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

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.

Rohingya → religiousPractice → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ash'ari → religiousTradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Athari creed → religiousTradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Emir of Kano → religiousTradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Hanbali school → religiousTradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Karatay Medrese → religiousTradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Mandinka people → religiousTradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Naqshbandi → religiousTradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Nishapur → religiousTradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Islam (historically dominant)
Sahih Muslim → religiousTradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Sunan Abu Dawud → religiousTradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Surah Al-Haqqah → religiousTradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Tanta → religiousTradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Zaria → religiousTradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Greater Iran → religiousTraditions → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ahl al-Bayt → reveredBy → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims
Hasan ibn Ali → reveredBy → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims
Sahih Muslim → schoolOfThought → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni
Ashura → significanceIn → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Zaydi Shia → theologySimilarTo → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Mevleviyya → tradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
World-reflecting Mosque → tradition → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Tajiks → traditionalReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Uyghurs → traditionalReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Omani American → typicalReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Turco-Mongol → usedReligion → Sunni Islam ⓘ
The Farthest Mosque → veneratedBy → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sunni Muslims
subject surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
Aisha bint Abi Bakr → veneratedIn → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Ali ibn Abi Talib → veneratedIn → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Fatimah bint Muhammad → veneratedIn → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Husayn ibn Ali → veneratedIn → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Idris → veneratedIn → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Rabia al‑Adawiyya → veneratedIn → Sunni Islam ⓘ
subject surface form: Rabia al-Adawiyya
Sawda bint Zamʿa → veneratedIn → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Sidrat al-Muntaha → veneratedIn → Sunni Islam ⓘ
Athari creed → viewOnSectarianism → Sunni Islam ⓘ
this entity surface form: identifies with Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jamaʿah