Sunni Islam

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Abrahamic religion tradition branch of Islam religious denomination

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, characterized by its emphasis on the Sunnah (traditions) of the Prophet Muhammad and recognition of the first four caliphs as his rightful successors.

Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sunni Muslims	14
Sunni	2
Rightly Guided Caliphs (in some Sunni views)	1
Sunni Islam (claimed)	1
Sunni Islam (historically dominant)	1
Sunni Islam (majority of members)	1
Sunni Islam (predominant)	1
Sunni Islamism	1
identifies with Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaʿah	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Abrahamic religion tradition ⓘ branch of Islam ⓘ religious denomination ⓘ
acceptsCaliphateOf	Caliph Abu Bakr ⓘ surface form: Abu Bakr Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ Caliph Uthman ibn Affan ⓘ surface form: Uthman ibn Affan
believesMuhammadIs	final prophet ⓘ
believesQur'anIs	literal word of God ⓘ
coreBelief	Final Judgment ⓘ surface form: Day of Judgment angels ⓘ divine decree (qadar) ⓘ prophethood of Muhammad ⓘ revealed scriptures ⓘ tawhid ⓘ
differsFrom	Ibadi Islam ⓘ Shia Islam ⓘ
emphasizes	Sunnah ⓘ surface form: Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad
follows	Quran ⓘ surface form: Qur'an
globalMajorityWithin	Islam ⓘ
hasConcept	caliphate ⓘ sharia ⓘ ummah ⓘ
hasMajorHoliday	Eid al-Adha ⓘ Eid al-Fitr ⓘ
holyCity	Mecca ⓘ Medina ⓘ
holySanctuary	Al-Masjid an-Nabawi ⓘ Masjid al-Haram ⓘ
includesTrend	Athari creed ⓘ
majorSchoolOfLaw	Hanafi school ⓘ surface form: Hanafi Hanbali school ⓘ surface form: Hanbali Maliki ⓘ Shafi'i school ⓘ surface form: Shafi'i
majorTheologicalSchool	Ash'ari ⓘ Maturidi ⓘ
recognizesAsRightlyGuidedCaliphs	Caliph Abu Bakr ⓘ surface form: Abu Bakr Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ Caliph Uthman ibn Affan ⓘ surface form: Uthman ibn Affan
recognizesPillar	hajj to Mecca ⓘ salat ⓘ sawm of Ramadan ⓘ shahada ⓘ zakat ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
sacredLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
usesSourceOfLaw	Quran ⓘ surface form: Qur'an Sunnah ⓘ ijma ⓘ qiyas ⓘ
viewsCompanions	generally righteous ⓘ

Referenced by (444)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hanafi school → denominationOf → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Ibadi Islam → differsFrom → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Shia Islam → distinguishedFrom → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Suhrawardiyya → doctrine → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Chechnya → dominantBranchOfIslam → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Grozny → dominantBranchOfIslam → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Kabul → dominantBranchOfIslam → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Saudi Arabia → dominantBranchOfIslam → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Gambian Muslims → dominantDenomination → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Riyadh → dominantIslamicBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Bukhara, Uzbekistan → dominantMadhhab → Sunni Islam ⓘ

subject surface form: Bukhara

Dagestan → dominantReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Eastern Afghanistan → dominantReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Kashgar → dominantReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

northern Morocco → dominantReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Morocco

South West State of Somalia → dominantReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Southern Afghanistan → dominantReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Hausa-Fulani → dominantReligionBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Somalia → dominantReligionBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Northern Nigeria → dominantReligiousBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Hazara → dominantSect → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Zhob → dominantSect → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Ashura → fastingEmphasizedBy → Sunni Islam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims

Jerusalem Islamic Waqf → follows → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Qadiri → followsSchool → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Sunan al-Nasa’i → hasCanonicalStatusIn → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Mount Lebanon → hasEthnicGroup → Sunni Islam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims

Ahl al-Bayt → hasImportantRoleIn → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Central Asia → hasMajorBranchOfIslam → Sunni Islam ⓘ

North Africa → hasMajorBranchOfIslam → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Sabha District → hasMajorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Arab world → hasMajorReligionBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Ottoman culture → hasOfficialReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Palestinian → hasPrimaryReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Kurdistan → hasReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

North Caucasus → hasReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

North Ossetia → hasReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

northern Iraq → hasReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern Iraq

Pakistani diaspora → hasReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Timurid dynasty → hasReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Western Afghanistan → hasReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

early Ottoman period → hasReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Turkic world → hasReligiousDiversity → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Mecca → hasReligiousSignificanceFor → Sunni Islam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims

Islamic world → hasSect → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Ahmadiyya → hasSplitFrom → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Adjarians → historicalReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Hamas → ideology → Sunni Islam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunni Islamism

Muslim Mosque, Inc. → ideology → Sunni Islam ⓘ

Nana Asma’u → ideology → Sunni Islam ⓘ