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.

Turks → primaryReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Hadith literature → primarySourceFor → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Al-Quddus → recognizedBy → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims
Ijma → recognizedBy → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Qiyas → recognizedBy → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Abbasid Caliphate → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Abdullah II of Jordan → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Abkhazians → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Acehnese → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Afghan American → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Afghan mujahideen → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Afsharid Empire → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ahmad Shah Durrani → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
subject surface form: Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ahmet Yesevi → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Aimaqs → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Akbar II → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Al Maktoum family → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Al Thani family → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Al-Awja → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Islam (predominant)
Alamgir I → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Alaouite dynasty → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Albanians → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Almohad dynasty → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Almoravid dynasty → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ansar Dine → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ansar al-Sharia in Libya → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Asaf Jahi dynasty → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Aurangzeb → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ayman al-Zawahiri → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ayyubid dynasty → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Babur → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Bahadur Shah II → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Bahrain → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Baloch people → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Bats people → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Bayezid I → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Beja people → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Berbers → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Bey of Tunis → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Brahui people → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Bugis → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Caliphate of Córdoba → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Chaoui → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Crimean Khanate → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Crimean Tatars → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Cyrenaica → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Daza → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ