Home›Islam›Parent DenominationBrowse ByParent DenominationThis page groups denominations by the older denomination they split off from. Wikipedia describes the Druze faith as having "developed out of Isma'ilism" before separating entirely, a pattern that also plays out at the smaller scale of one denomination splitting from another. Browsing by parent denomination lets a visitor trace a denomination back to the body it broke away from.FactsLearn MoreParent DenominationSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedThe branches, legal schools and mystical traditions of Islam. The principal division follows the dispute over leadership after the death of the Prophet; the madhhabs are schools of legal interpretation rather than separate bodies; and Sufism cuts across the whole. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedContested: denomination and sect fit Islam badly. A madhhab is a school of legal reasoning whose difference from the others is recognised as legitimate within Sunni Islam, not a church standing apart from another. 3DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedDenominations 1Learn MoreThe branches of Islam This group gathers the main branches and movements of Islam. The principal division, dating to disputes over leadership after the Prophet Muhammad's death, is between Sunni Islam, the majority tradition, and Shia Islam, which holds that authority passed through the Prophet's family. The browser will find the Sunni schools of law and the Shia branches (Twelver, Ismaili and others), along with Sufism, the mystical dimension found across both, and reform and revival movements of the modern period. The atlas describes each in its own terms, noting the theological and historical questions that separate them.Parent DenominationFilter Results1 entryAdherents Today MaximumAll1,750,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll1,600,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllScholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Date of Separation End YearAll680 (1)Date of Separation Start YearAll632 (1)Defining Doctrinal PositionAllSuccession to the Prophet settled by the community (1)GovernanceAllAuthority in trained scholars, with no central office (1)No central authority (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCodified Obligation With Consequences (1)Liturgical LanguageAllClassical Arabic (1)The vernacular (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2009-01-01 (1)OrdinationAllNo ordination; authority rests on learning or on the whole body (1)Restricted to men (1)Origin Period End YearAll900 (1)Origin Period Start YearAll632 (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)Relation to the StateAllEstablished (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTwo and a half percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)Show ResultsSunniParent Denomination1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. The Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd editiontier 1P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis, C. E. Bosworth, E. van Donzel and W. P. Heinrichs (eds.), Brill, 2005s.v. madhhabView the Source3. An Introduction to Islamic Lawtier 1Wael B. Hallaq, Cambridge University Press, 2009View 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.