Yes, a Sunni can marry a Shia, and vice versa, as both consider each other Muslims, but it's a sensitive issue with differing scholarly opinions, often deemed permissible but potentially discouraged (Makrooh) or requiring careful consideration of core beliefs, especially regarding the upbringing of children, to avoid conflict or theological issues like cursing companions, with some scholars advising against it due to potential religious differences and challenges like Taqiyyah (hiding beliefs).
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.
Generally Sunnis and Shia do get along through out the world. There is no worldwide conflict between them. A small group of Sunnis under the influence of ENEMIES of AHL E Bayt like VAHABIES if Saudi Arabia are out to kill Shia. This enmity continues Since rise of Islam. Sunni Arab Shaikhs are rulers in Arab countries.
There is a general consensus among Sunni and Shia fiqh experts that Surah Al-Baqarah 221 and Surat Al‑Mumtahanah 10 ban Muslim women from marrying non-Muslim men. This consensus is still standing strong. On the other hand, the Quran allows Muslim men to marry non-Muslim women (“People of the Book”).
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.
If there is no impurity (najas) on her private part, kissing and foreplay stuff will not be something haram. However, if there is discharge, and chances for the husband to take the discharge in his mouth, then this would be haram.
The "777 Rule in Islam" primarily refers to a parenting philosophy based on dividing a child's upbringing into three seven-year stages: 0-7 years (play, love, bonding); 7-14 years (teaching, discipline, character building); and 14-21 years (mentorship, guidance, treating them as friends/companions). This framework, rooted in prophetic guidance, emphasizes intentional connection and age-appropriate engagement to raise balanced, resilient Muslim children, contrasting with a simpler "7-minute rule" for daily connection.
“It is allowed for the believer to marry a woman from the other sect, (on the condition that she is ) not a Nasabi (Nawasib) and it is allowed for the believing woman to marry a person from the other sect (on the condition) he is not a Nasabi (Nawasib) , and it is ( كراهة ) (Makrooh / Not recommended ).
In Islamic law (Shari'ah), it is not permissible (haram) for a Muslim woman to marry a non -Muslim man, whether he is Christian, Jewish, or of any other faith. This ruling is agreed upon by the four major Sunni schools of thought (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, Hanbali) and by mainstream Islamic scholars.
Any form of relationship before marriage, let it be speaking intimately, touching and caressing etc. is haram. If one speaks with a girl with the intention of seeking pleasure or if he fears that he might fall into a sin with her, it is not permissible for him to speak with her.
Palestinians are predominantly Sunni Muslims, with Sunni Islam being the faith of the vast majority (around 85-90%) of the Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, though there are also significant Palestinian Christian communities and very small Shia groups. The Palestinian militant group Hamas, which governs Gaza, is a Sunni organization, but Shia groups like Hezbollah and Iran offer strong support for the Palestinian cause.
In 1500 the Safavid Shah Ismail I undertook the conquering of Iran and Azerbaijan and commenced a policy of forced conversion of Sunni Muslims to Shia Islam. Many Sunnis were murdered. When Shah Ismail I conquered Iraq, Dagestan, Eastern Anatolia, and Armenia he similarly forcefully converted or murdered Sunni Muslims.
It is not necessary to make a formal conversion. You can simply make an inner commitment to follow and respect Imam 'Ali and the other Imams, to implement the teachings of the Prophet (S) as transmitted from the family of the Prophet (S) (that is, Shi'i hadith), and to follow Shi'i religious law.
However, Statistics Lebanon, an independent polling and research firm, estimates that 69.3 percent of the citizen population is Muslim (31.2 percent Sunni, 32 percent Shia, and 6.1 percent Alawites and Ismailis combined). Statistics Lebanon further estimates 30.7 percent of the population is Christian.
Marriage being a sacred institution, the Catholic Church does not accept divorce and considers it a sin. To adherents of this religion, a marriage ends only when one spouse dies or when it is declared invalid by a Catholic annulment.
According to Halakha (Jewish law), as derived from the Talmud, marriage between a Jew and a non-Jew is both prohibited and considered void under Jewish law.
Jainism, on the other hand, preached complete celibacy even for young monks and considered celibacy to be an essential behavior to attain moksha. Buddhism is similar to Jainism in this respect.
Nikah mut'ah Arabic: نكاح المتعة, romanized: nikāḥ al-mutʿah, "pleasure marriage"; temporary marriage or Sigheh (Persian: صیغه ، ازدواج موقت) is a private and verbal temporary marriage contract that is practiced in Twelver Shia Islam in which the duration of the marriage and the mahr must be specified and agreed upon ...
In recent years, the relations between the Shias and the Sunnis have been increasingly marked by conflict. The aftermath of the 1979 Iranian revolution, which reconfigured Iran into a theocratic Islamic republic governed by high-ranking Shia clerics, had far-reaching consequences across the Muslim world.
The Qur'an promotes reconciliation, through negotiated settlements between the spouses themselves or the use of arbitrators from their families. However, when “mutual good treatment” is not possible, there should be an amicable parting. Thus, the Qur'an treats divorce as something permitted but not laudable.
🙏 For centuries, Muslims have used 786 as a symbol of divine blessing, protection, and positivity in daily life. 📿 From the first word you write on paper to the way you begin an important task — this number is a reminder to start with Allah's name.
The evidence for this is from the following hadith: 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) married me when I was six years old, and I was admitted to his house when I was nine years old. While the hadith is authentic without question, how reliable is Aisha's narration of her age?
The Qur'an says: "And no human being can die save by Allah's leave, at a term preordained (Qur'an 3:145)". The verses explicitly prohibit suicide, euthanasia (killing by clinicians) and other types of homicide.