What is the meaning of the Islamic term Sunnah?

Answer 1

The Sunnah of Muhammad in Arabic terminology, is seen as the verbally transmitted records of the teachings and sayings of Muhammad. They are numerous in number and are compiled under numerous books, as per their authenticity.

Answer 2

The Sunnah is the way of life of Prophet Muhammad, God bless him and grant him peace. Muslims strive to follow the Sunnah in everyday life. For example, they worship as Prophet Muhammad, God bless him and grant him peace, worshipped, eat the way he ate, solve problems as he did, care for the family as he did, etc.

It was the record of Muhammad's behavior and teachings.

Answer 3

• Sunnah is the way of life for Muslims based on the the teachings and practices of Islamic prophet Muhammad and interpretations of the Quran.
• Sunnah denotes the practices of Muhammad that he taught and practically instituted as a teacher of the Islam law and rules. According to Muslim belief, this practice is to be adhered to in fulfilling the divine injunctions, carrying out religious rites, and moulding life in accordance with the will of God. Instituting these practices was, as the Quran states, a part of Muhammad's responsibility as a messenger of God.
• The Sunnah of prophet Muhammad includes his specific words, habits, practices, and silent approvals. It is significant because it addresses ways of life dealing with friends, family and government.

Answer 4

The term "sunnah" (سنّة) means "traditions" and refers to the various actions and sayings of Muhammad and Arabian cultural milieu he lived through. The Sunnah has a very important part in sculpting Islamic behavior and filling in many details that the Qur'an does not directly touch upon, such as laws about prostitution, penalties for certain crimes (like apostasy), how to regiment the times of prayer, and many other specifics.

It is important to note that the Sunnah are not considered to be Divine Revelations of any kind. The speeches of the Messenger and the stories about him are not considered holy. Their importance stems from the example that Muhammad set in his capacity of the final Prophet of God. They are not believed to carry the divine preservation or protection from manipulation and change that the Qur'an has.

List of Different Forms of Sunnah

Hadiths (حديث) -- Occurrences
Hadiths are teachings and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad which are considered to have very strong weight in confirming the traditions and proper behavior of Muslims. However, there was about 100 years between the Prophet's death and the aggregation of these sayings. Therefore, leading Islamic scholars of the day had to sort through the Hadiths to figure out which were legitimate and which were not. Nearly every scholar ruled that the overwhelming majority of supposed Hadiths were actually forgeries and agreed generally on which Hadiths were legitimate. It is important to note that the different schools in Islam (Hanafi, Hanbali, Maliki, and Shafi'i are distinguished primarily by which Hadiths they see as legitimate and which they do not.)

The two most authoritative Hadith collections are Sahih Al-Bukhari and Sahih Al-Muslim, but there are less famous ones like Sunnan Abu Dawud.

Sirat An-Nabi (سيرة النبي) -- Biography of the Prophet
Prophet Muhammad is seen as an exemplar for all Muslims. Therefore, his biography, as written by Ibn Ishaq, is often used as another basis of Islamic Law.

Suhuf-e-Ibrahim (صحف إبراهيم) -- Scrolls of Abraham
The Scrolls of Abraham are a piece of writing attributed to Abraham that the Qur'an makes reference to. However, there are no known extant copies of the exact text.

Nahj Al-Balagha (نهج البلاغة‎‎) -- The Peak of Eloquence
This is a book that is used exclusively in Shiite Islam and is claimed to have put together by Sharif Razi (a Shiite Scholar). The name means the "Peak of Eloquence" and is a collection of sermons, letters, tafsirs (Qur'anic interpretations) and narrations attributed to Caliph 'Ali.

Answer 5

Sunnah menas " the trodden path" and it refers to Islam as it should be lived out in the ordinary, every day as exemplified by the life and experience of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH.)