Sunnah (سنة [ˈsunna]; pl.: سنن sunan [ˈsunan]) is an Arabic word that means:
• "habit" or "usual practice" (USC glossary);
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Prior to the "golden age of classical Islamic jurisprudence", the "ancient schools" of law prevailed.
The traditions not directly sourced from hadith or practice of Muhammad and instead traced … See more

Although "most writers agree", including skeptics, that "sunnah and hadith must stand or fall together", some (Fazlur Rahman Malik, Javed Ahmad Ghamidi) have attempted to "establish a basis for sunnah independent of hadith", working around problem … See more

The Qur'an contains numerous commands to follow Muhammad. Among the Quranic verses quoted as demonstrating the importance of hadith/sunnah to Muslims are:
Say: Obey Allah and obey the Messenger.
Which appears in … See more

Sunnah upon which fiqh is based may be divided into:
• Sunnah Qawliyyah – the sayings of Muhammad, generally synonymous with "hadith", since the sayings of Muhammad are noted down by the companions and called "hadith". See more

Shia Muslims do not follow the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadith collections) followed in Sunni Islam, therefore in Shia and Sunni Islam, the sunnah refer to different collections of religious canonical literature.
The primary … See more

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