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[7] [8] [9] Sunnah provides a basis not only for major laws and rituals in Islam like how to pray salat, but for "even the most mundane activities", such as the order in which to cut fingernails or the proper length of a beard. [10] In the pre-Islamic period, sunnah was used to mean "manner of acting", whether good or bad. [11]
Al-'Aqida al-Tahawiyya (Arabic: العقيدة الطحاوية) or Bayan al-Sunna wa al-Jama'a (Arabic: بيان السنة والجماعة, lit. 'Exposition of Sunna and the Position of the Majority') is a popular exposition of Sunni Muslim doctrine written by the tenth-century Egyptian theologian and Hanafi jurist Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi.
Ḥadīth is the Arabic word for things like a report or an account (of an event). [3] [5] [6]: 471 For many, the authority of hadith is a source for religious and moral guidance known as Sunnah, which ranks second only to that of the Quran [7] (which Muslims hold to be the word of God revealed to Muhammad).
Ta'wilat Ahl al-Sunna (Arabic: تأويلات أهل السنة, romanized: Taʾwīlāt ʾAhl al-Sunna, lit. 'Interpretations of the People of the Sunna'), commonly known as Tafsir al-Maturidi (Arabic: تفسير الماتريدي, romanized: Tafsīr al-Māturīdī), is a classical Sunni tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), written by the famed theologian Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. 333/944), who was a ...
Sunni Islam [a] (/ ˈ s uː n i /; Arabic: أهل السنة, romanized: Ahl as-Sunnah, lit. 'The People of the Sunnah') is the largest denomination of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.
A copy of the Qur'an, one of the primary sources of Sharia. The Qur'an is the first and most important source of Islamic law. Believed to be the direct word of God as revealed to Muhammad through angel Gabriel in Mecca and Medina, the scripture specifies the moral, philosophical, social, political and economic basis on which a society should be constructed.
As-Sunan al-Kubra is the larger collection of the Sunan al-Nasa'i, having almost twelve thousand (12000) hadiths compared to the almost six thousand (6000) hadiths in the summarised version. [4]
The Meaning of the Glorious Koran by Marmaduke Pickthall; The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary by Abdullah Yusuf Ali; The Qur'an: A New Translation by Muhammad A. S. Abdel Haleem [2] [3] The Clear Quran: A Thematic English Translation by Dr. Mustafa Khattab [4] [5] The Holy Qur'án (The treasure of faith) by Professor Shah Faridul ...