The Messenger of Allah said:
بني الإسلام على خمس: شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله ، وأن محمدا رسول الله ، وإقام الصلاة ، وإيتاء الزكاة، وصوم رمضان ،وحج البيت لمن استطاع إليه سبيلا
"Islam is built on five things: testifying that there is no deity except Allah and that Muhammad (peace be upon him) is the Prophet of Allah, and establishing the prayer, giving the poor-due, the fast of Ramadan and pilgrimage to the House (of Allah) to whoever is able to find a way."
Sunni Muslims are Muslims who do not believe in Imamat as one of five pillars of Islam. and Shia Muslims are Muslims who believe in Imamat as one of five pillars of Islam. and Kurds are an ethnic living in Kurdistan and are mostly Sunni Muslims.
"Sunni" is not a person. It comes from the word "Sunna" which means "customs and traditions [of Islam]". A "Sunni" is a person who follows the "Sunna".Answer 2According to Shia Islam a Sunni Muslim is a Muslim who does not believe in Imamat (choosing the leader who inherent divine knowledge of prophet SAWW by God after prophet) as one of the five pillars of Islam.
Answer 1Sunni literally means who follow Sunnah (practice) of prophet Muhammad SAWW. but shia Muslims believe they are real sunni. according to shia Muslims any Muslim who does not believe in Imamat as one of five pillars of Islam is a sunni Muslim.
Sunni is a sect of Islam
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The lslamic Jihad movement emerged as an ideological stream within the Sunni Islam, primarily from within the Muslims Brotherhood, as a reaction to the weakening of the latter's militant fervor. It continues to espouse military and violence as the major tool in the struggle to establish as 'Islamic alternate'.
There is no such thing as "the Sunni Movement". There is the Sunni Sect of Islam and there are numerous movements within Sunni Islam, but no movement so important that it has eclipsed all others.
There is no such thing as "the Sunni Movement". There is the Sunni Sect of Islam and there are numerous movements within Sunni Islam, but no movement so important that it has eclipsed all others.
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Sunni Muslim
The Five Pillars of Islam are part of the Religion of Islam. Their contents are as seen below.Five Pillars of Islam according to shia Muslims are:1. Monotheism: The Oneness of Allah (tawhid)2. Divine Justice ('adl)3. Prophethood (nubuwwa)4. Succession to Muhammad (imamat)5. The Day of Judgement and the Resurrection (Qiyama)Practices of Islam according to shia Muslims:1- Prayers (salaat) - 5 times a day2- Fasting (sawm) during Ramadan3-4. Alms giving (zakaat and khums)5- Pilgrimage to the city of Makkah (hajj)6- Holy Defense (Jihad)7-8. Enjoining good (amr bil-ma'rouf) and forbidding evil (nahiy an al-munkar)9- Supporting those who walk in the path of Allah (tawalli li awliyaa' Allah)10- Turning away from the enemies of Allah (tabarri min a'daa Allah)Five Pillars of Islam according to Sunni Muslims are:1. professing (Shahadah)2. Prayer (Salat)3. Alms-giving (Zakāt)4. Fasting (Sawm of Ramadan)5. Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)also different sects of sunni have differs in five pillars. for example Mu'tazilate Sunni Scholars like shia consider Adl as one pillar. but Ash'arites does not believe Adl is one of Pillars although believing in Adl as an attribute of God but with an interpret of Adl that in view of shia and Mu'tazilate is equal to not having Adl.
The Five Pillars of Islam are part of the Religion of Islam. Their contents are as seen below.Five Pillars of Islam according to shia Muslims are:1. Monotheism: The Oneness of Allah (tawhid)2. Divine Justice ('adl)3. Prophethood (nubuwwa)4. Succession to Muhammad (imamat)5. The Day of Judgement and the Resurrection (Qiyama)Practices of Islam according to shia Muslims:1- Prayers (salaat) - 5 times a day2- Fasting (sawm) during Ramadan3-4. Alms giving (zakaat and khums)5- Pilgrimage to the city of Makkah (hajj)6- Holy Defense (Jihad)7-8. Enjoining good (amr bil-ma'rouf) and forbidding evil (nahiy an al-munkar)9- Supporting those who walk in the path of Allah (tawalli li awliyaa' Allah)10- Turning away from the enemies of Allah (tabarri min a'daa Allah)Five Pillars of Islam according to Sunni Muslims are:1. professing (Shahadah)2. Prayer (Salat)3. Alms-giving (Zakāt)4. Fasting (Sawm of Ramadan)5. Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)also different sects of sunni have differs in five pillars. for example Mu'tazilate Sunni Scholars like shia consider Adl as one pillar. but Ash'arites does not believe Adl is one of Pillars although believing in Adl as an attribute of God but with an interpret of Adl that in view of shia and Mu'tazilate is equal to not having Adl.