3: Religions in Afghanistan

[Laila Hart]

Chief Religions in Afghanistan include the Sunni and Shia Muslims.
Sunni Muslims account for 80 percent of the population.
• They follow Muhammad and his Hadith (speeches/followings in connection with the Quran). There are six books of the Hadith:
• Sahih al-Bukhari
• Sahih Muslim
• Sunan an-Nasa'ii
• Sunan Abu Dawud
• Sunan at-Tirmidhi
• Sunan ibn Majah
Sunnis also have six schools of law that fill in the gaps in answering questions that the Sunnah and Quran do not address (i.e. free will, etc.). There are the Hanafi Maliki, Shafi’i, and Hanbali schools.