the Sunna a set of Muslim customs and rules based on the words and acts of Muhammad (sunnah ). Body of traditional social and legal custom and practice that constitutes proper observance of Islam. Early Muslims did not concur on what constituted sunna, because of the wide variety of pre-Islamic practices among converted peoples that had to be assimilated, reconciled, or abandoned. In the 8th century the sunna of Muhammad, as preserved in eyewitness records, was codified as the Hadth by Ab Abd Allh Shfi. Later Muslim scholars strengthened the authority of sunna by devising a system for attesting the authenticity of various practices claimed as descending from Muhammad. See also ilm al-hadth; isnd; Sharah; tafsr
(Pali) (adj ) Sunnata (noun): Void (ness), empty (emptiness) As a doctrinal term it refers, in Theravada, exclusively to the Annatta doctrine, i e , the unsubstantiality of all phenonena
Body of customs and practices based on the Prophet Muhammad's words and deeds as found in the Quran (q v ) and the hadith (q v ), which serve as guides to proper behavior for Muslims
literally, means a clear path or beaten track, refers to whatever the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, did, agreed to or condemned The sunna is a source of the Shari`a and a legal proof next to the Qur'an As a source of the Shari`a The sunna may corroborate a ruling which originates in the Qur'an Secondly, the sunna may consist of an explanation or clarification of the Qur'an Thirdly, the sunna may also consist of rulings on which the Qur'an is silent