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The name of Sunni Islam comes
from the identification with the Sunna`s importance that was
decided as a Islamic central element and also as very important
in understanding the religion total truth. The present ritual
and theological differences between Sunni Islam and Shi`i Islam
occurred in time. The name of Sunni Islam comes from the Arabic
code of behavior called Sunna; the traditional law` s body
evolving from the acts and the teaching of Muhammad. The Sunni
Muslims` believe is that they represent the true Sunna` s
followers. The differences between Sunni and other religious
orientations are small and also large, in all the religion` s
aspects. The major difference between Sunni and Shi`i Islam was
the Sunni adherence to the Caliph as the Muslim world’s leader.
The Shi`i Islam and Sunni have 3 things in common: the belief in
the Muhammad’s revelations, the God’s oneness and the belief in
the Day of Judgment` s resurrection. The Sunni Islam’s hadiths
set is different from the one of Shi`i Islam; the later has some
pilgrimages of great importance while the importance accorded by
Sunni Islam into hajj to Mecca is extremely important. Although
it reveres Ali, Sunni Islam don` t sees him as the unique true
tradition’s continuation from Muhammad. The Sunni Muslims are in
number of around 680 million adherents; they believe that the
true successor of the prophet Muhammad was his adviser, the
caliph Abu Bakr. The Sunni Islam adherents believe that the
guidance on life and belief don’t have to come from a spiritual
leader or human authority but from the Koran (Qur` an, Quran),
from the Hadith, the Sunna or the Shari` a. The Sunni Islam` s
Imams are prayer leaders and faith educated teachers. |
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