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Definition of Sunnah
1. Noun. (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran.
Generic synonyms: Path, Way, Way Of Life
Category relationships: Islam, Islamism, Mohammedanism, Muhammadanism, Muslimism
Definition of Sunnah
1. sunna [n -S] - See also: sunna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sunnah
Literary usage of Sunnah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Gift for Muslim Women by Muḥammad ʻĀshiq Ilāhī (2001)
"... 2. washing the hands and forearms once; 3. gently rubbing one-fourth of the
head once; 4. washing the feet up to the ankles, once each. THE sunnah OF ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"The ment itself, so in Islam there came to Four Bases recognition four bases of
authority, of Doc- the Koran, sunnah, ijma, ..."
3. The Nineteenth Century (1882)
"The first of these, sunnah, is the name given to the prophet's own sayings and
precepts, ... sunnah also embraces the prophet's acts, practice, and example. ..."
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