Sunnah

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Islamic ethical guidance Islamic legal source Islamic religious concept source of Islamic law

The Sunnah is the body of traditions, practices, and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad that serves as a primary source of Islamic law and guidance alongside the Qur’an.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Sunnah canonical	22
Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad	7
Hadith	2
Prophetic Sunnah	2
Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad	2
Hadith literature	1
Prophet Muhammad’s practice	1
Sunna of Prophet Muhammad	1
Sunna of the Prophet and Imams	1
sayings of Prophet Muhammad	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic ethical guidance ⓘ Islamic legal source ⓘ Islamic religious concept ⓘ source of Islamic law ⓘ
basedOn	Muhammad ⓘ surface form: Prophet Muhammad
consideredBy	Shia Islam as primary legal source ⓘ Sunni Islam as primary legal source ⓘ
contrastedWith	Bid‘ah ⓘ
definedAs	approvals of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ practices of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ sayings of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ traditions of Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
hasComponent	Sunnah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hadith literature Prophetic practice ⓘ Prophetic sayings ⓘ Prophetic tacit approvals ⓘ
hasFunction	clarification of Qur’anic verses ⓘ derivation of Islamic rulings ⓘ explanation of acts of worship ⓘ explanation of commercial transactions ⓘ explanation of criminal law ⓘ explanation of family law ⓘ moral and spiritual guidance ⓘ restriction of absolute Qur’anic texts ⓘ specification of general Qur’anic commands ⓘ
hasLegalStatus	binding in Islamic law ⓘ
hasPrimaryRole	explanation of the Qur’an ⓘ practical application of the Qur’an ⓘ source of Islamic guidance ⓘ
isAlongside	Quran ⓘ surface form: Qur’an
isSecondTo	Quran ⓘ surface form: Qur’an
language	Arabic ⓘ
normativeFor	Muslim belief ⓘ Muslim ethics ⓘ Muslim practice ⓘ
partOf	Islam ⓘ
rankInShiaFiqh	second after Qur’an ⓘ
rankInSunniFiqh	second after Qur’an ⓘ
recordedIn	Hadith collections ⓘ Jami al-Tirmidhi ⓘ Sahih Muslim ⓘ Sahih al-Bukhari ⓘ Sunan Abu Dawud ⓘ Sunan Ibn Majah ⓘ Sunan al-Nasa’i ⓘ
relatedConcept	Sunnah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hadith Sirah of the Prophet ⓘ Usul al-fiqh ⓘ
usedIn	Islamic ethics ⓘ Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ Islamic theology ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Islam → legalSource → Sunnah ⓘ

Muhammad → sourceFor → Sunnah ⓘ

Sharia → primarySource → Sunnah ⓘ

Sufism → hasText → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadith

Sunnah → hasComponent → Sunnah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadith literature

Sunnah → relatedConcept → Sunnah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hadith

Qiyas → basedOn → Sunnah ⓘ

Shia Islam → follows → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad

Sunni Islam → emphasizes → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad

Sunni Islam → usesSourceOfLaw → Sunnah ⓘ

Islamic ethics → basedOn → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad

Maliki school → usesSourceOfLaw → Sunnah ⓘ

Ja'fari school → usesSource → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad

Usul al-fiqh → hasPrimarySource → Sunnah ⓘ

Ijma → consideredSourceAlongside → Sunnah ⓘ

Zaydi Shia → usesLegalSources → Sunnah ⓘ

Maliki → usesPrimarySource → Sunnah ⓘ

Athari creed → scripturalSources → Sunnah ⓘ

Sunni fiqh → basedOn → Sunnah ⓘ

Maghrebi Maliki tradition → basedOn → Sunnah ⓘ

Witr prayer → linkedTo → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophet Muhammad’s practice

Maghrib → scripturalSource → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad

Al-Umm → usesSource → Sunnah ⓘ

council of scholars → basedOn → Sunnah ⓘ

subject surface form: Council of Scholars

Hamas Charter → religiousBasis → Sunnah ⓘ

Islamic provisions review body → basedOn → Sunnah ⓘ

Lordship of Allah → emphasizedBy → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophetic Sunnah

Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) → basedOn → Sunnah ⓘ

Kutub al-Sittah → subject → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad

maqasid al-shariah → influencedBy → Sunnah ⓘ

subject surface form: Maqasid al-Shariah

Kitab al-Tawhid → usesSource → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: sayings of Prophet Muhammad

Shariat Court (through later amendments) → basedOn → Sunnah ⓘ

Kitab al-Diyat → basedOn → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunna of Prophet Muhammad

Fay (non-battle war gains) → regulatedBy → Sunnah ⓘ

Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States → legalSourcesInclude → Sunnah ⓘ

Muslim community in Medina → legalFoundation → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad

Zaydi fiqh → primarySourcesInclude → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad

Al-Mu‘awwidhatayn → traditionType → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Prophetic Sunnah

Usuli → viewsSourcesAs → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunna of the Prophet and Imams

Serahule Muslims → followsTradition → Sunnah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad