Sunnah
Sign in to save'''''' is the body of traditions and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad that constitute a model for Muslims to follow. For Muslims, the sunnah is what all the Muslims of Muhammad's time supposedly saw, followed, and passed on to the next generations. However, what constitutes the Sunnah, and its interpretation, depends significantly on the specific Islamic sect and school of thought. Sunnis rely on six major canonical hadith collections to document the Sunnah, known as Kutub al-Sittah. For Shias, the sunnah is generally documented in ''Kutub al-'Arba'a'', which give preference to hadith
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# Overview of Sunnah The Sunnah is the body of traditions and practices established by the Islamic prophet Muhammad that serves as a model for Muslims to follow based on what he said, did, and approved. Its interpretation varies across different Islamic sects and schools of thought, with Sunnis primarily relying on six major hadith collections called Kutub al-Sittah, while Shias use different sources like Kutub al-'Arba'a to document these teachings.
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- Definitions and usage
- Sunnah and hadith
- ''Sunnah Salat''
- ''Ahl as-Sunnah''
- In the Quran
- History and etymology
- Four Madhhabs
- Systemization of hadith
- Classical Islam
- Modernist Islam
- Islamic revivalism
- Alternatives to classical hadith-based sunnah
- "Living sunnah"
- Sunnah from practice not hadith
- "Inner states"
- Basis of importance
- Alternative view
- Providing examples
- Types of sunnah
- Sciences of sunnah
- In Shia community
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Further reading
- External links
'''''' is the body of traditions and practices of the Islamic prophet Muhammad that constitute a model for Muslims to follow. For Muslims, the sunnah is what all the Muslims of Muhammad's time supposedly saw, followed, and passed on to the next generations. However, what constitutes the Sunnah, and its interpretation, depends significantly on the specific Islamic sect and school of thought. Sunnis rely on six major canonical hadith collections to document the Sunnah, known as Kutub al-Sittah. For Shias, the sunnah is generally documented in ''Kutub al-'Arba'a'', which give preference to hadiths attributed to the Prophet's family (Ahl al-Bayt) and the Twelve Imams. For Ibadis, the sunnah is documented in the two hadith collections Jami Sahih and Tartib al-Musnad. Sufis hold that Muhammad transmitted his sunnah, including his spiritual values, "through a series of Sufi teachers".
According to classical Islamic theories, the sunnah is primarily documented by hadith—which are the verbally-transmitted record of the teachings, actions, deeds, sayings, and silent approvals or disapprovals attributed to Muhammad—and alongside the Qur'an (the book of Islam) are the divine revelation (wahy) delivered through Muhammad that make up the primary sources of Islamic law, beliefs, and theology. The sunnah is classified into different types based on Muhammad's actions: his specific words (), his actions such as habits and practices (), and silent approvals (). However, some Muslims, such as Ahl al-Kalam, Kharijites, and Mu'tazilites, have distinguished between the Sunnah and Hadith, accepting the Sunnah as an authoritative practice while being critical of the Hadith's reliability as a source for Islamic law. The Quranist stance on the Sunnah varies from outright rejection to an approach that considers external sources as secondary and dependent on the Qur'an for verification.