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.

Djerba in Tunisia → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
subject surface form: Djerba
Durrani Empire → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
eastern Turkey → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Turkey
Elisavetpol Governorate → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Emirate of Afghanistan → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
subject surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Fuad I of Egypt → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ghaznavid Empire → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ghurid Empire → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Giray → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Hassanal Bolkiah → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Hizb-i Islami Khalis → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Horahane Roma → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Hosni Mubarak → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Hotak dynasty → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
House of Saud → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Husayn Bayqara → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ingush → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Iranian American → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
subject surface form: Iranian Americans
Iraqi Turkmen → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Islam (claimed)
Jalaluddin Haqqani → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Johor Sultanate → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kabardino-Balkaria → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kazakh American → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kazakhs → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kel Adagh → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kel Ajjer → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Khalifa Haftar → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Khanate of Bukhara → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Khanate of Khiva → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
King Fahd of Saudi Arabia → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
King Hussein of Jordan → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kingdom of Granada → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kingdom of Kurdistan → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kists → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kocatepe Mosque → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kokand Khanate → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kurds → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Kyrgyz American → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Lebanese American → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Lebanese people → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Lodis → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
subject surface form: Lodi dynasty
Madurese → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Mahdist Sudan → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Mahmud II → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Malcolm X → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Maliki → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Maliki school → religion → Sunni Islam ⓘ