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.

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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.

Sabha → religionMajority → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Sirte, Libya → religionMajority → Sunni Islam ⓘ
subject surface form: Sirte
Tajikistan → religionMajority → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Trabzon → religionMajority → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Tripoli → religionMajority → Sunni Islam ⓘ
subject surface form: Tripoli (Lebanon)
Tunis → religionMajority → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Turkmenistan → religionMajority → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Afghan → religionMajorityBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Abkhazia → religionMinority → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Hazaras → religionMinority → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Pattani Sultanate → religionType → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Bornu Empire → religiousAffiliation → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Shadhiliyya → religiousAffiliation → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Abu Sa'id Mirza → religiousBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Beja → religiousBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Harun al-Rashid → religiousBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Hasan ibn Ali → religiousBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Iltutmish → religiousBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Qutb al-Din Aibak → religiousBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Siraj ud-Daulah → religiousBranch → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Maturidi → religiousBranchOf → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Surmalu uezd → religiousCommunities → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims
Hamid Karzai → religiousDenomination → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ibn Battuta → religiousDenomination → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Arabs → religiousDiversity → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims
Diyarbakır → religiousMajority → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims
Hamas → religiousOrientation → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Mahaz-e Milli → religiousOrientation → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Taliban → religiousOrientation → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Welfare Party → religiousOrientation → Sunni Islam ⓘ