Would I be somewhat correct to say that, loosely, iirc, Sunni Islam is like Protestantism in its strict, “exclusive” monotheism (no saints, no extra devotions to Muhammad or asking others to pray for you, no holy sites for other individuals), and no hierarchy, whereas Shia is more like Catholicism - a hierarchy in the leadership of the divinely set 12 Imams, praying to saints, relics etc., going to holy pilgrimage sites and wells etc., also ritual mortification in memory of Husayn (like wearing cilices or hairshirts in Catholicism). I’ve encountered some Sunnis who also dismiss it all as crazy and not in the Qur’an, as “extra,” added on—similar to how Protestants say about us with praying to saints, sacramentals etc etc

Ah, I think that while the Sunni=Protestant / Shi'a=Catholic analogy can kind of work so long as it's understood not to be a one-to-one analogy and that it falls apart the second any nuance is applied to it, I still think it only applies to some of what you said and not to others.

Sunnism definitely does not have a hierarchy the same way that Shi'ism does, and Sunnis definitely don't believe that devotion to the 'Ahl al-Bayt (the family of Muhammad) is an essential duty in the way that Shi'is do, but there is significant overlap between most Sunnis and Shi'is in terms of the other things you mentioned.

Muslims of all kinds have a long history of relic- and saint-veneration, from (Sunni) Mehmed the Conqueror who supposedly had a tooth of Muhammad to Hazratbal, considered one of the holiest (pan-Muslim) shrines in India because it houses a hair from Muhammad's beard. There are also lots of stories about Muslim saints appearing to others in visions to initiate them into esoteric rites (Sufism, primarily a Sunni phenomenon), and many tombs of great scholars or mystics have had mosques built on top of them, often with their own traditional pilgrimage rites to go with them. Salim Chishti, for example, is a Sunni saint of the Chishtiyya order whose tomb is often visited by women seeking to become pregnant; they ask for his intercession by tying a little red ribbon around the fences of the shrine.

In the West, however, there are large strands of Islamic thought influenced by Muhammad al-Wahhab, himself deeply influenced by Ibn Taymiyyah; they both believed that much of what was then mainstream in Islam wasn't authentically Islamic, and so sought to combat religious innovation (bid'a in Arabic) by removing anything they believed could not be traced back to the Muslim community as it existed when Muhammad was still in living memory. While proponents of an Islam that does not have saints, does not engage in pilgrimages beside the Hajj and the Umrah, and does not have holidays besides Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha are vocal, they are not the only Sunnism in existence.

Zayn al-Abidin is the fourth imam from the People of the Cloak, after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ibn Ali, and his grandfather Ali ibn Abi Talib. He was very pious, Godfearing and very generous.

Arbaeen pilgrimage brings millions to Iraqi city of Karbala

ramadan mubarak from the Bourdon-Husayn family 💕

Shah-e-Mardaan, Sher-e-Yazdaan, Quwwat-e-Parvardigaar, La Fata illa Ali, La Sayf illa Zulfiqaar

King of the brave, Lion of God, Strength of God, There is no brave young man like Ali [and] there is no sword like Zulfiqar.

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CETTE FOIS C'EST LA FIN DES HARRY CO 👑LES RATKA SONT CUITES 💔

🍂🍁🍂 So when he (Imam al-Mahdi aj) will make his advent, the earth will be radiated with the celestial illumination of its Lord and the scale of justice will be positioned among mankind such that not a single person will oppress another individual.

🍂🍁🍂 Bihar al-Anwar 🍂🍁🍂

🍂 (Volume 52, Page 321) 🍂

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15 Stars by Ötzi from the album Storm

O Martyrs of Gaza, when you reach the realm of Souls, then send my Salutations to the Master of Martyrs, Al Husayn (May Allah be pleased with him)

The sun of Ashoora is yet to rise

The sun of Ashoora is yet to rise On the day of blood bath Therefore the sun is reluctant To rise and unfold such a dawn Which ends in yazidi pawns Raising the head most beloved to the Universe On the tip of the spear!

Thus from the embrace of the dark sky Beneath which the holy chest still breathes And whispers supplications from parched lips And a cradle that's still warm holding the baby And the baby's tiny hands raised up in the air As if reaching out to unlock the gates of heaven The sun remains shy to unravel a deadly dawn By the end of which Hussain (as) would be gone…

The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine - Ilan Pappé (2006)

The incident of Karbala indeed revived Islam. However, for Sufis, it is the greatest example of sacrifice, surrender and submission to Divine will and loyalty that will forever remain unsurpassed. It is a great lesson for the seekers of Truth.

Shafiq Husayn - Cycles (ft. Hiatus Kaiyote)

Like, all my mains are either low-activity or even outright left tumblr

But they're still my mains because y'know. I'm close to them. They're important to me. That's usually how that sort of thing works???

For He is of the highest kingdom

Where all love is in his domain

Where all kings bow before him and say

We know no King but Hussain As