What is the difference between the Qur'an and the Sunnah?

Answer 1

The Qur'an is the word of Allah, the Almighty.

Sunnah is the action & words (sayings, also called Hadith or hadees) of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him).

The collection of the Hadith is done by religious men like Bukhari, Abu Dawood.....

While there is only ONE version of the Qur'an--unchanged, unaltered since the time it was revealed to the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him), the hadith may need to be checked for authenticity, as they were collected by humans.

The Quran and Sunnah together form the basis of Shariah or Islamic law.

• the Quran is the Muslim's holy book that reflects real God words of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and
• the Sunnah is the prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) sayings and practices

It is an Islamic requirement to follow both Quran and Sunnah

Answer 2

Sunnah never contradicts with Quran. Sunnah role is:

• to confirm Quran Guides
• to explain details of what is ruled out in Quran, and/or
• to teach about what is not mentioned in Quran.

Most simply: the Qur'an is the book and the Sunnah are the accompanying traditions. The two work in harmony with one another.

Answer 3

The Quran is the Holy book of Islam, whereas Sunnah is based on the way the Prophet Muhammad lived, acted and carried out his actions. You can loosely compare it to when you take your driver's license. You have your theory book, but you don't know how the car works, you don't know if this happens, then you have to do this. The theory book is the Quran and how the car works, how you should act and so forth can be found in the Sunnah of Muhammad.

Answer 4

The Quar'an is the book of revelation made by Allah and collected by Mohammad. The Sunnah is the words and deeds of Muhammad. All Muslims treat the Quar'an and Sunnah as sacred texts and sources of authority

Answer 5

According to Islamic theology the Qur'an is the Word of God, the Arabic being a perfect copy of the version of the Qur'an in heaven. The Sunna are the sayings and actions of Muhammad written down after his death on which the Muslim community has more or less based the wider implications of Islamic law.

Answer 6

The QUR'AN (قرأن) is the Islamic Holy Book and is considered to be Divine Revelations to mankind. The Qur'an forms the center of Islamic Law and belief. Conversely, the SUNNAH (سنة) is the set of traditions and stories that developed around Muhammad and have strong persuasive power, but cannot overturn the arguments of the Qur'an.

Additionally, while all sects of Islam use the same Qur'an (Rashad Khalifa's translation notwithstanding), there are serious debates as to the contents of the Sunna. For example, the Sunnis typically endorse the Hadith Collections of Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih al-Muslim as being the most authentic collections of Muhammad's sayings, while Shiites typically endorse Kitab al-Kafi or Tahdhib Al-Ahkam instead. Both argue that the people responsible for transmitting the Hadiths in the other tradition are unreliable or intentionally biased against traditions that would invalidate their theological arguments.

Answer 7

what is the similarities between the quran and the sunnah

Answer 8

The five pillars are mentioned in the holy Qur'an but the detail is given in Sunnah.