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Nice Article, lots of good information. As a history major a lot of this I already knew but there were a couple interesting bits of new knowledge that seem legitimate. I'd like there to be more sourcing though —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.82.227.246 ( talk) 17:08, August 28, 2007 (UTC)

The picture shown in the article is not a depiction of an Imam but the depiction of Prophet Muhammad:

Pictures of the prophet are quite common in Iran and other Shia communities. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.83.141.39 ( talk) 06:52, 19 December 2007

@ Sa.vakilian: Can I ask you to take a look at the prayer part of the article, I think that material belongs to the difference between Shia and Sunni prayer are much detailed for such a long article. Is n't it better to move them to Salah? Saff V. ( talk) 07:41, 10 June 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Saff V.: U disagree with you and think it has the necessary importance to be mentioned in the article.-- Seyyed( t- c) 05:49, 26 July 2020 (UTC) reply