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The Five Pillars of Islam ( Arabic: أركان الإسلام) is the term given to the five duties incumbent on every Muslim, and are held by both Sunni and Shia. These duties are Shahada (profession of faith), Salat (prayers), Zakāt (giving of alms), Sawm (fasting, specifically during Ramadan) and Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca ).
Sunni Islam ( / ˈsuːni, ˈsʊni /) is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world. Its name comes from the word Sunnah, referring to the tradition of Muhammad. [ 1][ 2] The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagreement over ...
Map of the Muslim world. Hanbali (dark green) is the predominant Sunni school in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. [12] [5]Ahmad ibn Hanbal, the founder of Hanbali school of thought (), was a disciple of the Sunni Imam Al-Shafi‘i, who was reportedly a student of Imam Malik ibn Anas, [13] [14]: 121 who was a student of the Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, like Imam Abu Hanifa.
Kitab al-Athar of Imam Muhammad al-Shaybani. Musnad of Imam Shafi‘i. Musannaf of ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani. Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shaybah. Musnad of Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh. Musnad [ 10] of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Sunan of al-Darimi. Al-Adab al-Mufrad of Muhammad al-Bukhari. Musnad of Abu Bakr Ahmad al-Bazzar.
The Muslim Brotherhood is not concerned with theological differences, accepting both, Muslims of any of the four Sunni schools of thought, and Shi'a Muslims. It is the world's oldest and largest Islamist group. Its aims are to re-establish the Caliphate and in the meantime, push for more Islamisation of society.
Ash'arism ( / æʃəˈriː /; [ 1] Arabic: الأشعرية, romanized : al-Ashʿariyya) is a school of theology in Sunni Islam named after Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, a Shāfiʿī jurist, reformer ( mujaddid ), and scholastic theologian, [ 2] in the 9th–10th century. [ 5] It established an orthodox guideline, [ 8] based on scriptural authority ...
Ahmad al-Farūqī al-Sirhindī (1564–1624), commonly known as Imam Rabbani, a mujaddid and leading Naqshbandi Sheikh from India. Mawlana Khalid (1779–1827), the sheikh whom all the different branches of the Order in the Middle East and Caucasus spread from. Uthman Sirâj-ud-Dîn Naqshbandi (1781-1867), was an 18th-century influential sufi ...
Umar ibn al-Khattab ( Arabic: عمر ابن الخطاب, romanized : ʿUmar ibn al-Khattāb, c. 586–590 – 644 [ 5]: 685 ) c. 2 November ( Dhu al-Hijjah 26, 23 Hijri [ 6]) was a leading companion and adviser to Muhammad. His daughter Hafsa bint Umar was married to Muhammad; thus he became Muhammad's father-in-law. He became the second ...