2006-12-30 19:51:23 · 4 answers · asked by Heron By The Sea 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
as what we used to in my country , the person who be the leader in praying called imam.
but sheikh can be called in many places :
the imam its self called also sheikh.
the person who help the people in their religion is sheikh.
who tells the fatwa called shiekh and also mufti.
any god-fearing person had a great knowledge in Islam called sheikh.
the old man called shiekh .
i think there is so many also :)
hope its help :)
Happy Eid!!
2006-12-30 20:00:08 · answer #1 · answered by Alone 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mustafa tells me that an imam is someone who preaches/teaches at the mosque. A sheikh is someone who can or does do that, but in addition, gives talks and writes articles, etc. They have to do it for a while before someone calls them a sheikh. Unlike Christianity, there isn't a group that decides who gets to be a sheikh, it's more like popular opinion. As far as I know, anyone can go from imam to sheikh.
2016-05-22 23:10:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
SHEIKH = the one who has excellent knowledge about ISLAM
OR the one who has alot of money
IMAM = THE ONE WHO LEADS OTHER MUSLIMS IN SALAT (THE PRAYER OF MUSLIMS)
2006-12-30 19:55:12 · answer #3 · answered by Zaki M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what??whats dat,huh!!
2006-12-30 19:57:41 · answer #4 · answered by spice_content87 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋