A Survy of Similarities and Differences between Sufism and Shi'ism

Theosphy and Mysticism are the concepts that from the very bigining the establishment of Islamic society were spread among people. Over the time and with spreadance of these phenomena, different groups of Sufi appeared, and each of which propagated its idea. But as the evidence shows the spreadance of Sufism has been down by Sunnite and they had an important role in spredance of Sufism. The Relation between mystism and Shi'ism has encountered many ups and downs during the history, and it had pros and opponents.Alpha have The matter and the relation between Sufism and Shi'ism, many studies have been done with extremes. The purpose of the study is to investigate the similarities and differences between Sufism and Shi'ism. Accordingly at first, the issues wich show the relation and unity between Sufism and Shi'ism and the different views making them closer, are categorised and explained. Then the issues which show their seperation are investigated.