Yes, Shia and Sunni Muslims can marry, as both sects generally consider each other Muslims, but it's a complex decision with varying opinions, often permissible but not always recommended due to potential family friction, differing practices (like prayer times or beliefs about companions), and concerns for children's religious upbringing, with some scholars advising caution if extremist views or disbelief in core tenets (like Aisha's chastity) are present. Moderate Shia and Sunni individuals often find such marriages work through mutual respect, while some stricter interpretations discourage it.
Islam's dominant sect, which roughly 85 percent of the world's 1.6 billion Muslims follow, viewed Shia Islam with suspicion, and extremist Sunnis have portrayed Shias as heretics and apostates.
While the exact numbers are subject to debate, the Shia comprise around 10% of the world's Muslims, and Sunnis 90%. Sunnis are a majority in most Muslim communities around the world.
As long as he is permissible to you Islamically you can marry him. While it is nice to have parents' blessings regarding marriage, it is not required to have their permission as long as you are of age. Just be sure to work out any differences with him due to the Sunni and Shia issue. If there are not any alhamdulillah.
For women, marriage to anyone but a Muslim man is not permissible. The spouse may not be a close relative unless it is a cousin, including first cousins. As cousins are not mahram. Also forbidden to marry are those of the same sex, anyone who has had the same wetnurse feed them.
Islamic laws do recognize the legitimacy of a Muslim man's marriage (nikaah) if he marries a Non-Muslim woman, but only if she is an orthodox Jewish or Christian. On the other hand, a Muslim woman cannot not marry a Non-Muslim man.
According to Islamic law, if it is proved that swallowing semen is not harmful, it becomes then undesirable because it is deemed filthy. According to the opinion of some scholars, it is deemed ritually impure [najis).
Palestinians are overwhelmingly Sunni Muslims, though there's also a significant Palestinian Christian minority and a very small number of other groups like Druze; while Shia presence in historic Palestine was minimal (mostly in seven villages that fled in 1948), the political support for Palestine from Shia-led groups like Iran and Hezbollah highlights a complex regional dynamic, not a common Palestinian sect, according to.
There are many who think that the Shi'a value Ziyarah of the shrines of Ahl al-Bayt, salawat Allahi wa as-salamu alayhim, above Hajj, and that couldn't be further from the truth. You'll find that many of us will be able to perform Hajj and after performing Hajj will go on Ziyarah.
Islam allows only sexual relations inside marriage. Islam is favorable towards having kids but is not specifically against couples planning family as per their bests interests. Hence, things like normal non-definitive anticonception like condoms and the pill are generally accepted in the Muslim world.
A declaration of the intent to marry and an acceptance of the terms are required as in other forms of marriage in Islam. The Zaidi Shia reject Mutah marriage. The length of a temporary marriage varies and can be as brief as an hour or stipulated to be as long as ninety-nine years.
Islamic teachings are clear: any form of physical contact with the opposite gender before marriage—such as kissing, touching, or even lingering looks with desire—is considered haram.
Is it common for Shias to pray behind Sunni imams in a mosque? No, it is not common. The only time it is permissible when you are bound to do that, physically or morally. In any situation a Shia must do a neat of farada.
Sucking wife' breasts: Permissible? Even if he sucks on her nipples, this comes under the heading of the intimacy that is permissible, and it cannot be said that the milk has any effect on him , because if an adult breastfeeds, it does not have any effect of making him a mahram.
As long as sexual intercourse is vaginal, there are no sexual positions that are considered either approved or taboo. Most teachings around sex stipulate the necessity of foreplay (words and kisses) and disapprove of sex that is not preceded by foreplay. It is also wrong to have sex while the wife is menstruating.
