Sunni Islam

**Sunni Islam** be de largest branch of Islam den de largest religious denomination insyd de world. E dey hold say Muhammad no appoint any successor den ein closest companion Abu Bakr (r. 632–634) rightfully succeed am as de caliph of de Muslim community, dem appoint am at de meeting of Saqifa. Dis dey contrast plus de Shia view, wich dey hold sat Muhammad appoint Ali ibn Abi Talib (r. 656–661) as ein successor. Nevertheless, Sunnis revere Ali, along plus Abu Bakr, Umar (r. 634–644) den Uthman (r. 644–656) as 'rightly-guided caliphs'.

De term *Sunni* dey mean those wey observe de *sunna*, de practices of Muhammad. De Quran, togeda plus hadith (especially de Six Books) den *ijma* (scholarly consensus), form de basis of all traditional jurisprudence within Sunni Islam. Dem dey derive sharia legal rulings from dese basic sources, in conjunction plus consideration of public welfare den juristic discretion, dey use de principles of jurisprudence wey be developed by de four legal schools: Hanafi, Hanbali, Maliki den Shafi'i.

Insyd matters of creed, de Sunni tradition dey uphold de six pillars of *iman* (faith) den dey comprise de Ash'ari den Maturidi schools of *kalam* (theology) as well as de textualist Athari school. Sunnis dey regard de first four caliphs Abu Bakr (r. 632–634), Umar (r. 634–644), Uthman (r. 644–656) den Ali (r. 656–661) as *rashidun* (rightly-guided) den dey revere de the *sahaba*, *tabi'in*, den *tabi al-tabi'in* as de salaf (predecessors).

## Sunni view of <i>hadith</i>

De Quran as e dey exist today insyd book form na e be compiled by Muhammad ein companions (*Sahabah*) within a handful of months of ein death, wey e be accepted by all sects of Islam. Na chaw matters of belief den daily life no be directly prescribed insyd de Quran, buh na dem be actions observed by Muhammad den de early Muslim community. 

### ''Kutub al-Sittah''
*Kutub al-Sittah* be six books wey dey contain collections of hadiths. Sunni Muslims dey accept de hadith collections of Bukhari den Muslim as de most authentic (*sahih*), den while accepting all hadiths dem verify as authentic, grant a slightly lesser status to de collections of oda recorders. Dem sanso dey hold four oda hadith collections in particular reverence by Sunni Muslims, wey dey make a total of six:

* Sahih al-Bukhari of Muhammad al-Bukhari
* Sahih Muslim of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
* Sunan al-Sughra of Al-Nasa'i
* Sunan Abu Dawud of Abu Dawood
* Jami' at-Tirmidhi of Al-Tirmidhi
* Sunan Ibn Majah of Ibn Majah

Der sanso be oda collections of hadith wich sanso dey contain chaw authentic hadith wey dem frequently be used by scholars den specialists. Examples of dese collections dey include:

* Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq of 'Abd ar-Razzaq as-San'ani
* Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal
* Mustadrak of Al Haakim
* Muwatta of Imam Malik
*Sahih Ibn Hibbaan
* Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah of Ibn Khuzaymah
* Sunan al-Darimi of Al-Darimi

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### Online
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