Sunnah
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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.
Aliases (4)
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic ethical guidance
→
Islamic legal source → Islamic religious concept → source of Islamic law → |
| basedOn |
Prophet Muhammad
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| consideredBy |
Shia Islam as primary legal source
→
Sunni Islam as primary legal source → |
| contrastedWith |
Bid‘ah
→
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| definedAs |
approvals of Prophet Muhammad
→
practices of Prophet Muhammad → sayings of Prophet Muhammad → traditions of Prophet Muhammad → |
| hasComponent |
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 |
Qur’an
→
|
| isSecondTo |
Qur’an
→
|
| language |
Arabic
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|
| 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 |
Hadith
→
Sirah of the Prophet → Usul al-fiqh → |
| usedIn |
Islamic ethics
→
Islamic jurisprudence → Islamic theology → |
Referenced by (18)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Islamic ethics
("Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad")
→
Qiyas → |
basedOn |
|
Maliki school
→
Sunni Islam → |
usesSourceOfLaw |
|
Ijma
→
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consideredSourceAlongside |
|
Sunni Islam
("Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad")
→
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emphasizes |
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Shia Islam
("Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad")
→
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follows |
|
Sunnah
("Hadith literature")
→
|
hasComponent |
|
Usul al-fiqh
→
|
hasPrimarySource |
|
Sufism
("Hadith")
→
|
hasText |
|
Islam
→
|
legalSource |
|
Sharia
→
|
primarySource |
|
Sunnah
("Hadith")
→
|
relatedConcept |
|
Athari creed
→
|
scripturalSources |
|
Muhammad
→
|
sourceFor |
|
Zaydi Shia
→
|
usesLegalSources |
|
Maliki
→
|
usesPrimarySource |
|
Ja'fari school
("Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad")
→
|
usesSource |