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Native labelالسنة Edit
AuthorMuhammad Edit
Language of work or nameArabic Edit
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Sunnah be de body of traditions den practices of de Islamic prophet Muhammad wey dey constitute a model give Muslims to follow. For Muslims, de sunnah be wat all de Muslims of Muhammad ein time supposedly see, follow, wey dem pass on to de next generations.[1][2] However, wat dey constitute de Sunnah, den ein interpretation, dey depend significantly on de specific Islamic sect den school of thought. Sunnis dey rely on six major canonical hadith collections to document de Sunnah, dem know as Kutub al-Sittah. For Shias, de sunnah generally be documented insyd Kutub al-'Arba'a, wich give preference to hadiths dem attribute to de Prophet ein family (Ahl al-Bayt) den de Twelve Imams. For Ibadis, de sunnah be documented insyd de two hadith collections Jami Sahih den Tartib al-Musnad.[3][4] Sufis hold say Muhammad transmit ein sunnah, wey dey include ein spiritual values, "thru a series of Sufi teachers".[5]

According to classical Islamic theories,[6] de sunnah primarily be documented by hadith—wich be de verbally-transmitted record of de teachings, actions, deeds, sayings, den silent approvals anaa disapprovals dem attribute to Muhammad—den alongside de Qur'an (de book of Islam) be de divine revelation (wahy) dem deliver thru Muhammad[6] wey make up de primary sources of Islamic law, beliefs, den theology.[7][8] De sunnah be classified into different types wey base on Muhammad ein actions: ein specific words (Sunnah Qawliyyah), ein actions such as habits den practices (Sunnah Fiiliyyah), den silent approvals (Sunnah Taqririyyah).[9] However, sam Muslims, such as Ahl al-Kalam, Kharijites, den Mu'tazilites, distinguish between de Sunnah den Hadith, wey dey accept de Sunnah as an authoritative practice while e be critical of de Hadith ein reliability as a source for Islamic law.[10][11][12] De Quranist stance on de Sunnah dey vary from outright rejection to an approach wey dey consider external sources as secondary den dependent on de Qur'an for verification.[13]

Historically, insyd pre-Islamic Arabia, de term sunnah refer to 'manner of acting', (Urf) whether good anaa bad[14] den recording of am na e sanso be an Arab tradition.[15] Later, "good traditions" begin to be referred to as sunnah den de concept of "Muhammad ein sunnah" be established. During de early Islamic period, e include precedents set by both Muhammad, den ein companions.[7][16] In addition, na de sunnah of Muhammad no necessarily associate plus hadith.[17] De strict focus of Muhammad ein example—especially as recorded insyd hadith—as de only authoratative source of sunnah be established later, particularly by de scholar al-Shafi'i (d. 820 CE), insyd de late second century of Islam. De term as-sunnah (السنة, lit. 'de Sunnah') then eventually cam to be viewed as synonymous plus de sunnah of Muhammad, base on hadith reports,[18] distinct from oda practices.

References

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  1. Qazi, M. A.; El-Dabbas, Mohammed Saʿid (1979). A Concise Dictionary of Islamic Terms. Lahore, Pakistan: Kazi Publications. p. 65.
  2. Brown, Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought, 1996: p.1
  3. Duderija, Adis (14 October 2015). The Sunna and its Status in Islamic Law: The Search for a Sound Hadith (in English). Springer. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-137-36992-5.
  4. Philip Sandgrove, "From Wadi Mizab to Unguja." Taken from The Transmission of Learning in Islamic Africa, pg. 192. Volume 2 of Islam in Africa. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2004. ISBN 9789004137790
  5. "Sunnah". Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  6. 1 2 Brown, Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought, 1996: p.7
  7. 1 2 Abou El Fadl, Khaled (22 March 2011). "What is Shari'a?". ABC Religion and Ethics. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  8. "What is the Difference Between Quran and Sunnah?". Ask a Question to Us. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  9. Nasr, Seyyed H. "Sunnah and Hadith". World Spirituality: An Encyclopedia History of the Religious Quest. 19 vols. New York: Crossroad Swag. 97–109.
  10. Brown, Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought, 1996, pp. 15–16.
  11. See Abdur Rab, ibid, pp. 199–200.
  12. Sindima, Harvey J (2017). Major Issues in Islam: The Challenges Within and Without. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780761870173.
  13. "Reformist Movements in the Indian Subcontinent and Their Views on the Quran" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-10.
  14. Juynboll, G. H. A. (1997). "Sunna". In Bearman, P.; Bianquis, Th.; Bosworth, C. E.; van Donzel, E.; Heinrichs, W. P. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. 9 (2nd ed.). Brill. pp. 878–879.
  15. Goldziher, Ignác (1981). Introduction to Islamic Theology and Law. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP. p. 231. ISBN 9780691072579.
  16. Hameed, Shahul (24 November 2014). "Why Hadith is Important". OnIslam.net. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  17. Brown, Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought, 1996: p.10-12
  18. Brown, Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought, 1996: 10-12, p.14
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