Tradition Islam
Sunni Islam
أهل السنة والجماعة ar سنی fa
Most populous Islamic denomination
- Dated from 7th century CE
- Also called Sunni, Sunnite Muslims, Sunnite Muslim
A path that branches,
meets and parts.
Schools and lineages
Branches · 7
Many paths. Shared histories.
7 branches recorded under Sunni Islam, one step down, as the records give them.
What this means
Association and branching, in both directions. Traditions overlap, split and re-merge; this is not a single-origin family tree, and being listed under another tradition is not the same as being recognised by it.
Does not imply a clean single-origin family tree · that the parent recognises the branch
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Recorded as a branch of
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Salafism Ultraconservative fundamentalist movement within Islam 2 branches of its own -
Hanbalism One of the schools or madhabs of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam -
Hanafism One of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence 1 branch of its own - Shafi'i School of Islamic jurisprudence
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Malikism One of four major schools of madhhab of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam 1 branch of its own - Ash'ari Sunni school of Islamic theology
- Ahl-i Hadith Salafi reform movement that emerged in North India in the mid-nineteenth century from the teachings of Sayyid Ahmad Shahid, Syed Nazeer Husain and Nawab Siddiq Hasan Khan
Traditions whose own records say they belong to it
8 traditions name Sunni Islam as their own — an affiliation, so kept apart from the tree.
- Belongs to it
Hamas
Palestinian Islamist political and military organization - Belongs to it
Muslim Brotherhood
Transnational Sunni Islamist organization - Belongs to it
Deobandi
Revivalist movement within Sunni Islam - Belongs to it
Barelvi movement
South Asian Islamic revivalist movement - Belongs to it
Safavid order
Sufi Shi'a order (tariqah) founded by Safi-ad-din Ardabili - Belongs to it
Salafi jihadism
Transnational Sunni Islamist religious-political ideology -
Belongs to itMillî Görüş
Turkish Islamist and conservative movement - Belongs to it
Nur Movement
Islamic group
Figures · 117
Begin with a figure
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 117 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
An affiliation recorded on a person is a third party’s record, often of one period of a life — not that person’s belief at every point in it.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Hafezc. 1325 CE – 1389 CE · Persian poet and mystic (1325–1389) -
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Timur9 April 1336 CE – 19 February 1405 CE · the founder of the Timurid Empire (1370–1405) -
Al-Ghazali1058 CE – 19 December 1111 CE · Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111) -
Malcolm X19 May 1925 CE – 21 February 1965 CE · American Black rights activist (1925–1965) -
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saudfrom 31 December 1935 CE · King of Saudi Arabia since 2015 -
Muḥammad ibn Ismaeel al-Bukhārī20 July 810 CE – 31 August 870 CE · Persian Islamic scholar (810-870) -
Abdelkader El Djezairi6 September 1808 CE – 26 May 1883 CE · Algerian religious and military leader (1808–1883) -
Muhammad Ali4 March 1769 CE – 2 August 1849 CE · Wali of Egypt and Sudan (1769–1849) -
Hibatullah Akhundzadafrom 19 October 1967 CE · Supreme Leader of Afghanistan since 2021 -
Shamil26 June 1797 CE (Old Style) – 4 February 1871 CE (Old Style) · North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871) -
Attar of NishapurMarch 1145 CE – 26 April 1221 CE · Persian Sufi poet (c. 1145 – c. 1221) -
Ahmad Yasin1 May 1937 CE – 22 March 2004 CE · Palestinian political and religious leader (1937–2004)
Not its own picture Hibatullah Akhundzada — lead image of the French Wikipedia article
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Figure Abdul Qadir Gilani Sunni Muslim preacher, mystic and jurist (1078–1166) -
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Figure Necmettin Erbakan 23rd Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey (1926–2011) -
Figure Muhammad Abduh Egyptian Islamic jurist, religious scholar and liberal reformer (1849-1905) -
Figure Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi Islamic hadith scholar (824–892) -
Figure Nizam al-Mulk Persian Seljuk scholar, politician, vizier and court official (1018–1092) -
Figure Mohammad Hasan Akhund Prime Minister of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan -
Figure Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik Tenth Umayyad caliph -
Figure Abu Dawud al-Sijistani 9th-century Persian Hadith compiler -
Figure Qutb-ud-din Aibak Founded of the Mamluk Dynasty (1150-1210) -
Figure Said Nursî Turkish Sunni Muslim theologian of Kurdish origin (1876-1960) -
Figure Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya Syrian Islamic jurist, theologian and spiritual writer (1292-1350) -
Figure Yazid II Umayyad caliph -
Figure Anas ibn Malik Companion (Sahabi) of Muhammad -
Figure Anwar al-Awlaki American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist (1971–2011) -
Figure Muhammad Rashid Rida Syrian Muslim scholar and reformer (1865-1935) -
Figure Sultan bin Abdulaziz Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Second deputy prime minister, and the minister of defense (1928-2011) -
Figure Abu Yusuf Arab Muslim Scholar and jurist (died 798) -
Figure Abu Mansur al-Maturidi Persian Muslim theologian (853–944) -
Figure Dara Shikoh Indian prince - Figure Hacı I Giray Khan of Crimea
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Figure Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Saudi Arabian former crown prince -
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Figure Junayd of Baghdad Persian Islamic mystic and Sufi saint (830–910) -
Figure Mu'in al-Din Chishti Persian Sufi Chishtiyya order mystic (1143–1236) -
Figure Ahmad Sirhindi Philosopher (1564-1624) -
Figure Baha' al-Din Naqshband Muslim Saint and founder of Naqshbandi order (1318–1389) -
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Figure Sidi Boushaki Algerian theologian, exeget, linguist and sufi -
Figure Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935) -
Figure Abdullah ibn Mubarak Islamic hadith Scholar and jurist (726–797) -
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Figure Mahmoud al-Zahar Palestinian politician and physician; co-founder of Hamas -
Figure Sheikh Mansur Military general and politician (1760-1794) -
Figure Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian (707–774) -
Figure Muhammad al-Shaybani Arab jurist and a disciple of Abu Hanifa (749/50–805) -
Figure Al-Bayhaqi 11th-century Islamic hadith compiler -
Figure Al-Juwayni Muslim scholar and theologian (1028–1085) - Figure Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri Theologian
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Figure Ahmad al-Tayyeb Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt -
Figure Hakim al-Nishaburi Iranian historian -
Figure Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri Arab jurist, scholar and traditionist (677/78-741/42) -
Figure Moaz Khatib Syrian politician -
Figure Vakhtang VI of Kartli King of Kartli -
Figure Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili Founder of the Shadhili order - Figure Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi Medieval Arab mathematician
- Figure Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi Persian Muslim scholar (c. 1145 – 1234)
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Figure Ahmad Dahlan Indonesian Islamic revivalist (1868-1923) -
Figure Dawud al-Zahiri Islamic scholar -
Figure Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh Muhaddith and Hafiz (0778-0853) -
Figure Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun Emir of Egypt from 884 to 896 -
Figure Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad Islamic scholar - Figure Sahl al-Tustari Arabian Sufi, Islamic theologian
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Figure Ahmad al-Badawi 13th-century Moroccan founder of Badawiyyah Sufi order -
Figure Ibn Abī Shaiba Islamic scholar -
Figure Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di Sunni Muslim scholar (1889–1957) -
Figure Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi Andalusian judge and scholar (1076–1148) -
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Figure Muhammad al-Arifi Saudi Arabian author and Da'i -
Figure Shah Shuja Prince of the Mughal Empire/Governor of Bengal - Figure Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi Sufi Maturidi scholar and Hanafi jurist
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Figure Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq Marinid ruler from 1244 to 1258 - Figure Ahmed ar-Rifa'i 6th-century founder of Rifa'i Sufi Order
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Figure Al-Darimi Hadith compiler, author of "Sunan" -
Figure Ibn al-Jazari Muslim Scholar -
Figure Ibn Hajar al-Haytami 16th-century Sunni Muslim Shafi`i scholar -
Figure Salman Al-Ouda Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956) - Figure Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi 11th century Islamic scholar
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Figure Al-Daraqutni Muslim scholar and traditionist (918–995) -
Figure Betty Shabazz American educator and wife of Malcolm X (1934–1997) -
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Figure Husein Kavazović Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012 -
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Figure Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi Indian Islamic scholar (1885–1944) -
Figure Nafi' al-Madani One of the transmitters of the seven canonical Qira'at (689–785) -
Figure Taj al-Din al-Subki Islamic theologian and historian -
Figure ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani Hadith scholar (744-826) -
Figure Ali ibn al-Madini Sunni Islamic scholar (778–849) -
Figure Çavuşzade Mehmed Cemâleddin Efendi Turkish statesperson (1870–1938) -
Figure Imam Zufar 8th century Hanafi scholar -
Figure Jalal al-Din Davani Iranian philosopher - Figure Mahmud al-Alusi Iraqi Islamic scholar and poet (1802–1854)
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Figure Tawus ibn Kaysan Tabi'in hadith narrator (died 723) -
Figure Yusuf Hamdani Central Asian Sufi teacher (1048/49–1140) - Figure Abd al-Haqq I Marinid dynasty leader (1157–1217)
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Figure Hisham ibn Urwah Muslim scholar (c.680-763) -
Figure Ilyas Qadri Pakistani Islamic scholar -
Figure Sulayman ibn Mihran al-A’mash Islamic scholar (680 – 764/65) - Figure Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Haqq Marinid ruler from 1240 to 1244
- Figure Muḥammad Ibn-al-Ḥusain as-Sulamī Khorasani Islamic scholar and sufi
- Figure Muhammad Qutb Egyptian Islamist writer and scholar (1919-2014)
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Figure Rashid Ahmad Gangohi The Great Islamic Scholar (1829-1905) -
Figure Abdel-Halim Mahmoud Egyptian Sufi and Sheikh (1910–1978) - Figure Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid Quran reciter and scholar
- Figure Abu Sa'id Uthman I, Marinid Marinid Sheikh (1196–1240)
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Figure Al-Layth ibn Sa'd Egyptian faqih, author and muhaddith (0713-0791) - Figure Ali al-Qari Afghan Islamic philosopher and scholar (died 1605/06)
- Figure Anwar Shah Kashmiri Islamic scholar
- Figure Azizul Haque Islamic studies scholar
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Figure Ibn Kullab Islamic Theologian - Figure Jalaluddin al-Mahalli Egyptian scholar and jurist (c. 1389–1460 CE)
- Figure Muhammad Shafi Usmani Sunni Deobandi Islamic scholar (1897-1976)
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Figure Sahnun Maliki jurist -
Figure Warith Deen Mohammed Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008) -
Figure ʿUbaidallāh Ibn-Maḥmūd Aḥrār Sufi master and Islamic scholar (1404–1490) - Figure Abdullah al-Harari Harari Islamic scholar
- Figure Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini Islamic scholar
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Figure Baba Kuhi of Shiraz 10th- and 11th-century Persian Sufi mystic -
Figure Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr Imam allegedly kidnapped by CIA in Italy - Figure Muhammad Hayat al-Sindi 18th-century Islamic scholar
- Figure Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʻī Islamic studies scholar (1933–2001)
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Figure Taqi al-Din al-Subki Shafi'i Islamic scholar (1284–1355)
Places · 47
Places and sites
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 47 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A place that names a tradition may be a temple or a whole province. Either way it is not a count of believers, and not evidence of practice in every period.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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Badshahi Mosque
Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan -
Faisal Mosque
Mosque in Islamabad (Pakistan) -
Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque
Mosque in Northern Cyprus, former catholic cathedral -
New Mosque
Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey -
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Great Mosque of al-Nuri
Mosque in Iraq -
Bajrakli Mosque
Ottoman-era mosque in Belgrade -
Ferhat Pasha Mosque
Mosque in Bosnia and Herzegovina -
Çamlıca Mosque
Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
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Place Yavuz Selim Mosque Mosque in Turkey -
Place Berlin Mosque Mosque in Germany -
Place Sinan Pasha Mosque Congregational mosque in İstanbul, Turkey -
Place Great Mosque of Diyarbakır Mosque in Diyarbakır, southeastern Turkey -
Place Al Noor Mosque Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand -
Place Carol I Mosque Architectural structure -
Place Kaohsiung Mosque Mosque in Zhenggi Village, Lingya District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan -
Place Al-Salam Mosque Mosque in Odesa, Ukraine -
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Place Stockholm Mosque Mosque in Sweden -
Place Daowai Mosque Mosque in Heilongjiang -
Place Kota Kinabalu City Mosque Mosque in Malaysia -
Place Malé Friday Mosque Ancient decorated mosque -
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Place Taksim Mosque Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey -
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Place Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah Dargah (mausoleum) of the Sufi saint Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya -
Place Xiaotaoyuan Mosque Mosque in Huangpu, Shanghai, China -
Place Islam-aga's Mosque Mosque in Niš, Nišava, Serbia -
Place Masjid Jamae Mosque in Singapore, founded 1835 -
Place Tongxin Great Mosque Mosque in China -
Place Liberation mosque Church building in Gaziantep Province, Turkey -
Place Macau Mosque and Cemetery Mosque and Muslim cemetery in Macau, China -
Place Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka Mosque in Singapore -
Place Stanley Mosque Mosque in Stanley, Hong Kong, China -
Place Masjid Ahmad Mosque in Singapore -
Place Masjid Al-Ansar Mosque -
Place Mosque Nur ul-Ihsan Mosque in Cambodia -
Place Mosul Grand Mosque Mosque in Iraq -
Place Fuyou Road Mosque Mosque in Huangpu, Shanghai, China -
Place Masjid Ahmad Ibrahim Mosque in Singapore -
Place Masjid Al-Mawaddah Mosque in Singapore -
Place Masjid Darul Ghufran Mosque in Singapore -
Place Pasha's Mosque Mosque in Ulcinj, Montenegro -
Place Essalam Mosque Mosque in Rotterdam -
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Place Teqe of Frashër Historic site -
Place Zawiyet Sidi Boushaki Zawiya of Rahmaniyya Sufi Order in Algeria -
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Place Ar-Rahim Mosque Mosque in Russia -
Place Mausoleum of Sidi Abderrahmane Et-Thaalibi Building in Africa -
Place Khanqah al-Farafira 13th-century Sufi monastery in Syria -
Place Hagia Sophia Mosque, museum, and former church in Istanbul, Turkey
Festivals and practices · 1
Festivals, holy days and practices
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 1 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A holy day’s day is the one its record states it is observed on. A festival recurs, so it has no date on the historical clock, and one named here is not evidence of when or where it was kept.
Imported from Wikidata. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
The Islam collection holds 29 festivals and practices in all; 28 of them do not name Sunni Islam on their own records. See them in the collection
Institutions · 17
Offices and houses
What this means
Records whose own statements name this tradition — 17 of them. Computed from those statements, not curated here, and ordered by how widely each is linked across Wikipedia — those at home in the tradition’s collection first, and those with a picture first among the leading few — rather than by significance to the tradition.
A ruling house that names a tradition is a family’s recorded affiliation, not its subjects’ practice; an office is a line of holders, not a family.
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HouseZengid dynasty
Oghuz Turk dynasty 1127-1250, founded by Imad ad-Din Zengi -
HouseAnushtegin dynasty
Dynasty - House
Ayyubid dynasty
Islamic dynasty from 1171 to 1341 - House
Marinid dynasty
Muslim Berber dynasty (1244–1465) - House
Saffarid dynasty
Iranian dynasty ruling Sistan, Khorasan and Central Iran (861–1003) - House
Tahirid dynasty
Iranian dynasty ruling Khorasan (821–873)
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- House Hafsid dynasty Sunni Muslim dynasty of Amazigh (Berber) descent
- House Mamluk Sultanate First dynasty in Delhi Sultanate
- House Ghaznavids A Medieval Muslim Turkic dynasty ruling at eastern Iran and northern India (977–1196)
- House Samanid dynasty Iranian dynasty ruling Khorasan and Transoxiana (819–999)
- House Khalji dynasty Second dynasty in Delhi Sultanate
- House Saadi dynasty Ruling dynasty (1549-1659)
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House Zirid Dynasty Sanhaja Berber dynasty 972-1148 - House Ziyarid dynasty Daylmian dynasty ruling the north of Iran (930–1090)
- Office Grand Mufti of Australia Australian Sunni Muslim cleric
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House Nguyen dynasty Imperial Vietnamese dynasty, 1802-1945 -
House Tây Sơn dynasty Peasant rebellion then the decentralized imperial dynasty in Vietnam, 1778 to 1802
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