Difference Between Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama‘ah and the People of Hypocrisy and Division
الفرق بين أهل السنة وأهل النفاق
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| Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah | People of Hypocrisy and Discord | Category |
| Monotheism of Allah and fighting polytheism | Practice of polytheism and its means | Creed |
| Do not approve of circumambulating graves or being attached to them | Spread of visiting shrines and seeking blessings from them | Graves and Shrines |
| Mosques in which Allah alone is worshipped | Polytheistic graves and Husseiniyas | Places of Worship |
| Supplicating to Allah alone and attachment to Him | Supplicating to the infallible Imams and the Household (Ahl al-Bayt) and attachment to them | Supplication |
| The banner of "There is no god worthy of worship except but Allah" | The banner of the Imams and the Household (Ahl al-Bayt) | Slogan |
| Transmitted by Mutawatir, preserved by the protection of Allah, not a single letter added to it or subtracted from it | Saying that it is distorted, and claiming the existence of a larger Mushaf of Fatima (may Allah be pleased with her) | The Quran |
| For prophets only | For prophets, the twelve Imams, and the Household (Ahl al-Bayt) | Infallibility |
| The Quran, Sunnah, Consensus (Ijma), and Analogy (Qiyas) | Sayings of the Imams, whims, visions, and stories | Source of Legislation |
| Courts based on Sunni Jurisprudence | Courts based on Ja'fari Jurisprudence | Judiciary |
| Not used | It is nine-tenths of the religion (in outward and inward) | Taqiyya (Dissimulation) |
| Companions and Mothers of the Believers | Obligation of honoring them, and the prohibition of defaming them or delving into what occurred between them | Defaming most of them, insulting them, declaring them disbelievers, and labeling them with titles |
| The Mahdi | A man from the Household (Ahl al-Bayt) of the Prophet ﷺ, not yet born; Allah will rectify him in a night | An absent Imam, entered the cellar in Samarra 12 centuries ago, and will emerge from it at the end of time |
| Eid (Holidays) | Eid al-Fitr and al-Adha only | Eid of Ashura (killing of Hussein) and others |
| The Adhan (Call to Prayer) | The Adhan of Bilal and Abu Mahdhura (may Allah be pleased with them) which the Prophet ﷺ taught them | Addition of phrases that differ from one sect to another, and from one place to another |
| Prostration (Sujud) | Prostration on the earth and every pure place | Prostration on the soil of Karbala specifically |
| Hajj (Pilgrimage) | Hajj to the Sacred House of Allah in Mecca only | Hajj to Karbala and other venerated places |
| Visiting Graves | To take a lesson from death, and to supplicate for the dead | To seek blessings from graves, supplicating to the dead, and polytheism with Allah |
| Nikah al-Mut'ah (Temporary Marriage) | Forbidden due to the prohibition of the Prophet ﷺ and because of the corruption it contains | Permissible, even for an hour of the day! |
| Wailing and Shedding Blood | Wailing is not permissible, nor is harming oneself, because of the necessity of preserving the self | Seeking closeness to Allah by wailing and harming the self on Ashura |
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