Sunni theology

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Sunni theology is the mainstream doctrinal framework within Sunni Islam that systematizes beliefs about God, prophecy, scripture, and the unseen world, drawing on the Qur’an, hadith, and classical scholarly traditions.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sunni theology canonical 8
Sunni orthodoxy 3
Sunni theologians 1

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theology ⓘ
Sunni Islamic creed ⓘ
religious doctrine ⓘ
affirms Day of Judgment ⓘ
God’s absolute uniqueness ⓘ
God’s omnipotence ⓘ
God’s omniscience ⓘ
God’s will ⓘ
Hell ⓘ
Paradise ⓘ
angels ⓘ
divine decree (qadar) ⓘ
prophets ⓘ
resurrection ⓘ
revealed scriptures ⓘ
basedOn classical Sunni scholarly traditions ⓘ
basedOnText Qur’an ⓘ
linked to: Quran

hadith ⓘ
centralBelief oneness of God ⓘ
tawhid ⓘ
concerns God ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ
scripture ⓘ
the unseen world ⓘ
developedFrom classical kalam traditions ⓘ
early Sunni hadith scholarship ⓘ
distinguishesFrom Kharijite theology ⓘ
Mu‘tazili theology ⓘ
Shi‘i theology ⓘ
linked to: Shia theology
hasCreedalFormula Five Pillars of Islam ⓘ
Six Articles of Faith ⓘ
historicalCenter Baghdad ⓘ
Bukhara ⓘ
linked to: Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Cairo ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ
Nishapur ⓘ
includesSchool Ash‘ari theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari

Athari theology ⓘ
linked to: Atharism

Maturidi theology ⓘ
linked to: Maturidi
keyConcept attributes of God ⓘ
beatific vision of God ⓘ
createdness or uncreatedness of the Qur’an ⓘ
human free will and divine predestination ⓘ
intercession (shafa‘a) ⓘ
languageOfScholarship Arabic ⓘ
majorSchool Ash‘arism ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari

Atharism ⓘ
Maturidism ⓘ
linked to: Māturīdism
normativeFor majority of Sunni Muslims ⓘ
religiousTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
usesMethod rational argumentation (kalam) ⓘ
scriptural exegesis ⓘ
traditionalist hadith-based reasoning ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sahih al-Bukhari → influenced → Sunni theology ⓘ
Day of Gathering → mentionedIn → Sunni theology ⓘ
subject linked to: the Day of Gathering
Muhammad al-Bukhari → influenced → Sunni theology ⓘ
al-Haq → recognizedBy → Sunni theology ⓘ
subject linked to: al-Haq (the Real)
Asharite kalam → influenced → Sunni orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Sunni theology
Al-Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah → mainSubject → Sunni orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Sunni theology
Six Books → usedIn → Sunni theology ⓘ
DivineJustice → discussedIn → Sunni theology ⓘ
Al-Qahhar → belongsToTradition → Sunni theology ⓘ
subject linked to: Al-Qahhar (The Subduer)
Al-Ajurrī → doctrine → Sunni orthodoxy ⓘ
linked to: Sunni theology
Darajat (degrees of Paradise) → usedIn → Sunni theology ⓘ
al-lawh al-mahfuz → understoodBy → Sunni theologians ⓘ
linked to: Sunni theology