the future. |
Denied |
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| View of other Abrahamic religions | Christianity and Judaism are "People of the Book." |
Not engaged in Spiritualism |
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| Angels | Angels obey God's commandments. They have limited free will, though no drive to sin. |
God created angels from light. They do not have their own free will and always obey the commandments of od and they identify some saints like angels |
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| Offshoot religions | Baha'i - a separate religion |
hurufis |
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| Use of statues and pictures | Not permitted, although pictures permitted as long as the imams are painted respectfully. |
Permitted |
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| Original Language(s) | Arabic, Farsi |
Arabic Persian |
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| imams identified as | Divinely guided. Considered as the only legitimate interpreters of the Quran. |
Saints. Rumi and the12 imamah |
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| Origin | From teachings of Prophet Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. |
From techings of muahmmad Rumi and spiritualism |
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| Required lineage for ruler | Must be male child from lineage of Ali from Fatimah. |
Can be a saint , chossen by god. |
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| Places most closely associated with independent history of the faith | Kufa, Karbala |
makkah madinah sufi saints tombs kufa karbalah etc |
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| Successors after the Prophet | 12 Infallible Imams; Ali bin Abi Talib, Hassan, Hussain, Ali ZainulAbideen, Muhammad AlBaqir, Jaafar AlSaadiq, Musa AlKaazim, Ali AlRaza, Muhammad AlTaqi, Ali AlNaqi, Hasan AlAskari, Muhammad AlMahdi (hidden). |
While there may be a difference of opinion amongst some Sunni scholars of the exact identity of the 'Twelve Successors', one cannot deny that some of the greatest Sufi scholars, the vast majority of whom were Sunni, are unanimous on the elect status |
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| Geographic Presence | Majority in Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Bahrain, Azerbaijan, Lebanon. Minority spread across the world. |
India Pakistan Turkey Albania |
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| Articles of Belief | One God, Angels, Revealed Books of God including the Quran, Messengers, Day of Judgement, Prophethood, Imaamah |
One god Revealed books Sufi poems and sayings Quran Messengers Day of judgment Prophethood imamah doctrine |
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| View on the personality of Imaam Ali | Prophet said inter alia: - “Exemption from the Hellfire comes with love for Ali (A.S).” - “Of whomever I was master, Ali (A.S) is his master.” - “Ali (A.S) is from me and I am from him, and he is the protector of every true believer after m |
Saint |
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| Continuation of authoritative revelation | Partially true. Imaams are considered divinely guided. The purpose is to explain and safeguard the current faith and its esoteric meaning. |
No, authoritative revelation ended with Prophet Muhammad. |
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| Pillars of faith | 1. Prayer (Salah) 2. Fasting (Sawm) 3. Pilgrimage 4. Mandatory alms, 20% for Imaam and the needy (khums) 5. Jihad 6. Promotion of good 7. Dissuasion from bad 8. Re-affirmation 9. Disassociation from the enemies of Islam starting from first Caliph |
1. Testament of Faith 2. Prayer 3. Mandatory alms, 2.5% for needy (zakaat) 4. Fasting 5. Pilgrimage 6. Struggle in the way of God to promote good and stop bad To believe in saints |
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| Name of the practice means | "party" or "partisans" of Ali |
People of tradition |
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| Beliefs regarding revealed scriptures | Belief in the Quran |
Belief in quran |
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| Adherents called | Shiites, Shia, Shii, Ehl-e-Tash'e |
suffah sufi saint |
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| Self Flagellation (Lattum) | To commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein, Shiite groups march in massive parades on the 10th day of the Muharram month. There is self-flagellation i.e. flogging own back, chest with hands, knives, blades or chains. Permitted by some scholars. |
Yes Ziqr they put some swords on mouth |
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| Collection of religious narrations from Imaams and Mujtahids | Nahajul Balagha, Kitab al-Kafi, Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih, Tahdhib al-Ahkam, Al-Istibsaar |
Mawlana Ashraf Ali Thanawi, |
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| Branches and their status | Ithna Ashariyya ('Twelvers'), Ismailis ('Seveners') and Zaidis ('Fivers'). The latter do not agree to infallibility of Imaams or to the occultation of the 12th Imaam Mahdi. |
CHISTI naqshbandi etc |
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| Special Day of worship | Friday |
Friday |
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| Temporary unannounced Marriage | Yes |
No, termed as adultery |
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| Current leaders | Mujtahids |
Saints |
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| Intercession permitted | Yes (14 Infallibles only - From Prophet until the Mahdi, including Fatima, daughter of the Prophet and wife of Ali) |
Yes to toms of saints |
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Comments: Shia vs Sufism