Home›Caliphs›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups figures by the wider religious tradition that recognizes them. Wikipedia notes that "within Christianity, veneration is practiced by groups such as the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Oriental Orthodox Churches, all of which have varying types of canonization or glorification processes." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every figure from one religious tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe successors to Muhammad in the leadership of the community. Shia Islam holds that authority passed from Muhammad to Ali and to his descendants by designation, does not recognise the first three caliphs as rightful successors, and locates religious authority in the Imamate rather than the caliphate. 2Tradition: Shia IslamWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe successors to Muhammad in the leadership of the community. Sunni Islam counts the first four, Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali, as the Rightly Guided caliphs and treats their succession as legitimate. 3Tradition: Sunni IslamSize of the Traditional SetWell-attestedFour Rightly Guided caliphs on the Sunni reckoning: Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman and Ali. 3Tradition: Sunni IslamDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedFigures 1Learn MoreThe caliphs This group gathers caliphs, the successors who led the Muslim community after the death of the Prophet Muhammad, holding both political and religious authority as head of the ummah. The early caliphate is of foundational importance in Islamic history. The browser will find the caliphs the atlas gathers, including the early leaders whose status is understood differently by Sunni and Shia Muslims. The entries describe each figure's reign and the traditions surrounding him.TraditionFilter Results1 entryAdherents Today MaximumAll2,000,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll2,000,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (1)2011-01-27 (1)2020-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll632 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll610 (1)Position on MarriageAllMarriage may licitly be polygynous (1)Position on SexualityAllSame-sex orientation or practice is held to bar full membership or participation (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest of any kind on a loan is forbidden (1)Practice StatusAllPartly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTwo and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)TheologyAllMonotheistic: one God (1)Show ResultsIslamTradition3 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. An Introduction to Shi'i Islam: The History and Doctrines of Twelver Shi'ismtier 1Moojan Momen, Yale University Press, 1985On the Imamate as a doctrine of designated and sinless authorityView the Source3. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005Abu Bakr; the Rashidun caliphate and the Sunni-Shia divergenceView the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.