Sunni Islam
Sunni Islam is the lairgest branch o Islam;.[1] Sunni Muslims are referred tae in Arabic as ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah wa āl-Ǧamāʿah (Arabic: أهل السنة والجماعة, "Fowk o the tradition o Muhammad an the community") or ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah (Arabic: أهل السنة) for short; in Inglis, thay are kent as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis or Sunnites.
Sunni Islam is whiles referred tae as the orthodox version o the releegion.[2] The wird "Sunni" comes frae the term Sunnah (Arabic: سنة), which refers tae the sayins an actions o Muhammad that are recordit in hadiths (collections o narrations regardin Muhammad).[3] Sunni Muslims generally consider Sahih al-Bukhari an Sahih Muslim tae be entirely authentic an accurat hadiths.
Etymology
[eedit | eedit soorce]Sunnī (Clessical Arabic: سُنِّي /ˈsunniː/) is a broad term derived frae sunnah (سُنَّة /ˈsunna/, pl. سُنَن sunan /ˈsunæn/), means "habit" or "uisual practice".[4] The Muslim uisage o this term refers tae the sayins an livin habits o Muhammad. In its full form, this branch o Islam is referred tae as "Ahlu s-Sunnah Wa Al-Jama'ah" (literally, "Fowk o the Tradition an the Congregation"). Onyane claimin tae follae the Sunnah who can demonstrate that thay hae nae action or belief against the Prophetic Sunnah can consider thairsel tae be a Sunni Muslim. Housomeivver, it shoud be notit that Shi'a Muslims an aw hauld that thay follae the Sunnah.
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ John L. Esposito, ed. (2014). "Sunni Islam". The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Unknown parameter
|subscription=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sunni and Shia Islam". Library of Congress Country Studies. Archived frae the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ↑ "Sunna". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
the body of Islamic custom and practice based on Muhammad's words and deeds
- ↑ Sunnah Archived 2010-12-05 at the Wayback Machine, Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement
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