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This group is named for a concept whose source al-Shafi’i limited to a single person. This group is named for a “living” concept which Mailk ibn Abbas equated with the culture of Medina. This group is named for a concept whose mu’akkadah or “confirmed” form (20[1])of this concept includes a supplementary prayer called a qunoot offered after a series of rak’ah. One of this group’s reliable “Six Books” (10[1])includes the Sahih of Al-Bukhari. This group contains the (*) Wahhabism movement and rejects (10[1])the idea of an Imamate. This denomination believes that Abu (10[1])Bakr and other (10[1])“Rightly Guided Caliphs” emulated this concept after the death of (10[1])the Prophet. For 10 points, name this largest branch of Islam. ■END■

ANSWER: Sunni Islam [or Sunnites or Sunnis; accept Ahl as-Sunna or Ahl al-Sunna wa’l-Jama’a; prompt on Muslims; prompt on Islam until read; prompt on Wahhabism until read by asking “what larger denomination is a part of?”]
<Ganon Evans, RMP - Islam&gt; ~28227~ &lt;Editor: Ganon Evans>
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