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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr (r. 632–634) rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Muslim community, being appointed at the meeting of Saqifa. This contrasts with the Shia view, which holds…

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Etymology

History

Adherents

Jurisprudence

Pillars of iman

Sunni view of hadith

Sunni state institutions

Self-image of the Sunnis

Contemporary Ashʿarī – Salafī relations

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Sunni Islam

Nodes412
Edges411
Triples342
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related to Further reading · 117
Sunni Islam → After, Ahmed, Al-Azhar, American Civil Rights Movement, Analysis, Anchor, Anti-Sunnism, Applying, April, Archived, Ash'arism, Baki, Branon, Canon, Carnegie Endowment, Charles River Editors, College, Concise History, Conflicts, December
related to Barelvism · 50
Sunni Islam → Afghanistan, Africa, Bangladesh, Barelvi, Barelvism, Caribbean, Chistis, Consequently, Dehlavi, Delhi, Deobandi Movement, Deobandis, Europe, Fatawa-e-Alamgiri, Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi, Fazle Haq Khairabadi Islamic, God's, Hadith, Hanafi, Imkan-e-Kizb
related to Narrow definition · 45
Sunni Islam → Abu, According, Ahl, Albani, As, Ash'ari, Ash'aris, Ash'arites, Ashʿarites, Ashʿarī, Ashʿarīya, Atharis, Conversely, Din, Egyptian Fatwa Office, Fatiha, Finally, For, Ghazalis, Hasan
related to Sunni state institutions · 34
Sunni Islam → Ahbāsh, Another, Article, Azhar, Caliphate, Council, Egypt, Egyptian Azhar Law, Grand Imam, Great Scholars, Grozny, However, In, Islamic, Mecca, Member, Messenger, Morocco, One, Only
related to Adherents · 24
Sunni Islam → Abdullah, According, Both, Columbia, During Midday Mosque, Fridays, God, Islam, Islamic, Islamic Center, Kalām, Khateeb, Leaders, Masud, Medieval, Muhammad, Muslims, Qur'an, South Carolina, Sunnis
related to Caliphate and the dynastic monarchy of Banu Abbās · 22
Sunni Islam → Abbasid, Abu Hanifa, Ahmad, Anas, Banu Abbās, Banu Hāshim, Banu Umayya, Caliph, CE, Hanbal, Jafar, Ma'mun, Malik, Muhammad, Shi'a, Shāfi'i, Sādiq, The, There, This
related to history · 21
Sunni Islam → Abu Bakr, Ali, Both, Both Sunnism, Islam, March, Muhammad's, Muslim, One, Rightly-Guided Ones, Rāshidun, Shi'ism, Shiism, Sufism, Sunni, Sunnis, The, This, Turkey, Umar
related to Schools · 17
Sunni Islam → Ahl, Hadith, Hanafi, Hanbalite, Historians, Ibn Khaldun, Islamic, Madh'habs, Malikite, Many, Ra'y, Shafi'ite, Shari'ah, Sunni, There, These, While
is a · 1
Sunni Islam → largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world
related to External links · 1
Sunni Islam → Encyclopædia Britannica

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god sunni sunnis ibn also muhammad islam ahl islamic scholars died people as-sunna one hadith sunnah quran according abu muslim

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Sunni Islamis alargest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world0.90text
Muhammad Rashid Rida in his treatise as-Sunna wa-š-šiʿa au al-Wahhābīya wa-r-Rāfiḍainstance ofIt was later popularized by pan-Islamic scholars0.80text
the Levantinstance ofresulting in a war on terror launched against the Taliban.The sequence of events of the 20th century has led to resentment in some quarters of the Sunni community due to the los…0.80text
Mesopotamiainstance ofresulting in a war on terror launched against the Taliban.The sequence of events of the 20th century has led to resentment in some quarters of the Sunni community due to the los…0.80text
the Balkansinstance ofresulting in a war on terror launched against the Taliban.The sequence of events of the 20th century has led to resentment in some quarters of the Sunni community due to the los…0.80text
the North Caucasusinstance ofresulting in a war on terror launched against the Taliban.The sequence of events of the 20th century has led to resentment in some quarters of the Sunni community due to the los…0.80text
the Indian sub continentinstance ofresulting in a war on terror launched against the Taliban.The sequence of events of the 20th century has led to resentment in some quarters of the Sunni community due to the los…0.80text
one narrated by Abdullahinstance ofThis belief is based upon prophetic traditions0.80text
son of Masudinstance ofThis belief is based upon prophetic traditions0.80text
in which Muhammad saidinstance ofThis belief is based upon prophetic traditions0.80text
veneration of saints among other things associated with Sufisminstance offollowing the Ilm al-Kalam and Sufi practices0.80text
Sunni Islamrelated to AdherentsSunnis0.60section

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