Outline of Islam

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Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion teaching that there is only one God (Allah) [1] and that Muhammad is His last Messenger. [2] [3]

Contents

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Islam.

Beliefs

Aqidah

Allah
God in Islam
Tawhid, Oneness of God
Repentance in Islam
Islamic views on sin
Shirk, Partnership and Idolatory
Haram
Kufr
Bid‘ah

Sunni / Ibadi / Ahmadiyya

Shia Twelvers

Shia Ismaili

Prophets

Scripture

Denominational specifics

Practice

Denominational specifics

Schools and branches

Islam by country Sunni Shias
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Islam by country Sunni Shias   Ibadi
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Distribution of Sunni, Shia, Quranist, Ibadi, and Nondenominational Muslim branches

Philosophy

Theology

Law

Hadith

Main article
Hadith
Important Sunni Hadith
Kutub al-Sittah
Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih Muslim
Al-Sunan al-Sughra
Sunan Abu Dawood
Jami` at-Tirmidhi
Sunan ibn Majah
Important Shia Hadith
The Four Books
Kitab al-Kafi
Man la yahduruhu al-Faqih
Tahdhib al-Ahkam
Al-Istibsar
Hadith Collectors
Muhammad al-Bukhari
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
Abu Dawood
Commentary for Sahih al-Bukhari
Fath al-Bari
Related
Hadith studies
Hadith terminology

The supernatural in Islam

Islamic Concept of God
God in Islam
Names of God in Islam
Allah
The Light before the Material World
Nūr (Islam)
Muhammad in Islam
Al-Insān al-Kāmil
Holy Spirit in Islam
Miracles
Islamic view of miracles
Quran and miracles
Challenge of the Quran
Miracles of Muhammad
Saints
The Angels
Angels in Islam
Alam al Jabarut
Archangel
Artiya'il
Azrael
Cherub
Darda'il
Gabriel
Habib
Harut and Marut
Illiyin
Israfil, Raphael (archangel)
Jannah
Kiraman Katibin
Michael (archangel)
Mu'aqqibat, Hafaza, The Guardian angels
Recording angel
Riḍwan
Seraph
Beings and Forces in ordinary life
Asmodeus
Barakah
Al-Baqarah
Al-Ikhlas
Al-Mu'awwidhatayn
Al-Falaq
Al-Nas
Adhan
Throne Verse, also known as Al-Baqara 255 and Ayatul Kursi
Evil eye
Hatif
Hinn (mythology)
Ifrit
Jinn
Sura Al-Jinn
Exorcism in Islam
Ful-filling Fard
Preventing Major Sins
Removing Haram objects from body and Home
Destroying suspicious magical items, Ta'wiz, Talisman, Amulet
Stop giving information to suspects, Fortune-tellers, Magicians
Marid
Magic (paranormal)
Malakut
Peri
Qalb
Qareen
Solomon in Islam
Death and Human spirit
Barzakh
Illiyin
Islamic view of death
Munkar and Nakir
Nāzi'āt and Nāshiṭāt
Nafs
Rūḥ
Fallen Angels, Devils and Hell
As-Sirāt
Azazil
Dajjal
Div
Falak (Arabian legend)
Fallen angel
Iblis
Jahannam
Maalik
Nar as Samum
Shaitan
Sijjin
Zabaniyya
Zaqqum

Islamic Legends

Adam in Islam
Akhirah
Al-Safa and Al-Marwah
Azazel
Azrael
Barzakh
Beast of the Earth
Biblical and Quranic narratives
Biblical figures in Islamic tradition
Black Standard
Black Stone
Cain and Abel in Islam
Crescent
Darda'il
Devil (Islam)
Dhul-Qarnayn
Dome of the Rock
Foundation Stone
Gabriel
Gog and Magog
Green in Islam
Hafaza
Hajj
Harut and Marut
Hateem
Holy Spirit (Islam)
Ishmael in Islam
Islamic eschatology
Islamic flags
Islamic view of angels
Islamic view of Jesus' death
Isra and Mi'raj
Israfil
Jahannam
Jannah
Jesus in Ahmadiyya Islam
Jesus in Islam
Kaaba
Khidr
Kiraman Katibin
Kiswah
Maalik
Mahdi
Mary in Islam
Masih ad-Dajjal
Michael (archangel)
Moses in Islam
Mu'aqqibat
Munkar and Nakir
Noah in Islam
Queen of Sheba
Raphael (archangel)
Recording angel
Ridwan (name)
Rub el Hizb
Sarah
Satan
Solomon in Islam
Star and crescent
Symbols of Islam
Tawaf
The Occultation
Well of Souls
Zamzam Well
Zaqqum

History

Timeline of 6th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 7th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 8th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 9th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 10th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 11th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 12th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 13th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 14th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 15th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 16th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 17th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 18th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 19th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 20th-century Muslim history
Timeline of 21st-century Muslim history

History of Islam by topic

Society

Today
Monday
Gregorian calendar March 10, 2025
Islamic calendar 10 Ramadan, AH 1446
Hebrew calendar 10 Adar, AM 5785
Coptic calendar Paremhat 1, 1741 AM
Solar Hijri calendar 20 Esfand, 1403 SH
Bengali calendar Falgun 25, 1431 BS
Julian calendar 25 February 2025
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Places

Culture

Politics

Muslim world

The Muslim population of the world map by percentage of each country, according to the Pew Forum (assessed on 29 June 2014). Muslim Percent Population v2.svg
The Muslim population of the world map by percentage of each country, according to the Pew Forum (assessed on 29 June 2014).

People

Key religious figures

Prophets and messengers in the Qur'an
NameProphetMessengerUlul'Azm Book Sent toLaw (Sharia)Judeo-Christian EquivalentChronological Order
Harun [4] Aaron 15
Ibrahim [5] [6] [7] Scrolls of Abraham [8] The people of Ibrahim [9] [10] Abraham 6
Adam/Aadam [11] Adam 1
Da'ud [12] Zabur (Psalms) [13] David 17
Ilias [12] [14] The people of Elias [15] Elijah 19
Alyasa [12] Elisha 20
Idris [16] Enoch 2
Dhul-Kifl [17] Ezekiel 16
Hud [18] [18] ʿĀd [19] Eber 4
Is'haq [20] Isaac 9
Isma'il [21] [21] Ishmael 8
Yaqub [20] Jacob 10
Shuaib [22] [22] Midian [23] Jethro 13
Isa [24] [25] [26] [27] Injil (Gospel) [28] The people of Israel [29] [10] Jesus24
Ayyub [30] Job 12
Yahya [31] John the Baptist 23
Yusuf [30] [32] Joseph 11
Younis [12] [33] The people of Younis [34] Jonah 21
Lut [35] [36] The people of Lot [37] Lot 7
Nuh [12] [38] [26] [27] The people of Noah [39] [10] Noah 3
Muhammad [40] [41] [42] [7] Quran [43] Whole Mankind and Jinn [44] [10] 25
Musa [45] [45] [26] [27] Tawrah (Torah) [46] Pharaoh and his establishment [47] [10] Moses 14
Salih [48] [48] Thamud [49] Salah 5
Sulaiman [12] Solomon 18
Zakariyyah [12] Zechariah 22

Muhammad

Sahabah

Ashara e mubashra
Hadith of the ten promised paradise
Abu Bakr
Umar
Uthman ibn Affan
Ali
Talhah
Az-Zubair
Abdur Rahman bin Awf
Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas
Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah
Sa'id ibn Zayd
Most hadith narrating sahabah
Abu Hurairah
Abdullah Ibn Umar
Anas ibn Malik
Aisha
Abd Allah ibn Abbas
Jabir ibn Abd Allah
Abu Sa‘id al-Khudri
Abdullah ibn Masud
'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As
Umar
Uthman

Denominational specifics

Sunni Islam

  • List of Sunni Islamic scholars by schools of jurisprudence
Deobandi
Barelvi

Shia Islam

  • List of Shia Imams
Imami Twelver
Imami Ismailism
Alevism

Key figures

Islamism

Key ideologues

Modernist Salafism

Salafi movement

Sufism

List of Muslims by topic

Historical

  • List of honored women in Islam
  • List of Ayyubid sultans and emirs
  • List of Mamluk sultans
  • List of Ghaznavid sultans
  • Grand Viziers of the Safavid Empire
  • Viziers of the Samanid Empire

Professional

Regional

See also

References

  1. quran.com, Quran Surah Al-Baqara ( Verse 255 )
  2. John L. Esposito (2009). "Islam. Overview". In John L. Esposito (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195305135.001.0001. ISBN   9780195305135. Profession of Faith [...] affirms Islam's absolute monotheism and acceptance of Muḥammad as the messenger of God, the last and final prophet.
  3. F. E. Peters (2009). "Allāh". In John L. Esposito (ed.). The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780195305135.001.0001. ISBN   9780195305135. the Muslims' understanding of Allāh is based [...] on the Qurʿān's public witness. Allāh is Unique, the Creator, Sovereign, and Judge of humankind. It is Allāh who directs the universe through his direct action on nature and who has guided human history through his prophets, Abraham, with whom he made his covenant, Moses, Jesus, and Muḥammad, through all of whom he founded his chosen communities, the "Peoples of the Book."
  4. Quran   19:53
  5. Quran   19:41
  6. Quran   9:70
  7. 1 2 Quran   2:124
  8. Quran   87:19
  9. Quran   22:43
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Quran   42:13
  11. Quran   2:31
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Quran   6:89
  13. Quran   17:55
  14. Quran   37:123
  15. Quran   37:124
  16. Quran   19:56
  17. Quran   21:85–86
  18. 1 2 Quran   26:125
  19. Quran   7:65
  20. 1 2 Quran   19:49
  21. 1 2 Quran   19:54
  22. 1 2 Quran   26:178
  23. Quran   7:85
  24. Quran   19:30
  25. Quran   4:171
  26. 1 2 3 Quran   46:35
  27. 1 2 3 Quran   33:7
  28. Quran   57:27
  29. Quran   61:6
  30. 1 2 Quran   4:89
  31. Quran   3:39
  32. Quran   40:34
  33. Quran   37:139
  34. Quran   10:98
  35. Quran   6:86
  36. Quran   37:133
  37. Quran   7:80
  38. Quran   26:107
  39. Quran   26:105
  40. Page 50 "As early as Ibn Ishaq (85–151 AH) the biographer of Muhammad, the Muslims identified the Paraclete – referred to in John's ... "to give his followers another Paraclete that may be with them forever" is none other than Muhammad."
  41. Quran 33:40
  42. Quran   33:40
  43. Quran   42:7
  44. Quran   7:158
  45. 1 2 Quran   19:51
  46. Quran   53:36
  47. Quran   43:46
  48. 1 2 Quran   26:143
  49. Quran   7:73