Sunni/Shia

Lifestyle Relationships
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Does it play a role at all in your “evaluation” of another person?

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No..

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Ofcourse Yes! It is their belief and it dictates what kind of person they are and what their convinctions are so naturally it has its importance if it comes to judging/evaluating them.

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hahaha..arssssuuu:)

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yes it does

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*peeeeeeee

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as a human being NO, religiously YES!

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sunni and shia are sects created by ourselves. We both read (well i struggle sadly) 5 namaaz, fast during ramadhan, read the same quran, recite the kalimah, honestly whats the difference?? cuz i have yet to find one. These sects that muslims love to create is whats gonna be the downfall of our ummah - anyways rant over. And no OP, i wouldnt judge them based on that.

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For a person in general - no. For marriage I think I would gravitate to a Sunni but I wouldn't necessarily rule out a Shia. With that said, my dad is Shia and my mom is Sunni but my dad has always gravitated towards being a Sunni, he's not really in touch with his Shia side. I never really thought about this until I went to a Shia mosque. To me, they are quite different in the way they do things - including read Namaaz, among other things.

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OP: It depends on the kind of "evaluation".

Religiously, both are different in term of belief system. I am agree with KKF.

majorly, shia belief in the chain of Imam and waiting for 12 th Imam Mehdi.

While sunni belief system does not recognize the idea of Imamism in a way shia do.

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I dont care what people follow in general but in terms of marriage, i would gravitate towards Sunni. There's nothing wrong with Shiiahs but part of my family is Shiiah and VERY much in touch with their Shiiah side and it just seems too different. At least how they follow it. And we disagree on some basic aspects of Islam--something that I wouldn't want my children to be brought up with.

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for friendship......... NO

for marriage ............ definitely YES

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Quite subjective.

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No, I don't care at all. In fact, I'm pissed my dad made shias seem so bad that I couldn't get myself to be friends with them in elementary school. I would never teach my children that, ever. My dad's family has a lot of Ahmedis/Aghahanis and his Sunni side of the family has always been trying to convert them and talking bad about them. Totally pisses me off since that side of the family is minding their own business. Why can't we accept people for their differences and not take it upon ourselves to always convert and change/mold them into what we feel is right?

Also, I always look at Pakistanis the same, doesn't matter if they are Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Parsis, Shia or whatever other sect of Islam.

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It's interesting to see so many different views. I guess in terms of marriage it may play an important role for alot of people. For me, my dad is HARD OUT shia and my mum is sunni. But to be honest, both as a person and in terms of marriage I couldn't care less but thats just me.
How do people feel about them as a person? Do you have any sort of stereotypes for sunni's and shia's?

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My best friend is shia and I am sunni. It makes no difference at all.

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This probably is a stereotype, since I'm speaking for my family and close friends, but during Muhurram my shiiah part of the family does nothing. And they make black clothes. And go to majlises ALL MONTH. Every day. All day. No fun, no tv, no makeup, nothing. And they do mataam and zanjeer zani. We also recently had a really big debate (almost got into a fight) over some of their views...I don't consider my family very "informed" shiiahs, they're the stereotypical Pakistani "our gfathers and fathers did it so we will too" type of people but the difference in our basic fundamental beliefs regarding some things was...frightening.

Being raised sunni, that's...different. Stuff like that would be odd to adjust to if you don't believe in doing so fully. And the fundamental differences we have...there'd be conflicts when we'd raise our children.

I'm totally not trying to be offensive btw. Like I said, I don't think the shiiah members of my family that engage in extreme acts do so because they're making an informed decision. They do it because "well everyone else does it". So I'm not speaking for all shiiahs.

At the same time, most sunni members of my family go to darbars and whatnot. Which I don't necessarily agree with either, so who knows.

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Does it matter, I would say YES it does. How much it matters is a different question and could range from not much to a lot depending on what the situation is at the time.

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Nope, to me it is just another label, useless.