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He authored the hadith collection known as Sahih al-Bukhari, regarded by Sunni Muslims as one of the most authentic hadith collections. Al-Tirmidhi, one of the six most authentic collectors of hadith, buried in Termez. Imam Māturīdī, founder of one of the two main Sunni schools of aqida, buried in Samarkand. Shah-i-Zinda necropolis.
The last census in Lebanon in 1932 put the numbers of Sunnis at 22% of the population (178,100 of 791,700). [22] A study done by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 1985 put the numbers of Sunnis at 27% of the population (595,000 of 2,228,000). [22] Sunni Muslims constitute 27% of Lebanon's population, according to a 2012 estimate. [21]
Mid-Sha'ban (Arabic: نصف شعبان, romanized: niṣf šaʿbān or ليلة نصف مِن شعبان laylat niṣf min šaʿbān "night on the half of Sha'ban") is a Muslim holiday observed by Shia and Sunni Muslim communities on the eve of 15th of Sha'ban (i.e., the night following the sunset on the 14th day) — the same night as Shab-e-barat or Laylat al-Bara’ah (Arabic: ليلة ...
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Lebanon is an eastern Mediterranean country that has the most religiously diverse society within the Middle East, recognizing 18 religious sects. [2] [3] The recognized religions are Islam (Sunni, Shia, Alawites, and Isma'ili), Druze, Christianity (the Maronite Church, the Greek Orthodox Church, the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, evangelical Protestantism, the Armenian Apostolic Church, the ...
Wahhabi clerics consider the celebration of the Muhammad's birthday inconsistent with Islam. Most Sunnis and Shias disagree. [5] The idea originated with the government of the Islamic republic of Iran. [6] Every year, the Islamic republic of Iran holds an international conference of Shia and Sunni scholars and other Muslim participants.
From 1941 to 1979, Iran was ruled by King Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Shah. On February 11, 1979, the Islamic Revolution swept the country.
People came from far and wide to mark the occasion in Dublin.