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...and three of whom died by assassination. Ali is regarded by Sunni Muslims as the last of the four Rightly-Guided Caliphs and ...
...s agreement, known as the 'Am al-Jama'ah (Year of Unity) by Sunni historians, effectively ended the First Fitna and inaugurat...
...hura with mourning, fasting, and commemorative rituals. For Sunni Muslims, Husayn remains a beloved martyr and a symbol of st...
...is steadfast resistance became a landmark in the history of Sunni Islam. The Mihna finally ended under Caliph al-Mutawakkil, ...
... honored Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and ordered the teaching of Sunni theology throughout his domains. He also banned innovations...
...ad and seized control of the Abbasid caliphate, leaving the Sunni caliph as a ceremonial figurehead. This marked one of the m...
...tary protector of the caliphate. The Seljuks were committed Sunni Muslims who actively promoted Ahl us-Sunnah theology and sp...
...The Nizamiyyah network across many cities institutionalized Sunni learning and formed a bulwark against Ismaili Fatimid influ...
...trophe of that fall and the urgent need to revive authentic Sunni scholarship.
...ia teaching, deliberately established as a rival to Abbasid Sunni institutions. After Salah al-Din (Saladin) overthrew the Fa...
...the Abbasid Caliphate which had been the symbolic centre of Sunni Islam for five centuries. Hulagu Khan's force of approximat...
... as the state religion, forcibly converting a predominantly Sunni population and executing those who refused. Sultan Selim I,...
...nant power of the eastern Mediterranean and the defender of Sunni Islam in its darkest hour.
...il Caliph al-Mutawakkil ended it, restoring the traditional Sunni position.
...It is considered the most authentic book after the Quran by Sunni scholars.
...69 CE. Despite being Shia, the Fatimids generally tolerated Sunni scholarship and built al-Azhar mosque (later a Sunni instit...
...dle path that used rational arguments to defend traditional Sunni beliefs. The Ash'ari school became the dominant theological...
...mpire. His major work Kitab al-Tawhid systematized orthodox Sunni theology using rational methodology.
... one of the world's oldest universities. Transformed into a Sunni institution by Salah ad-Din, it remains the most prestigiou...
...est continuously operating universities in the world. Under Sunni rule, it became the preeminent center of Sunni scholarship,...
...ltan' and 'King of the East and West.' The Seljuks restored Sunni authority over Baghdad and became champions of orthodoxy.
...gy, and spirituality. He is credited with reviving orthodox Sunni scholarship.
...osing the Fatimid caliphate in Egypt. The Ayyubids restored Sunni governance and successfully defended Muslim lands against t...
...dicine made him one of the most widely read scholars in the Sunni tradition. He beautifully combined scholarly rigor with spi...
...thir is the most widely read commentary on the Quran in the Sunni world, known for its use of hadith to explain Quranic verse...
..., establishing the Ottoman-Safavid border and deepening the Sunni-Shia political divide.
...l-Aqidah at-Tahawiyyah, the most widely accepted summary of Sunni creed, and a major Hanafi jurist.
...ounder of the Maturidi school of theology, the second major Sunni creedal school.
Founder of the Ashari school of theology, one of the major Sunni creedal schools.
... school of theology. Originally a Mu'tazili, he returned to Sunni orthodoxy and developed a rational defense of traditional c...
.... Known for his teaching, fatwa work, and his commentary on Sunni creed texts.
...nd Imam of al-Azhar since 2010, one of the most influential Sunni Muslim leaders in the world.
...nd ethics, author of 'ash-Shari'ah,' a foundational text on Sunni creed.
... Usul I'tiqad Ahl as-Sunnah,' a foundational compilation on Sunni creed.
...idah al-Tahawiyya, the most widely accepted creedal text in Sunni Islam.
...nder of the Ash'ari school of theology, the most widespread Sunni theological school. He was initially a student of the Mu'ta...
...am at-Tahawi. The most widely accepted creedal statement in Sunni Islam. At-Tahawi, a Hanafi jurist, summarized the beliefs o...
... addressing issues of creed, politics, and history from the Sunni perspective. The work is both a polemic and a comprehensive...
...studied alongside al-Muwafaqat as one of the two pillars of Sunni legal theory.
...zali. One of the four foundational works of usul al-fiqh in Sunni Islam, alongside ar-Risalah, al-Mu'tamad, and al-Burhan. Al...
... of Sufism, grounding spiritual practice firmly in orthodox Sunni Islam. Al-Qushayri begins with biographies of early Sufi ma...
...consensus (ijma) and disagreement (ikhtilaf) among the four Sunni schools of jurisprudence. Ibn Qudamah presents each issue s...
... divine knowledge, and human responsibility, presenting the Sunni position with clarity and depth.
...every area of Islamic law, presenting the views of all four Sunni schools with their evidence, then discussing modern applica...
... theologian Ibn al-Mutahhar al-Hilli. Ibn Taymiyyah defends Sunni positions on the Companions, the caliphate, and creedal iss...
...zali. One of the four foundational works of usul al-fiqh in Sunni Islam. Al-Ghazali introduces Aristotelian logic as a prereq...
...arative fiqh manual that presents the positions of all four Sunni schools on each issue in a clear, organized format. Ibn Juz...
...nder of the Hanafi school, the oldest and largest madhab in Sunni Islam.
...e end of times to fill the earth with justice, according to Sunni hadith sources.
...founded by Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari that became the dominant Sunni kalam tradition.
One of the four major Sunni schools of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), founded by Imam Ab...
One of the four major Sunni schools of jurisprudence founded by Imam Malik ibn Anas (71...
One of the four major Sunni schools of jurisprudence founded by Imam al-Shafi'i (767–82...
One of the four major Sunni schools of jurisprudence, founded by Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal ...