Islamic Denominations Explained

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[@starcapture3040]

Druz are Muslims!

[@Trexmaster12]

Where do Quranists fit in this elaborate denominational tree?

[@wardhaglow]

ajuran empire family

[@shakebraza196]

Islam means to submit to will of ALLAH for peace . Islam for human began with Prophet Adam sallallahu alaihi wasallam and ended on PROPHET MUHAMMAD SALLALLAHU ALAIHI WASALLAM. Don't spread lies. Historians who don't believe in Quran and sahih sunnah don't have any right do say what ever they want. And Al Islam is not even a religion it's a part of religion. It's called religion of Islam not Islam as a religion. There are differences. Al Islam, Al IMAAN, Al EHSAAN and Al saah are part of truth. Or religion of truth.

[@thecorporatefinanceguy]

Can we download a copy of this chart??

[@Dfathurr]

I have a funny experience relating to difference between school of Jurisprudence. See, I am a Sunni Muslim and i followed Shafii school (i came from Indonesia). But i did stay for academic purpose in Turkey (which mostly followed Hanafi school). My story regarding how they do the morning prayer (Shubh or Fajr). Firstly, i explained the range of morning prayer. Usually it went before dawn up into exactly first light of sunrise (usually between 4AM to 6 AM). Now. Most of Shafii school would do the prayer as early as possible (so, basically 4 AM). now, anyone who wake at 4 AM would certainly still doozed of at some point. So when i prayed at the mosque. Usually i just pray and would either sleep on the mosque or go home (the sermon was rarely held during this time). So basically, i sleep again after i pray. However in Hanafi school, most of them don't really care when you pray as long as it still in time range. And for morning prayer, they would do as late as 5.30 AM. So first time i wake up early and prepare to pray, i was surprised they didn't immediately pray and doing sermon instead. And since usually i was sleeping again at that time, i just doozed of untill prayer calling (and even then i was awoken by an elder near me). Now if you were sound asleep and somebody immediately waking you up, usually you lose some sense and balance. So i was praying but half asleep. And suddenly BAM. I fall afront and hit some people in front of me (kinda like dominos). It was shameful of me (especially since i am foreigner to them) and literally asking pardon to everyone in mosque. 😅😅 truly a never forgetable experience

[@MrMysticphantom]

Even in Shafi we dont care lol. There are regional and cultural differences on the implementation and focus of each madhab.

[@refkifernanda]

Lol that would very embarrassing

[@mr.romdhon]

Lucu bang

[@ibrahimmohammedibrahim9273]

Lol Awesome experience

[@ummfaizal]

The Asr prayer also in different time for Hanafis late by 45mins.

[@silmiha5239]

I'm born into a muslim family and raised as one, but to be honest I don't really have that much knowledge about other denominations. I didn't even know for the longest time that there's more than one. Looking forward to learning more.

[@just-some-muslim]

Bro what? Literally every muslim knows there are 4 school of thoughts/jurisprudence in Islam. Well I can't really blame you if you haven't gone to madarsah or homeschooled by your parents about your religion.

[@AnotherKrach]

Same, I basically knew I was raised Sunni and knew of the existence of Shias, but that's it, so when my dad sometimes disagreed with my mom's family's opinions using denominations I was clearly lost X) I think I get it better now thanks to this video, even though I'm no longer personally impacted

[@zakariaalami1491]

Because not a big difference between the 4 ways in sunni islam and absolutly no difference in the fondamentals of the religion , i was thought that i'm a maliki in morocco but the way i was standing in prayer is shafi'i way and nobody noticed so yeah not a very big problem for us ,in fact the 4 scholars imam malik is the teacher of al shafii and he the teacher of ibn hanbal etc

[@silmiha5239]

@@just-some-muslim When all the 'religion' lessons you've ever received in your Muslim-majority country just teaches you about how you're supposed to live as a Muslim and not much else, and everyone else you've met basically follow the same denomination or just local ones, you can definitely grow up not realizing that there are a lot more stuff than what you see around you :)

[@just-some-muslim]

@@silmiha5239 Let me guess you're from Iran?

[@trylonthego4911]

You forgot to mention that Shafi'i fiqh is predominant in the Indian Ocean coastal areas and Southeast Asia countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, etc). In Brunei, the constitution specifically mention "Shafeite sect" of Islam as the country's official religion.

[@aman-hl9re]

Also in Yemen, Sudan and northern Iraq (or in Kurdistan)

[@maganhassan2627]

Somalia too

[@barbaroslar2235]

egypt also many syafie

[@tanveer3384]

In Bangladesh 🇧🇩, Hanafi madhab is popular

[@exuaf]

Most of the peoples dont have madhzab. They only associated themselves to certain degree of interpretation but not in all. For example most people in southeast asia only take syafie in prayer and thoharoh but in zakat, haj and banking they have taken hanafis. For responsibility in marriage they took Ibn Taimiyah.

[@BlueSaladid]

A few notes: -ISIS are considered kharijites by most muslims. -The 'sunni' schools of jurisprudence aren't really a division, and you can follow whichever one makes the most sense to you. -The term 'sunni' is usually just used when talking about the sunni-shia divide, otherwise they are just called muslims which is exactly what the Quran orders us to call ourselves: {Strive for ˹the cause of˺ Allah in the way He deserves, for ˹it is˺ He ˹Who˺ has chosen you, and laid upon you no hardship in the religion-the way of your forefather Abraham. ˹It is Allah˺ Who named you the muslims (the ones who submit) ˹in the˺ earlier ˹Scriptures˺ and in this ˹Quran˺, so that the Messenger may be a witness over you, and that you may be witnesses over humanity. So establish prayer, pay alms-tax, and hold fast to Allah. He ˹alone˺ is your Guardian. What an excellent Guardian, and what an excellent Helper!} Noble Quran 22;78 {Indeed, you ˹O Prophet˺ are not responsible whatsoever for those who have divided their faith and split into sects. Their judgment rests only with Allah. And He will inform them of what they used to do.} 6;159

[@alhmdulilah1]

He probably wouldn't care

[@Robespierre-lI]

I think you'll understand why everyone else in the world uses the word Sunni.

[@alhmdulilah1]

@@Robespierre-lI they're Muslims, there's only Muslim or non Muslim

[@DDDSSDDDSSDDDSS]

ISIS = israrli secret intelligence service

[@drewwanderer]

That's a biased way of looking at it. I am sure the Shias would disagree.

[@yazito21]

I’m actually quite impressed. Very well-explained video. I was expecting a lot of biased opinions and tone like a lot of people do when talking about Islam…but this was very informative and factual. I can tell you’ve done a lot of research on this.

[@nypdbapa1297]

hello! how is it going?

[@person1420]

Usually educational videos are pretty respectful and are not biased

[@DontGoToHell]

The Quran claims Jesus was never crucified (4:157), but all the church fathers and christians 600 years before Islam believed Jesus was crucified. Paul also says he was crucified Source First Epistle Of Clement (90ad) by Pope clement (90ad) 1 Cor 2:1-2 1 Cor 1:23 etc

[@zoulkarneinbagagnan3995]

@@DontGoToHellthe Quran came later on after the death of Jesus to clarify that Jesus didn’t die but that it was made apparent that he did. With this you could understand that we don’t care if people believed that he died or not because it doesn’t effect their salvation as long as they followed his teachings. The reason why Christian’s do care so much about it and is trying so hard to prove it is because if Jesus didn’t die then their whole religion would crumble because they believe that with the death of Jesus he took away the original sin of Adam eating from the tree. This doesn’t mean that he won’t die though. We Muslims believe that when the day of judgement is close and the dajjal(anti-Christ) comes, with the help of imam mehdi, jesus will descend and kill him bringing justice and end to corruption that was caused by the dajjal and then Jesus will die.

[@zeta4630]

well i say its very few research on Islam . for so many basic mistakes about Islam he got.

[@thetorment0r]

the fact that 90% of Muslims are Sunni and less than 10% are Shia finally answers my life-long question (that I never bothered to look up) of why I've never met a Shia while always knowing that the two 'biggest' groups of Islam are Sunnis and Shias

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

There is no Sunni or Shia etc. Islam is only one

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

There is no denomination in Islam

[@jump_kid]

15% are shia,I am a shia. so your journey end right now (i guess)

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

@@jump_kid Shia is not Islam

[@jump_kid]

@@AswinLubis-bq4pw Lamo, any new hadith

[@fiona8081]

As a fan of both Al Muqaddimah and Matt, I was so hyped to click on this video and hear Syawish!!! Great video, and well explained!!!

[@nypdbapa1297]

I mean,I'm actually a fan of him.

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

I looked at the thumbnail and title and wondered why Matt didn't collab with Muqaddimaah on this The shock when it was actually him 😂

[@pnkcnlng228]

Please make one of this on Buddhist schools❤

[@craiglittle7367]

Motion seconded.

[@WildflowersCreations]

3rd please. As someone who studying religions it's really nice to understand this very important information on all major religions not just Abrahamic and in many cases only Christianity being covered.

[@Punker85_YouTube]

Fourthed

[@UsefulCharts]

Hinduism will be next but yeah, I'll probably do Buddhism too.

[@WildflowersCreations]

@@UsefulCharts Yeah!!!

[@charlieduke6393]

I’ve been waiting for a video like this for a long time. Excellent job everyone who was involved with this video. Top notch work everyone.

[@moosa9850]

Shafi Maliki, Hanafu and Hanbali are not a sect, just different schools of opinion on how to comprehend laws, their belief system (aqeedah) and methodology (manhaj) was one, which is ahlu sunnah wal jamah. They are not sects just for clarification

[@Affa01]

Would have loved to see also a reference to the Hui Muslim Schools, especially since they have been historically pretty relevant during the Chinese Warlord period.

[@8roomsofelixir]

Hui is indeed a very special one. They mostly followed Sunni doctrines and rules, but due to heavy Iranian influence throughout the history, Hui have some strong Shia elements as well.

[@lucinae8512]

That's more of an ethnic identity like with Sephardic or Ashkenazi Jews, since their culture and doctrines have been influenced by Chinese history and culture.

[@Affa01]

@@lucinae8512 Yes and no. I'm not actually talking about the Hui as a denomination. I'm talking about how they divide themselves in three "sects": yihewani, gedimu and xidaotang. It seems to me that which school one belongs to is really important to them.

[@Nameles84]

The Hui are mostly descendants from the Silk Road trade - A mix race of all different races involve in the Silk Road Trade. They are in a way called Muslims (Some Sects rejects them because of their mix religious philosophy), but their religious writings books influenced in Han writing characters and also influenced by Confucius teachings. It also made them another target by other Sects and Tribal violence in the region (You could find them in history that their alliance are mainly with China's Emperors as the Emperors guarantee their autonomy as long as they serve the Emperors as their Vassals - The reason was to have protection from Sectarian and tribal violence among the region) Also not forgot to mention: Some of the ancient Hui Mosque were built like Chinese Temples with 2 Dragons on top. (You could google and find it.)

[@darmakusuma891]

Huis typically follow Hanafi school.

[@revinhatol]

3:54 FUN FACT: "Tawhid" can also be translated into Ge'ez as "Tewahedo" which is used for naming the Eritrean and Ethiopian Orthodox churches.

[@HubrisInc]

That's probably because Ge'ez and Arabic (and Hebrew and Aramaic) are all sister-languages in the Afro-Asiatic family (in the branch known as the Semitic languages); _Tawhid_ and _Tawahedo_ are cognates of each-other

[@hashira9223]

That makes sense, Ge'ez and Arabic are both Afro-Asiatic Semitic languages

[@rajababy2009]

tauheed is word used by Scholars to define the concept of Strict Oneness of GOD , ahad is the root word , which means Only One not a second there is also another word used for one in arabic which is Wahid But Wahid is used when there is another number two but the beautiful thing about Ahad word is it has no partner word it literally meaning is one and only with Out second

[@saidhashi2856]

Another interesting fact about islam and Ge'ez is that the names of desciples of Jesus in the Quran is called 'hawari or hawariyoon' The Ge'ez likewise are called 'hawaris' This name of the desciples of Jesus does not appear in anywhere else other than Quran and Ge'ez. ☝️

[@diongibbs312]

We Christians do believe in just one good he is one in his Essence but manifesting three persons Father Son and Holy Spirit it doesn't mean three Gods it means one God in his Essence one God in who he is but he happened to come at different times to different people in different persons

[@PatSen]

Very thoughtfully put together. You know what to not include, and how much to include. Which is why this episode has immense clarity. Very well done. Congratulations.

[@suprememajd3090]

People you should know that Ja'afari's founder teacher(Jaafar al Sadiq/the honest) was the teacher of more than half these school-founder jurists notably the Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanafi. He is the 6th righteous Imam of the ummah. Edit: sorry but the other schools of thought and jurisprudence are just a progeny of the Political tyrannical Establishment of the Time, all of those (non-Shias) became to be known as Ahlul Sunnah by Ibn Taymiyya in the Mamelouk Era (11th-12th centuries)

[@hajjdawood]

He actually taught them them all directly or indirectly subhanAllah

[@sarmadaqrawi8064]

it is worthy to mention that, Allah’s religion is ONE. The Shia believe that just as Moses had the 12 tribes and just as Jesus had the 12 apostles, Muhammed had the 12 Imams. 12 Tribes with Moses 12 Apostles with Jesus 12 Imams with Muhammed Thank you again

[@نسيتكلمةالمرور-ذ5ب]

He was not the founding teacher, but rather he was one of the teachers present at that time alongside other scholars and teachers such as Sufyan Al-Thawri, Al-Hasan Al-Basri, Nafi’ and others, who in turn learned at the hands of the Companions, especially the younger Companions such as Ibn Omar, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Masoud, Aisha, Al-Hussein, Anas bin Malik & others, who in turn took their knowledge directly from the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him

[@Someone1O1]

Preach! It's time we shias stop hiding

[@suprememajd3090]

@@Someone1O1of course Brother inshallah jihad al Tabyeen as the Guardian Jurist said!

[@aanchaallllllll]

0:47: 📚 This video is about the denominations of Islam and how they differ from those in Christianity and Judaism. 4:07: 📚 The Qur'an focuses on theology and jurisprudence, with a shift from theological matters to worldly matters after the Hijrah. 8:04: 📚 The Ulema were learned individuals who studied the Qur'an and Sunnah, with some becoming respected Imams. Proto-Shias believed their Imams were infallible and had divine guidance. 11:53: 📚 The debate over the origin of the Qur'an led to a conflict between al-Ma'mun and Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, with the former supporting the idea of a created Qur'an and the latter opposing it. 15:50: 💡 The Ahl-e-Hadith, Wahaabis, and Deobandis are Ghair-Muqalid movements in India and Pakistan, with the Barelvis being the majority and incorporating Sufism. 20:02: 🌍 The Twelver Shias are a dominant group in Iran with their own Madhhabs, the Usuli and the Akhbari, who have different beliefs on reasoning and traditional teachings. 23:39: 🕌 Different groups, such as Ahmadis and the Nation of Islam, have beliefs that are considered non-Muslim by mainstream Islam. Recap by Tammy AI

[@iinterstellarGiggles]

For the First time, I've seen any Hindu curious about Islam and acquiring knowledge instead of abusing 😂. Kudos to you 🎉

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam.

[@MusaAbdullah-oe4xg]

Deobandi and barelvis are not ghair muqallid but muqallid

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

@@MusaAbdullah-oe4xg They are not muslim

[@alanho6814]

Can't wait to learn a bit of Arabic, as a guy with very little exposure to Islamic cultures, I found it a bit difficult to follow these beautifully pronounced names. Wish me luck!

[@muhammadHassan-kj1jy]

Good luck 😄

[@koppadasao]

If you take other people's advice; stay away

[@starcapture3040]

only natives can spell them correct

[@H00H]

Good luck and trying to learn Arabic will let you read some Islamic books wither Islamic history or Islamic laws etc... So you can ( if you want ) understand islam and the main sects and their thoughts

[@IssamHalabi]

@@starcapture3040that’s not correct. Plenty of foreigners have learned Arabic. And anyone with a basic understanding of the alphabet can pronounce the names.

[@JanSchattling]

At first I was irritated because I expected Matts voice but I understand why it might be better to have this explained by someone who has a closer connection to the topic. Thank you for this, I am always astonished how much more there is to learn about all these different religions.

[@WildflowersCreations]

I really appreciated the different voice as it can really affect how many of the Islamic words can sound especially if you are not a fluent speaker.

[@WildflowersCreations]

@@muslimresponse103 Thank you for this info.

[@kabz3354]

@@muslimresponse103 Bro, Urdu (Pakistani Language) can pronounce arabic pretty effectively. Dk tf you on about

[@lordblenkinsopp1537]

I think it makes sense to have a Muslim speak on this topic, and I overall like Siawish and his channel al-Muqaddimah, but his Arabic prounciation, or lack thereof, does annoy me quite a bit as an Arabic speaker. No shade at him personally, but it would be nice if he could at least pronounce the name of the religion "Islam" correctly. (It's with the a being pronounced pretty much like it is in the English word slam, not like the a in the English word awesome)

[@diansc7322]

​@@muslimresponse103this guy has made collabs with this channel a billion times already, no surprise hearing him here when Muslim schools are discussed, his own channel is completely about the Muslim world

[@javindhillon6294]

I absolutely love these denominations videos

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

There is no denomination in Islam There is no Shia or Sunni in Islam There is no Shia, Sunni etc in Islam Islam is only one

[@armanotfound]

​real

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

Shia is not Islam

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam.

[@abidsabanovic8188]

Good summary. Just a note to non-muslims. Fiqh differences are more of a differrence in practices rather than theological. Differences between madhabs come from the different methodology they use to arrive at conclusions. However, they overlap more than they differ, and even when it comes to prayer, it is some details rather than a fundemental divergence. Muslims pray almost the same all around the world. Video is nicely summed up and the beginning about how it's hard to say these are denomination is very true. In sunni islam it doesn't play much of a role and 4 madhabs and 3 theological schools are considered orthodoxy, hence why we didn't really have religious wars like the christian Europe had.

[@majormohitsharma7701]

Shias believe the Qur'an is corrupted. Shias believe in many things like these. Don't even believe anyone else than your prophet. They even curse the names of their companions. You are still living in delusion when you say that the core sects never fought with each other because their battles within the same religion should be greatest as Sunnis persecute Shias till today in the countries where Sunnis are in majority.

[@robo8478]

i think you are misguided, radical sunnis almost always call for violence toward shia, and common sunni stance is that shia are not islam. maybe you live in a isolated place but in the core of middle east sects brutaly fight to the death. i think you must be from indonessia or some far away place that is far from the mainstream parts of islamic world, because the sects fight wars currently, the christians havent had any inter faith wars in like 50+ years while the sects here kill still to this day unfortunately. maybe one day islam will stop the inter faith wars but unfortately what your saying is not true. christians used to have intersect wars but now that is not the case, unfortunately islam current has a lot of sectarian violence. isis just bombed iran, and vice versa, syria is daily killing, yeme vs saudi genocide, etc. you are misinformed friend. sunni islam and christianity are living together in north middke east peacefully, and shia and christians seem to get along in egypt. in egypt sunni fight christians but shia have made interrelious peace with the christians in egypt, in north middle east the sunni have made peace with christians, and many small sects like alwaites , druze etc but the shia and sunni fight to the death. someone from some isolated pocket of islam in pakistan north africa or indonesia might falsly belive that islam doesnt have infighting wars but in reality this is far from the truth. islam has a huge sectarian war problem right now, while most other faiths have given up on the fighting, i really hope this ends

[@awaf12]

​@@robo8478you seem to be non middle eastern I am middle eastern and he is right On the ground the differences are really minimal, I live in the US and was surprised how different Christian churches are

[@faruquekhan3353]

@@robo8478@robo8478 What are you talking about? Christianity had a lot more interfaith wars than Muslims, and it is not even comparable. Also, I live in USA and as a Muslim I can go to any Mosque and pray, it would not matter. With Christians, Catholics have their own church, Protestants their own Church, Lutherans their own church. In Islam, it doesn't matter. There are really only two significant subdivisions: Sunni and Shias.

[@MahmoudSayed-hg8rb]

​@robo8478 I mean, yeah, shias are not Muslims

[@en1324]

A great intro to people who aren't as familiar with these denominations, including myself.. Even as a lifelong muslim I learned so much from this video! Having come from Indonesia, where most muslims just consider themselves to be "non-denominational muslims" - though unknowingly fall under the Shafi'i madhhab

[@yojan9238]

Indonesians, their denominations for fiqh is Shafi'ei, the aqidah or creed is Ash'ari. And in tasawwuf they followed Junaid Al-Baghdadi. Nowadays in 20th century with the arrivals of Wahhabites (Neo-Pseudo-Salafi), they tend to forget who their ancestors denominations are.

[@jjsaj7938]

Shafei school countries : Egypt, Somali, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Djibouti

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam.

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

@@yojan9238 No Denomination in Islam.

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam.

[@MrMarc8259]

As a man from the US, raised Christian, who happens to be Black, I am intrigued and enlightened by this scholarly work. I have long wondered how people who claim the same geographical location as their birthplace or Holy Land are so distant and even hate the people who would have to be family? I am a person who strives for peace, in this lifetime. If that is to happen, we all have understand these divisions and strive to make peaceful debate to live and thrive together. Thank you for this, as I had no idea about the diversity that exists in the Muslim faith. It has encouraged me to learn more. Peace.

[@MrMarc8259]

@@muslimresponse103 and that is fact. I make no apologies for it. My only resolve is that I will not practice or preach ignorance of another's religion or faith as a reason to hate or mistrust. Until the final day, when I pray all will be revealed, I and others could have it all wrong. I will not group people together to be reviled and I choose to take each individual on their own practices. I will not hate one on the color of ones skin or the garments one wears, as I would not want to be hated for outward appearance. My heart believes where the flesh fails. Peace.

[@justjason7662]

@@muslimresponse103 the crusades were in direct response to genocidal Muslim expansionism. It went unchecked for an extremely long time until eventually the Christian west rallied to fight back against the warmongering Islam. Over time the popularity of Christianity has made it a target to progressive ideals to undermine and we’ve spent decades being reprogrammed to believe the crusades were unprovoked genocidal rampages. Research the first crusade and see that Christianity was at peace and was being massacred in droves by Muslims. It took a lot to rally people to go to war with Islam. The crusades were a good thing. Not all of them… not all people of any group are good. But for the most part, the crusades were a necessity. I’m not even catholic and can admit that!

[@polishherowitoldpilecki5521]

@@muslimresponse103Islam is the same way. The rise of Isis, Taliban and other Islamic terrorist networks. This isn’t even mentioning the past. Where Muslims often enslaved non Muslims. Even the prophet Mohammed enslaved and massacred a Jewish tribe; Banu Qurayza. And the prosecution of Ibadi and Ahmadi Islamic sects. Christians today aren’t fighting each other and religious violence between Christians died out around 1600. There also hasn’t been any religious violence in colonized lands if your talking about Canada, Australia, United States and that even if you include the wider African colonies that were Christianized.

[@John3.36]

@@muslimresponse103 You have no clues about Islam then, because the Qu'ran allows for slavery and rape. Do you have no clue about what Islam did to India? *Wife's, mother's, sisters, and daughters can be raped and sold off even if married because they become property for Jihad.* And [also prohibited to you are all] married women *except those your right hands possess.* [This is] the decree of Allah upon you. And lawful to you are [all others] beyond these, [provided] that you seek them [in marriage] with [gifts from] your property, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse. So for whatever you enjoy [of marriage] from them, give them their due compensation as an obligation. And there is no blame upon you for what you mutually agree to beyond the obligation. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise. Qu'ran 4:24

[@taoliu3949]

​@@muslimresponse103 That's a Protestant thing. Because of Sola Scriptura and Sola Fidae Protestants has no issue with "schisms". It's perfectly okay to worship at a different denominational church (depends on the church) because it's less about the church and more about the self. Many sects also originated in Europe before spreading to the US and further diversifying. Lack of "State Churches" is also a contributing factor, but sheer population as well (US has the largest protestant population in the world).

[@Gamer-zq5eb]

To be honest, I wish this was more comprehensive. A lot of laymen Muslims get confused with all these kinds of labels, and it would’ve been helpful to address a lot of them that weren’t mentioned like “Madkhalis” “Ikhwanis” “Hizbis” “Qubooris” along with the Sufis etc.

[@silentbyte196]

Most of the terms thrown around today are just variants of Salafis 99% of the time. There is no need to expand Salafis because the divisions and name-calling can go on forever.

[@comb528491]

Ikwani refers to members of the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan-al-Muslimeen) or anyone with similar mindset Hizbi refers to any member of Hizb-ut-Tahrir or such a mindset Quboori refers to anyone who asks for intercession in front of a grave Madkhalis emerged after Gulf War 1 saying no one should criticize the Saudi Regime for allowing American Military Bases on the land. This was opposed to the Sahwa who believed in a relatively Democratic approach

[@turan_kaya]

​@comb528491 There are also Qutubis

[@PropagandasaurusRex]

I don't think it was supposed to be as comprehensive as you want. It's a good overview of Islam 101 that is still comprehensible to non-Muslims.

[@Muhammad_Nuruddin]

​@@comb528491Ikhwanis and Hizbis are essentially Khawarij.

[@darmakusuma891]

Shafii is popular in Southeast Asia. You know, there are more than 230 million of them. It's even larger than Maliki or, let alone, Hanbali.

[@saidhashi2856]

Don't forget East African coast. From Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, to Somalia.

[@Taniamoudi]

It’s popular in Yemen as well

[@PatrioticAlgerianBeefsteak.1]

Maliki is in countries like algeria and morocco

[@darmakusuma891]

@@Taniamoudi no wonder, Islam was spread to maritime Southeast Asia mainly by the Yemenis.

[@neonnova-on1gp]

in kerla mostly shafai and rest india is mostly hanafi

[@f1r3hunt3rz5]

Just don't confuse between fiqh (how to perform daily religious practices) and aqidah (one's belief or creed) as they are two different things.

[@davode76166]

A few notes about Shia: 1. The majority of Iranians are Usuli Shia, so nowadays the Usuli is the dominant subgroup of twelvers, not the Akhbari (Akhbari Lost dominance a few centuries ago) 2. A considerable number of Seveners are still living in the south east of Iran.

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

Shia is not Islam

[@unrealuknow864]

I have a question about Iranians. I understand the majority of Iranian Shias are Ethnic Persians. I read a long time back that the leadership of Iran that came to power after the Shah, are mainly Arabic ethnicity. Is this correct?

[@davode76166]

@@unrealuknow864 no, they're not. They are far descendants of Prophet Muhammad, but so are millions of others in many other countries! Khamenei (leader of Iran) is ethnic iranian turk from the northwest if Iran.

[@davode76166]

@@AswinLubis-bq4pw thank you I didn't know I'm not muslim 🤣

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

@@davode76166 I am a Muslim. No Denomination in Islam.

[@metehanerciyas2880]

Hey I quickly checked the school of jurisprudence that is prominent in Indonesia (because it is usually left out of conversations about Islam) and found out that they follow mainly the Shafi’i school of law

[@w4lr6s]

Shafi'i school of law is predominant in Southeast Asia as a whole - a vast majority of Southeast Asian Muslims are Shafi'i, with a very small number of Hanafi-rite mosques scattered around. Only Myanmar Muslims, I think, may not be a majority Shafi'i demographic - given their links to the Indian subcontinent (but Muslims in southern Myanmar who are Malays are connected to the Shafi'i): but other countries in Southeast Asia, either the Muslim-majority or the non-Muslim majority ones, have Shafi'i school as the predominant school in their Muslim community.

[@yusufahmadi]

​@w4lr6s yes. Islam was brought to southeast asia by sea route from yemen or somalia. That's why the shafii school appears also in maldives, sri lanka, and southern coast of india. Meanwhile in northern myanmar, islam came from land route from india or Bangladesh

[@w4lr6s]

@@yusufahmadi the Hui Muslims in Chiang Mai too I believe are Hanafis

[@blacksheep6174]

​@@w4lr6sTurkic states and South Asian is Hanafite . South East Asia is Shafai Arabia is Hunbali and Maghreb/NorthAfrica is Maliki

[@jjsaj7938]

Shafei school countries : Egypt, Somalia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Djibouti

[@revinhatol]

Syawish, you *DEFINITELY* nailed it!

[@mohammedalsaed5130]

Great Work ! Not sure if the Chart is published yet but it would be nice to include: 1. Kaysanites as a 4th divsion of Shiism. Although they are extinct now they factored heavy in the 2nd Fitna with Mukhtar Al-Thaqafi being their leader and their mission for vengeance for Karbala. They should at least get mention. 2. Slight mistake about Akhbaris being a higher percentage of Twelvers than Usulis. It's the opposite. It may have been true during the Safavid dynasty but in the modern day it's reversed. 3. Maybe add other Sunni schools of Fiqh that are now extinct like Awzai, Laythi, Jariri, Thawri in addition to the Zahiri just to be more comprehensive and show that the main 4 aren't the only ones during the golden age, they were just the ones that withstood the test of time. 4. Add The Muslim Brotherhood to the Sunni Revivalist Movements Chart. I feel they they are a must mention. 5. In Addition to the Druze and Baha'is. Maybe show how the Yarsanism and Yazidism religions stem outta islam. 6. Forget to Mention that the Shafi'i school is the biggest in SE Asia and East Africa. As well as the Maliki school being biggest in West Africa in addition to the North. I just feel like it should be mentioned that the most populous muslim country follows the Shafi'i school. 7. Maybe add dashed lines across that show the Hanafis being tied to the Maturidis, the Hanbalis being tied to the Atharis, and the Shafi'is and Malikis being tied to the Ash'aris. I feel like pointing out that the Ash'aris are technically the biggest school of Aqidah is worth a mention. 8. Would be cool to see some of the Kharijite sects anyway. Even though they are extinct, they factored in 3/4 fitnas 9. I get the choice of leaving the Sufi Tariqas out of this, but maybe a full video explaining them?

[@mohammedalsaed5130]

Forgot to mention that in recent years, the Syria Government has been making attempts to push Alawites closer to Mainstream Twelverism in order to improve ties with Lebanon, Iraq and Iran. So there has been some type of internal reform movement to bring Alawites back to the fold of "mainstream Islam" and outta the "grey area"

[@LachlanJP81]

Really nice overview video, does feel like a bit of a major oversight not to at least mention that Shafi’i is the largest Madhhab in Malaysia and Indonesia (the largest Muslim majority nation in the world), though

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam.

[@avii2807]

This is such an interesting take on the notion of what constitutes "denominations" or, more appropriately, schools in other religions as not simply being a difference of core principles but as differences in the practical and theological differences.

[@fatgore]

as a child of a catholic and a muslim (sunni) who hasn’t really grown up in one of these religions i think it’s really cool understanding the “basics” of these religions, appreciated the judaism one last time too

[@blacksheep6174]

So u are an Athiest ?

[@fatgore]

@@blacksheep6174 no! i believe in god but i just don’t align myself to a specific religion, at least yet

[@blacksheep6174]

@@fatgore That's Much better U believe in God u are an step away brother Try to search about Prophet Muhammad saw He lived for Us Cried for us suffered for us send down for us . I hope u will find Truth 🤞 ( May Allah Guide Us All ) "

[@prkp7248]

Oh yes, he suffered, especially when he had sex with 9 y/o child. PDF moment.

[@AveChristusRex789]

As a fellow Catholic myself, that’s great to hear. Naturally of course, I would suggest you look into the historicity of the Bible and the early Church…only through Christ will you find eternal life. If you got any questions, I would be pleased to answer. God bless you

[@hamzazad5258]

The four islamic (Sunni) schools of Fikh, Hanbali, Maliki, shafiai, and Hanafi are not denominations. A Muslim can follow the teachings of any of these great scholars in matters of Fikh. All of them share same Akeeda. Unlike the scholars of Ibadiya or jaafaris (shiaa) who believe the prophet's companions are hypocrites and non-muslims. Which is in contrast with the Quran and Sunna of the prophet pbuh.

[@dr.junior-33]

This is what i wanted to say exactly, denominations is difference in aqeeda (creed) not fiqh

[@shirazanwer3659]

The Qur'an itself says that people who were pretending to be Prophet's "companions" are hypocrites. Sunnis deny this fact and consider all sahaba to be righteous. This aqeeda is in contrast with the Qur'an and Sunna of the prophet pbuh. "When the hypocrites come to you, [O Muḥammad], they say, "We testify that you are the Messenger of Allāh." And Allāh knows that you are His Messenger, and Allāh testifies that the hypocrites are liars. They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allāh. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing. That is because they believed, and then they disbelieved; so their hearts were sealed over, and they do not understand. And when you see them, their forms please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech..."

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

Agree with you

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

Shia i not Islam

[@Player-pq4tn]

​@@AswinLubis-bq4pw who asked

[@kongming7684]

I find it interesting how Islam and Judaism had very parallel intellectual developments around the same time. The first Islamic state under Muhammad forming in a predominantly Jewish city. Abu Hanifa's ideas having a direct inspiration on the formation of Karaite Judaism Both had a phase of Hellenist influence with scholars reconciling Aristotlelianism and traditional theology. Maimonedes and Al Ghazali coming to similar conclusions, turning their respective schools of thoughts into the medieval orthodox. Both had traditionalist revival movements in response to the shifting tides of European Hegemony (Haredim for Judaism, Salafiyya for Islam)

[@sajo_ra5218]

A very interesting observation. Is there a book on this parallel you could recommend?

[@ibrahimmohammedibrahim9273]

Yes because both are monotheism

[@arachid19]

So cool, can you please make a video about this or direct me to sources where I could read more about this

[@Tinil0]

I also find it interesting how both Islam and Judaism focus heavily on jurisprudence and judges/scholars providing interpretation of divine law as major features of the religion while Christianity didn't seem to follow that same path.

[@tanveer3384]

Love to read this

[@Bazarov1]

Great video as always. However, I’d like to make one correction: Alevis(not to be confused with Alawites), who predominantly live in Turkey, do not consider themselves Sufis. They consider themselves as seculars. Their secular worldview is inbuilt in their interpretation i.e. they don’t fast, pray, or abstain from alcohol. Their secular stance is understandable given their historical conflicts with the religious Ottoman authority.

[@tolgacetin2799]

that's not entirely true. Even among the Sunni Muslims you can find people with secular approach towards the religion and Turkey is no exception. I have had the chance of meeting some Alevis and they consider themselves Muslims but they have different a different approach as to how they worship God. From my view of them, majority of the can be considered Sufi/Shia Muslims and there are a small minority of them which can not be considered Muslim because that minority believes the Quran had been changed (a very small minority but still there). Overall they are very interesting as they aren't researched much and I believe they aren't as unified as most people see it. They have huge changes in the way they practice their faith among themselves depending on their regions. Some of them even Pray like us Sunni/Hanafi folk yet others don't pray, some of them have fast in Ramadan and some of them don't although they almost all fast in Ashura. Things you mentioned like alcohol use, nationalism, secularism, not praying, not fasting and many more can bee seen in all types of Muslims in Turkey because many folk are just sick and tired of Imams, Sheiks and Dervishes abusing their power. They live in prosperity and commit all sorts of sins yet tell us to be pious and keep praying. Now we are in a situation where the youth is rebellious and atheism/deism/agnosticism grows faster then Islam.

[@s.p9638]

you should not comment about stuff that you do not have comprehensive knowledge about. Your oxymoron statement makes me dizzy. Secularism is a social stance, not a religious one and has nothing to do with the theology of alevism.

[@Bazarov1]

@@tolgacetin2799 I understand what you’re saying. What I am trying to explain, however, is that they don’t consider themselves sufis. They consider themselves Alevi ,and some as Alevi-Shia. Also, most of them have a conspicuously secular lifestyle which is reflected in their political grievances; one of the major political position of the Alevis is secularism hence most of them vote for CHP(the Republican people’s party, that is known to be secular), even though CHP,historically, hasn’t been nice to the Alevis.

[@Bazarov1]

@@s.p9638 It’s ironic that you say that because I am well-acquaintanced with Alevis and they also offered me a reading list which I read carefully. First of all, the entire history of the alevi movement is a rebellion against orthodox Islam and it’s no coincidence that they don’t exercise 5 pillars of the Islam. I am not going to get into the entire history here but long story short their conspicuously secular interpretation of Islam is well-reflected in their lifestyle as well as politics. (Btw,some of my best friends are Alevi and they are, especially if they are also Kurdish, in my experience, by far the most likable and honest people in Turkey.

[@tolgacetin2799]

@@Bazarov1 People from Turkey don't go around telling they are Sufis. In Turkey many Muslims have Sufi influences like art, poetry and philosophy coming from our past so only people who have a tariqa actively call themselves Sufis (most of the times) most people just call themselves Muslims it is the same for Alevis. for them their Muslim and Alevi identity are interchangeable. I've heard from many of them how they are the correct followers of Quran and the Prophet and although we have no way of knowing this as only God can judge our faith, We should abstain from calling them non-Muslims or Kufr for they seem to be following the path of Islam. They just do so in their unique way.

[@MartijnterHaar]

As a Dutchman it's always a bit weird to see how fringe Alevism is considered to be within wider islam, since a significant part of the Dutch Muslim community consists of descendants of Turkish and Kurdish immigrants from eastern Turkey. I've had several Alevite colleagues.

[@Bloodclaatyang]

They are not muslims

[@Sonilotos]

Alevis are chill, they're often more decent people than many Hanafis my parents and grandparents had known, despite us also being Hanafis. The whole senseless opposition between sects things is a plague within the current Muslim community.

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam.

[@Sonilotos]

@@AswinLubis-bq4pw denominations do exist regarding Islam, it's just that said denominations are about interpretations of Islamic sources instead of the source (Quran) itself.

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

@@Sonilotos Yeah. There is no Denomination in Islam

[@metsfan1873]

Can you explain the Mutakalamun? I understand them to be a Muslim subgroup of some sort, but there was also a group of Jews who adapted these ideas into Judaism, and remained entirely Jewish while absorbing the "key" ideas. Indeed they were known as Jewish Mutakalamun. On of their greatest critics within Judaism was Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, known also as Maimonides. He lived in Golden Age Cordoba and Cairo/Fustat and participated deeply in the academics of the time. He is one of the pre-eminent Jewish writers of all history and the key spokesman for rationalism within Judaism. In his day, he had many opponents - some Jewish authorities saw him as apostate, although today he's a pillar of all Jewish thought. So what did they teach?

[@comb528491]

Mutakallimun refers to anyone who used Kalam, or rationalist theology. This refers to the Mutazilites, Ash'arites, and Maduridis

[@metsfan1873]

@@comb528491 Thank you!! This gives me a huge clue as to what they (and their Jewish analogs) were doing... and I appreciate the homework assignment. I have to wonder what Maimonides disliked about their teachings since he, too, was preoccupied by the task of harmonizing what he saw as the two great bodies of truth: religious revelation and Aristotelian philosophy. But now that I'm on the trail, thanks to you, perhaps I can puzzle that out. Presumably he objected to something in their methodologies or results - because by your definition, he was effectively one of them (within Judaism). But of course, there is no rivalry like sibling rivalry....

[@generalodysseus6248]

This is an awesome video. Would you be able to make a video on at least a few of the Sufi orders, I've always been interested in the mystics of the abrahamic religions.

[@KamaAnthem]

sufism is very complex, and its mix-mix and mix even as far as local animism tradition of the place that they're established in, i've join a sufist brotherhood once for some years, the fiqh branch is shafii and aqida branch is ashari-maturidi, the rest is complex and even me cant explain

[@GabrielA-mw4in]

The four schools (Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi and Hanbali) of jurisprudence are not denominations, they are all Sunni. They have minor differences related to daily practice (e.g. ways of the physical prayer) but do not differ in fundamentals related to belief.

[@pd6569]

You have a Tremendous background to this incredibly helpful chart and narration to help educate and inspire.

[@aliawesome12fab]

5:58 Correction* Shia believe that Prophet himself stated Ali will lead after his death Sunnis believe that Prophet never said such a thing and that the Khalifa had to be elected by the people Fun fact, IMMEDIETLY after the prophet's passing, before even a burial ceremony was taken place, Abu Bakr rushed to let everyone know he's willing to lead and that he's the most fit! says a lot about Sunnism tbh

[@xS146roar]

Lol .. say you are shia without not saying it 😅

[@razamughal9095]

Get off your drugs. Abu bakr was SUPERIOR to Ali. get over it.

[@europeandocter]

​@@razamughal9095 do not compare we are all equal under allah

[@pabloleyes5574]

It's good to have a video that doesn't focus on anglophone denominations!

[@Wi-Fi-El]

I really like this series and i hope it continues. Since y'all have covered the three major abrahamic faiths, it would be neat to see the other Abrahamic religions and how they relate to the "big three."

[@Dave_Sisson]

@@muslimresponse103 I think of the Samaritans and the Druze as Abrahamic faiths and there are a few others as well.

[@realthunder6556]

​@@muslimresponse103Islam is the idea that from Abraham, all prophets were muslim, and Christians and jews just follow broken teachings of islam,so from that pov, we are sects that broke to far from proper islam. But Abrahamic religion is a way so we can all agree we all came from Abraham.

[@mohamedjear8917]

yes, Mendai's, Samaritans, and baha'is in particular. The other "small three" kinda hhhhhh

[@darrylviljoen6227]

Everyone forgets the mandians

[@Wi-Fi-El]

@@muslimresponse103 Abrahamic is a term for all religions that descend from the faith Abraham followed. Most religions where Yahweh is God are considered Abrahamic. Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Baha'i, etc.

[@HolloMatlala1]

Yet again.🙏🏽 Thank you for ending my ignorance I always questioned why it was hard to distinguish between Arab Politics and Muslim Religion when engaging Daily Affairs and News Headlines.

[@malekmessage1663]

When Muslims were committed to Islamic Sharia, they were able to move from the most backward nation to the most advanced nation within decades... Now Arab and Muslim leaders have betrayed Sharia, and look where they are now.

[@DontGoToHell]

The Quran claims Jesus was never crucified (4:157), but all the church fathers and christians 600 years before Islam believed Jesus was crucified. Paul also says he was crucified Source First Epistle Of Clement (90ad) by Pope clement (90ad) 1 Cor 2:1-2 1 Cor 1:23 etc

[@orperetz623]

this video is doing a quick overview, mentioning the key names of ehat you need to know in Islam and covering everything (very briefly but perfect) you need to know about the introduction of Islam. I've been looking for this kind of information for a while now, finally found it. thank you very much

[@maheelkhan4495]

Absolutely mesmerized with the research u have done on Islam .. perfect .. u have done a great job .. ❤

[@chimera9818]

19:34 important to note the druze view themselves has decedent of the tribe Moses wife was from and view Moses father in law has their main prophet (he was the man basically to teach Israelite how to form court system), also you can find them in northern Israel and Lebanon and they are very cool and loyal people to the country they lives in

[@chimera9818]

And also southern syria

[@trigun1081]

Very cool and great info as always. I love learning about the reasons and history of the different groups within a religion.

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam.

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam.

[@frankdunne6280]

This helps to explain to us non religious folk so of the confusing things we hear and see in the media. Sadly it still seems to come down to "my way is the only way"

[@angelawossname]

​@muslimresponse103 Not every religion does this. There are many religions that don't proselytise and conversion is difficult, there are many that are completely closed and you have to be born into them. It's just that the religions that say "my way is the only way" are the largest thanks to proselytising, although historically many conversions were forced or coerced, and they are also the loudest.

[@angelawossname]

@muslimresponse103 it does mean that they think that their way isn't the only way, though, and they aren't forcing their beliefs on others, which is the most important thing. To expect anyone to think that all religions are right is just ridiculous. My father's culture doesn't proselytise, but they do accept converts. My mother's culture is completely closed. They think their beliefs are right for them and only them, but they also think that other practises are right for other people. You know and understand very little outside your own cultural practises and are projecting your own beliefs onto others.

[@googleuser3620]

@@muslimresponse103 Not sure about that. This video is sugar coated. The Christian denominations video is more disrespectful towards Christianity, all videos about Islam are not taken to the debt of a Scholar, as it would dismantle Islam’s week base. For example the interpretation of Abraham and other Prophets being Muslims is easily refuted by historians, this should be focused and emphasised.

[@googleuser3620]

@@muslimresponse103 the Muslim response is always a “reinterpretation” that sounds like a conspiracy theory. And claiming that “no one disputes their view”. Sharia has protected Islam from critics. Now the internet will crush Islam. Even this channel has challenged (mildly) the standard narrative on Islam.

[@angelawossname]

@muslimresponse103 it's not my fault you can't understand basic concepts. I am making perfect sense. Some cultural practises are closed and believe their practises are right for them and no one else, and believe other cultural practises are right for other people. You just are ignorant to most indigenous cultural practises. Even pagans believe in other gods, they just choose the one they like the best.

[@TheNavid001]

Love the video, but quick correction. Baha’is would consider The Bab to be the return if Christ in 1844. Baha’u’llah did not declare himself as a phophet/manifestation of God until decades after the Bab did. Baha’is regard both the Bab and Baha’u’llah as prophets of equal footing

[@huhindustry]

Is this the voice of Al-Muqadimah KZbin Channel?

[@UsefulCharts]

Yup

[@mrfaltux5501]

@@UsefulCharts but run by pro jews? I mean I remember you guys good at deleting evidence that comes via comments.... KZbin gave you a platform to say whatever, but as viewer I have my right to speak as well. Speaking about my comment which was deleted where I debuk the galen the roman scholar

[@rhosymedra6628]

this was really interesting, I've always been confused by how Islamic denominations work and now I feel like I finally can start to understand it! Looking forward to learning more about the topic.

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam.

[@JohnSmithM2C]

​@@AswinLubis-bq4pwbro is dumb

[@sabiha.sayeed]

As a Muslim, I don't follow any particular school of thought or anything. I assess the Quran and Sunnah for myself and make decisions based on that. There are lots like me.

[@furkanbangash5936]

absolutely... these divisions have made us weak....

[@BobiGazda12345]

Hanbali is best due to the -10% aggressive expansion

[@ryan_ryan]

no

[@christodharma]

We have a man of culture here

[@culturedman1310]

Truly the best strategy good sir

[@Sonilotos]

What

[@Jehdii]

What about Speed and Luck stats?

[@SwatantraNandanwar]

Thanks for the Demonisations. Useful knowledge.

[@SunwarulBERI]

Very well explained. Subscribed! Thanks.

[@ziyaadgatab7223]

Being born into a large South African 🇿🇦 Sunni Muslim Family. I really appreciate this thank you. In my part of the country Hanafi and Safi are the 2 Schools mostly thought here. But I was raised and thought at Madrassa the Safi School of thought. Knew about the other 2, but never went into that history(I need to go brush up InshAllah 🤲). I've never met any Shias, but would like to sit down and have a conversation with them and learn about the differences. I Also know a little bit on Christianity as well. As my grandmother(mother's mother) came from a Dutch Reform/Moravian Christian background before converting to Islam. Always good to know each other's faiths/ religions☪️✝️🕎🕉️☸️✌️😉👍

[@Mohamed53578]

got most of his info wrong in the vid learn from other sources

[@soorena-zy5oz]

I am Iranian Shia. In the last year of his life, the Prophet of Islam declared: Whoever i am his master than Ali is his master. But with a conspiracy, the right to rule of Prophet's family was usurped from them.

[@saidhashi2856]

Thank Allah for not meeting a person insulting Abubakar and Omar along with Aisha and Hafsa. The Two wives of the Prophet and his Two closest friends.

[@cano8448]

I'm not sure if you're residing in South Africa or somewhere else, but I'm sure there are some shia masjids in your area which you can visit. If you'd like to go through an online group lemme know. Salam alaykum wa rahmatullah

[@cano8448]

​@@saidhashi2856I thank Allah SWT for not following a sect who say RA for personalities like Muawiya, who started a cursing tradition for Ali ibn Abu Talib which lasted for sixty years. Alhamdulillah for tashayyu.

[@firehunterz2311]

One must not confuse the schools of thought in _fiqh_ (i.e. laws or ways to perform worship actions) and in _aqeedah_ (i.e. creed or faith).

[@Deep-Blu]

I believe you should have discussed a little bit more on how many Sunni muslims nowadays don't actually follow a single Imam and thus are essentially non-muqallids. They cannot be clubbed with traditional Salafi or Ahl-i-Hadiths or Wahabi sects as they are not traditionalist in that sense as well. Many great muslim scholars of last 75 years like Farahi, Maudoodi, Waheed uddin Khan, Javed Ghamidi and even Zakir Naik will fit in this category. Fantastic video nonetheless.

[@slegnev]

Zakir Naik is not considered a scholar but a da'ee

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam.

[@Mr_Cricket-bu]

maudoodi, molana ishaq and zakir naik are more like salafi..., javed ahmad gamdi and waheed din khan are more like liberal muslims..

[@hscguy]

1:50 kindly give source of these academic scholar. and why there are no mention of any sources?

[@Iqballotelli]

Very clear. Thanks Matt and Syawish.

[@bilalabawi9064]

Amazing video. The explanations were great and really understood it, thanks

[@coolkangaroo5179]

Hello, could you make a historical timeline/chart/family tree for the philosophers of ancient Greece and their schools of thought? I found it very interesting, studying ancient Greek philosophical history, not only how various thoughts from various philosophers influenced different people later on and tracing back the roots of different ideas, but I also found it very interesting seeing, how different philosophers carry on the ideas of their teachers or their inspirations, to start up their own new schools which then lead to another set of pupils who start their own schools in turn creating a tree of different philosophical schools. An example of this would be Socrates, who taught that the beginning of wisdom is that the only thing you know is that you know nothing, and that the highest good in life is virtue. And so he taught the students Xenophon, Plato, Antisthenes, Aristippus, Alcibiades and so forth. And those followers in turn created their own schools of thought, that being Plato, Antisthenes and Aristippus, with the schools of Platonism, Cynicism and Cyrenaicism. They had their own students too in turn who created schools of thought like the Peripatetic school, Stoicism and Epicureanism (which were founded by Aristotle, Zeno of Citium and Epicurus in this order).

[@adityatyagi7296]

Do the dharmic faiths next pls (i.e., Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism) Also your denomination videos were so dope. Keep up the good work 👍

[@vinsin328]

Those are not religions so cannot be done and should not be compared.

[@joshuajohn74]

​@@vinsin328jains and Buddhists are a religion while Hinduism is a mix

[@piccledice7086]

We dont even know the origins of hinduism and how it came about, it was many diffrent sub religions that got catogrized as one during the 1800-1900 century

[@joshuajohn74]

@@piccledice7086 it was categorized around 1300-1600 depending on area

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam.

[@ahmedetove689]

Amazing efforts, thank you for your work

[@Ali.the.Doctor]

20:00 You are very wrong here. You said the Akhbari are the majority and this is very wrong. The majority are Usulis and this is a very well known thing. Usulis (Arabic: اصولیون, Persian: اصولیان) are the majority Twelver Shi'a Muslim group. They differ from their now much smaller rival Akhbari group in favoring the use of ijtihad (i.e., reasoning). Usulis use reasoning while Akhbaris don’t. And Akhbaris today are minor group in Khorasan province in Iran. Usulis are the majority of Shia Muslims around the world.

[@postiepaul]

An absolutely fair and unbiased explanation. Well done.

[@googleuser3620]

Not sure about that. This video is sugar coated. The Christian denominations is more disrespectful towards Christianity, all videos about Islam are not taken to the debt of a Scholar, as it would dismantle Islam’s week base. For example the interpretation of Abraham and other Prophets being Muslims is easily refuted by historians, this should be focused and emphasised.

[@Sonilotos]

​@@googleuser3620the video had, several times at that, mentioned that certain "origins" of Islamic concepts have two variations (the religious variation and the academic/historical variation), including the part about the Islamic interpretation of prior prophets. Did you even watch the video?

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam

[@raihanrusli2720]

I am muslim indonesian, but I didnt really understand these madzhabs, I just heard them in hadists. But when I play EU4, I found out these madzhabs have "followers". And in the game, southeast asian sultans are shafi'i followers. I asked my friend, and he said yes we lean more on syafi'i. Well the clerics here really never mention anything about sunni's madzhab or differentiating them saying which one are better or the one we should strictly follow, but maybe if you enter islamic school you will learn about it. But I heard from a cleric, that you can follow whatever you want and dont have to stick to each one at all time since all hadists - at least the trusted ones - have their own base. I also remember a hadist that when Prophet Muhammad had to choose, he would choose the easiest to do. But in Indonesia, only sunni is approved by government and society. While shia and also ahmadis aren't, and sometimes leading up to violence against them since they pretty much are minorities.

[@silentbyte196]

With the schools of jurisprudence, All of them are considered correct and we don't say one is wrong or other. It is a person's preference to follow the MAadhab they want or the madhab of their community.

[@tanveer3384]

In Bangladesh 🇧🇩, clerics also never mention about madhab. I learned about it from internet 2 years ago. We are Hanafis predominantly.

[@firehunterz2311]

Regarding fiqh (laws, jurisprudence or how to perform ibaadah), we don't deny any of them, so there's no problem whether you want to follow Maliki, Hanbali, Shafii or any other schools of fiqh. Issues come when people differ and argue about aqeedah (faith, creed or beliefs), now this is an entirely different thing that we cannot help but be firm.

[@Atherion8]

Usually the quality is impeccable on this channel but I have to say that this episode was very rushed and mostly built on poor research. So many of the stuff were jumbled up and many important parts glossed over. One part that especially can cause confusion for most non Muslims is the question of the civil war. When Ali and Muawiiya came to a head at the battle of Siffin, both sunnis and Shias believe that Ali was the rightly guided one and that Muawiya was in the wrong. However Shias take it a step further where they believe that Muawiya and anybody who sided with him during the war were not Muslims and that the Hadiths (sayings of the prophet Muhammad pbuh) that they narrated from him is null and void. Most Shias also publicly curse the companions of the prophet Muhammad Pbuh who sided with Muawiya during the battle even including Aisha (the wife of prophet Muhammad pbuh) Sunnis on the other hand, acknowledge that Muawiya was the wrong party in the battle. However, since he and those who sided with him were still companions of the prophet pbuh, they don’t curse them or vilify them and accept the Hadiths that they narrate from the prophet pbuh. They also refrain from speaking about any of the conflicts that arose between companions of the prophet pbuh and hold them all to be noble people (whether they sided with Ali or Muawiya). All in all, Sunnis and Shias all believe that Ali was the right one but deal with it in different ways. However in the video, it gives the impression that Sunnis followed Muawiya and that Shias followed Ali which is false.

[@Gamer-zq5eb]

I agree, there was no deadline for making this so he could’ve taken the time to do more research so that it’s comprehensive and accurate

[@w4lr6s]

"Sunnis on the other hand, acknowledge that Muawiya was the wrong party in the battle." Depends actually, not all Sunnis acknowledge this

[@MhmdBDRD]

"sunnis acknowledge that Mua'wiyah was wrong party in battle" continue on praising him Yes sunnis followed Mua'wiyah not Imam Ali no matter how much they claim the opposite, the term Ahlu sunnah wal jamah was coined by Mua'wiyah himself to face the shia of Ali, you can't hsve it both ways, you can't praise the good and the bad at the same time

[@w4lr6s]

@@MhmdBDRD hmmm muawiyah did not coin the term sunnah wal jamaah - the term sunnah wal jamaah was a later development and had little to do with caliphate politics

[@MhmdBDRD]

@@w4lr6s What was the year called when he took the khilafah after his treaty with Imam Al-Hasan ?

[@for-real17]

14:35 What actually led to the decline, is that it had to be this way... As it is revealed in the Quran Al-Isra (17) Verse 4: وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَتُفْسِدُنَّ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَلَتَعْلُنَّ عُلُوًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا ٤ And We warned the Children of Israel in the Scripture, “You will certainly cause corruption in the land twice, and you will become extremely arrogant.

[@edwardcollins741]

No mention of Alabnian Bektashis? There are quite a few in the Detroit area.

[@ardian_g]

I'm albanian and I didn't know about this, thanks! Is there a bektashi community there?

[@edwardcollins741]

Yes, I've had bektashi neighbours in Derborn and in Taylor, a suburb south of Detroit, ther is a Bektashi monestary@@ardian_g

[@Larper64]

While I understand why they weren't focused on in this video, I would like to hear more about the various types of Sufis in a possible future video.

[@tommy-er6hh]

I looked up on Wiki how many Sufi orders - 78! and add 11 psuedo Sufi orders. You want him to do some work, don't you!

[@blacksheep6174]

There are no types cuz sufism is practice Sufis are actually sunnis and some Shias . U will find hanafi sufis Hunbali sufis mailiki sufis Shafai sufis jafari sufis. Yes there are orders like Naqshbandiyah Qadiriyah Etc

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam

[@shabirkamran5399]

It is a very difficult topic and very well covered. Good Work :) There is now a movement where young Muslims do not associate themselves with Brelvi ,Deobandi etc.

[@falnica]

Many religions have branched from Islam, like the Alawites, the Druzhe, the Yazidi, the Baha'i... Could you make a video on these?

[@dinomar7818]

The Alevis, Druze, and Nusayris claim to be Ja'faris.

[@ryan_ryan]

@@dinomar7818 Alawites and Alevis are not same.

[@dinomar7818]

@@ryan_ryan The Nusayris called themselves Alawis due to their ridiculous lack of creativity. There are so many groups and dynasties who name themselves Alawis, it's so stupid. What's the point of names if it's not distinctive.

[@TristansmithLD]

The Baha’i Faith is not accurately depicted here as it is not a branch os Islam. While Baha’is do believe in the previous messengers of God like Muhammad and Jesus. Baha’u’llah brings new teaching relevant for today’s age.

[@WMSA257]

this was a great video, good job.

[@shosuke3822]

Your Arabic pronunciation is beautiful! And your video is pretty much accurate

[@DontGoToHell]

The Quran claims Jesus was never crucified (4:157), but all the church fathers and christians 600 years before Islam believed Jesus was crucified. Paul also says he was crucified Source First Epistle Of Clement (90ad) by Pope clement (90ad) 1 Cor 2:1-2 1 Cor 1:23 etc

[@Matthehousecat]

@@DontGoToHell What gives you the impression that Muslims care what Paul the fabricator thinks? To us he’s just another opportunist.

[@Capibaracapibara1992]

Thank you!!!!!! as a catholic i was waiting for this, as someone who is not familiar with islam this is very useful

[@Oriental_Orthodox_Chants]

the schools of thoughts are not demoniations, simply different methods of doing certain things. but the theology and general beliefs are the same through all 4 madhahib

[@sherazkarim4110]

Islam's rich diversity, with its various schools of thought, is truly remarkable. We should embrace this diversity as a blessing, recognizing it as a source of strength and unity. Despite our differences, all Muslims bow towards the Kaaba and uphold the pillars of Islam, which is the true beauty of our faith. This shared foundation highlights our deep connection and the universal values that bind us together as one global Ummah.

[@DoctorCyan]

21:19 I wish there was a video of the faces I made when I got to this part of the video. What a sucker punch! 🤣

[@qureshib61]

This is an amazing video, learnt alot and well put together, you have gained a subber!

[@sarahle3776]

Thank you for creating this educational video.

[@zenalsham7977]

I'm sunni from syria .. we respect the four scholars .. we usually follow shafi'i and hanafi .. but they are all ok, we are not that strict .. even some of us will follow a little bit of salafi .. we say that we believe in Quran and Sunna

[@yernus]

The denomination imams (scholars) don't say so

[@catabakies69]

​@@Mcanonhmos All Muslims can touch dogs, the saliva (some say any kind of fluid from the dog) is unclean. Keeping a working dog is allowed in Islam. It's haram to eat dogs. Some Muslims don't want to touch dogs. I'm a Christian living in a Muslim-majority country, with Muslim neighbors, interacting with Muslims daily. Cats are everywhere

[@kubilaykazak8218]

@@Mcanonhmos No, Shafi'i do not touch dogs. Shia do not eat rabbit.

[@نسيتكلمةالمرور-ذ5ب]

I'm the opposite of u I'm salafi and i follow the maliki & hanbali fiqh

[@LordRoku-]

i wish there could have been more information on the Ibadis

[@salmaelmalah3180]

From my knowledge, ibadi is closer to sunni than Shia. But for example, one of the differences is that the ibadi don't believe in the second coming of Jesus, but both sunni and Shia believe in it

[@Faisal-pb5gu]

@@salmaelmalah3180 Ibadi is completely different from Sunni Ibadis believe that Uthman and Ali are apostates This is completely unacceptable, whether for Sunnis or Shiites

[@mohieddinekhaled1619]

I just gotta say, the arabic pronounciations are on point!

[@MrMineHeads.]

19:57 Usoolis are the vast vast majority of Twelvers today. Akhbaris used to be the majority but after the 1800s, it flipped the other way. The difference between the two is that Usoolis believes in the practice of taqlid and having to scrutinize ahadith, while the other one believes taqlid to be completely false and that ahadith are accepted by default. There are other differences as well but those are the largest.

[@عليياسر-ذ5ب]

Damn, how do they know how to pray? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AdemCAN49]

I just saw this video and your channel .It's really been very good and very enlightening.

[@ali_kazmi]

20:02 usuli's form the majority, akhbari's form the minority

[@hildkiin]

I clicked on this video to get some recognition for alevis and and I'll admit most of my friends and their families including mine aren't religious at this point and mostly just carry the cultural heritage of being an alevi but the last practicing family member was my grandma and i can safely say that she was a devout muslim and alevi. people in turkey don't consider practicing alevis muslims either but i did not expect the same level of disrespect from a channel i love lmao. my ex was an alawite and i remember him telling his parents made him practice the quran. I don't understand how you can call a group who accepts muhammad as the prophet, non-muslim. no hate tho other than that loved the video.

[@googleuser3620]

Exactly! It wasn’t wise to allow someone bias to take over this video, while all other videos are made with the same level of study and respect or disrespect, only the Islamic videos are made super biased…

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

No Denomination in Islam

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

Alevis is not Islam

[@AswinLubis-bq4pw]

Alewite is not Islam

[@hildkiin]

@@AswinLubis-bq4pw this same sentiment caused massacres in turkey. why do you support the killing of innocent people under the name of god?

[@opssheesh]

two points that caught my attention here... One is that he says Salafis or Wahabis say they don't follow any madhab, but I grew up in Saudi Arabia and I always heard that we are Hanbalis, I never heard any other opinions. The second point is I just wanted to point out that I also often heard the word "Kharijites or خوارج" being used to refer to movements like ISIS. It generally means extremists so they're not really extinct are they.

[@opssheesh]

@@mulosbron9533 Thats interesting to know lol. So do sufis view sunnis as muslims at all? Coz I at least know the folks in saudi don't view them as Muslims at all. Something about them worshiping graves and stuff like that.

[@xS146roar]

​@@opssheesh I'm from Bangladesh .. I listen to Saudi Arabia scholars. I studied deeper and and find then correct because they don't call the Dead Shaykh and Sufis in the grave . Yes most sufis call us (ka fe r)

[@Koelsoemahmed]

Thank you so much for the valuable information.

[@MoBawazir]

Brilliant… the best work on explaining the denominations of Islam I have ever seen.

[@breaktide251]

Awesome video. Thank you for your insight ❤

[@Ali-eq4uo]

Excellent video and quite neutral (saying this as a Twelver Shia Muslim myself). However it should be a multipart series. Let's properly talk about each sect the way it was done for Christianity. Let's talk about the Nizari and the Aga Khans, the smaller Ismaili sects, the origin of Bahai, Sufi orders, more about the Ahamadiyya being Muslim debate, etc.

[@MrRoboticeyes]

Honetsly, it's better if you can put more "fringe" groups from South East Asia such as the Bani Cham from vietnam, or even LDII from Indonesia which have takfiri doctrine and it's own caliph. And about the kharijites, probably the original group have been extinct, but the "new" version was still quite popular in recent memory, such as the infamous IS and Boko Haram. So far, a great video like always.

[@Affa01]

Wow I didn't know at all about how weird was the religion of the Cham, thank you for referencing it. Until now I had only seen a single video about Muslims in Vietnam but the only people appearing there where orthodox Muslims

[@oghuzdynasty777]

@@Affa01 In my opinion 'Bani Cham' is the true syncretic form of Islam. Yeah, sects of Alevism may be heterodox but I wouldn't call it syncretic form of Islam which I make that distinction.

[@w4lr6s]

@@oghuzdynasty777 'Bani Cham' is not the only one around - there's also the Watu Telu sect in Indonesia, among others

[@w4lr6s]

@@Affa01 most Cham Muslims are orthodox Shafi'i (they are exposed directly to Malaysian and Thailand Muslims) - I am given to understanding that Bani Cham is a minority sect.

[@Affa01]

@@w4lr6s I saw a documentary that said that only around 10% of the Vietnamese Muslim Cham are orthodox. While in cambodia the majority is.

[@WTF_whatthefootball]

Very informative video also felt very unbiased 👍.

[@rainboweldor3730]

Thank you. Next please go into a chart of all the Sufi tariqas!

[@sophustranquillitastv4468]

Buddhist Denominations next.

[@SamAronow]

Yes, Hanafi! Founded by Abu Hanifa, cellmate of Anan ben David!

[@EAlyahya]

Among the Muslims, he was accused to be critical of hadith. Is there any correlation?

[@ryan_ryan]

@@EAlyahya among which muslim, wahhabi?? literally 1/3 of muslim population are hanafis.

[@aliatar9325]

​@@ryan_ryanisn't wahabi a religious movement and not a school of thought?

[@ryan_ryan]

​@@aliatar9325 wahhabist don't follow any school of thought but some of their interpretation came from hanbali school.. usually they have their own made of hadiths

[@MasterBeiberEverything]

Personally, I like the Hanbali school of thought because it gives me -10% Aggressive Expansion.

[@abdalucchash5717]

XD

[@hannamarie7677]

Omg you made this so much clear thank you so much!