Sunnah (سنة [ˈsunna], plural سنن sunan [ˈsunan]) is an Arabic word that means
• "habit" or "usual practice" (USC glossary); also
• "habitual practice, customary procedure or action, norm, usage sanctioned by … See more

Prior to the "golden age of classical Islamic jurisprudence", the "ancient schools" of law prevailed.
The tradition which not directly sourced from Hadith or practice of Muhammad and instead traced to solely some Sahabah were also … 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

Shia Islam does not use the Kutub al-Sittah (six major hadith collections) followed by Sunni Islam, therefore the sunnah of Shia Islam and the sunnah of Sunni Islam refer to different collections of religious canonical literature.
The primary … 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

Sunnah upon which fiqh is based may be divided into:
• Sunnah Qawliyyah - the sayings of Muhammad, generally synonymous with “hadith”, … See more

• Bid‘ah
• Categories of Hadith
• Sharia See more