Sunni Islam

Denomination·Founded 632 CE·est. ~1.7 billion worldwide

Islam → Sunni Islam

Branch

Core Tenets

3 — a sample of the center, never the sum All 3 →
The shared center — held across the tradition
Authority passed to the community. The consensus chose Abu Bakr; legitimacy flows through the umma, not a bloodline. Go deeper — context →
The sunna patterns the whole of life. The Prophet's example, preserved in hadith, reaches from prayer to table manners. Go deeper — context →
Four schools, one law. Hanafi, Maliki, Shafii, Hanbali — parallel, mutually valid readings of the sharia. Go deeper — context →

Cosmos & Afterlife

how reality is built, and what follows death
After death

Judgment; garden or fire

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