sunna
(سنة ; sunna)
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sunnah |
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Wont; the model established by the Prophet Muḥammad, as transmitted in the ḥadīth. |
| Long Description: |
(A) Wont; the model established by the Prophet Muḥammad, as transmitted in the ḥadīth. (B) "custom, way of acting"; in Islam, the norm established by the Prophet Muhammad, including his actions and sayings (see hadīth) and serving as a precedent and standard for the behavior of Muslims. |
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(A) Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard . (B) The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger |
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