Daily+Life

====During a daily prayer, Sunnis only place their heads on a piece of natural material. Most of the time, this material is a clay tablet, soil or at times sand from Karbala, the place where Husayn ibn Ali was martyred. The pray with their foreheads on these items, instead of on a prayer mat, like many others.====

====Shi'ites sometimes worship two times in a row. This way, they pray five times a day - but with very little time in between each prayer. This was a tradition Muhammad followed, according to scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari. Shi'ites often pray on prayer mats, and consecutively - as mentioned above - instead of executing prayers at least an hour apart. As required by Sunni law.====

====All across the globe, "dress codes" in Islam vary. What is accepted also varies. In some places, you will be stoned if you show more skin than the absolute minimum. In others, you may get a few odd glances, but that will be the extent of it.====

====Devout Shi'ite women usually wear black, and it covers everything but their hands. Even a thin veil is draped over their faces, so they can see out, but no one can see in. Mainstream Sunnis and Shi'ites wear it differently. Some Sunni scholars also encourage the face being hidden, but most think it all right if the cloth ends a few inches below your chin. Shi'ite women believe it is necessary that the hijab covers the perimeter of the face, and right up to the chin.====