Question

What is different between Shia and Sunni?

Answer 1

They also both share the holy book of the Quran. The primary difference in practice comes in that Sunni Muslims mainly rely on the Sunnah, a record of the teachings and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad to guide their actions while the Shiites more heavily on their ayatollahs, whom they see as a sign of God on earth.

Shia Muslims pray three times a day and combine Maghrib and Isha salat whereas Sunni Muslims pray five times a day. ... Sunni Muslims touch their heads to the ground whereas Shia Muslims use a wooden block or tablet of clay to rest their heads during prostration.

Shias, Bohra, Khojas, Ahmediyas, etc., should not be lumped with the mad Wahabi Sunni Muslims. -Subramanian Swamy