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.

Din-i Ilahi → influencedBy → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Seal of the Prophets → interpretedBy → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims
Muhammad Ali → laterAffiliation → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Saladin → legalSchool → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Shahrisabz → mainMadhhabHistorically → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Islam → majorBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Muslims → majorBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Hausa people → majorBranchOfIslam → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Bengali Muslims → majorDenomination → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Aceh → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Afghanistan → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Bosniaks → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Brunei Darussalam → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Comoros → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Cyprus → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Jordan → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Jubaland → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Karachay-Cherkessia → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kashmiris → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kurds → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Laz people → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Maldives → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Minangkabau → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Qatar → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Sanaʽa → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Saraiki people → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Sri Lankan Moors → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Tripoli → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Turkmens → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Umayyad Caliphate → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Umm Al Quwain → majorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Homs → majorReligionToday → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Fallujah → majorSect → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims
Mosul → majorityBranchOfIslam → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Chechens → majorityDenomination → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Malay peoples → majorityReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Mauritania → majorityReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Pashtuns → majorityReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
subject surface form: People's Republic of Bangladesh
Tigre people → majorityReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Tikrit → majorityReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Azərilər → minorDenomination → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Talysh → minorReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Basra → minorityReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Persian → minorityReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ashura → observedBy → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims
Ramadan → observedBy → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims