Sonnites

The former, by a general name, are called Sonnites or Traditionists; because they acknowledge the authority of the Sonna, or collection of moral traditions of the sayings and actions of their prophet, which is a sort of supplement to the Korân, directing the observance of several things omitted in that book, and in name, as well as design, answering to the Mishna of the

The Koran (Al-Qur'an) George Sale 1716

It is precisely like the Koran, which the Sonnites say presents at once the face of an angel and that of a beast.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

This verse refers, it is said by the Sonnites, to Abu Bekr, afterwards Chalif, who embraced Islam in his 40th year.

The Koran (Al-Qur'an) 1854

Despoiled of their armor and silken robes, they fasted, they prayed, they studied the Koran and the tradition of the Sonnites: they performed, with zeal and knowledge, the functions of their ecclesiastical character.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765

Each day the pious author prayed in the temple of Mecca, and performed his ablutions with the water of Zemzem: the pages were successively deposited on the pulpit and the sepulchre of the apostle; and the work has been approved by the four orthodox sects of the Sonnites.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765

Despoiled of their armor and silken robes, they fasted, they prayed, they studied the Koran and the tradition of the Sonnites: they performed, with zeal and knowledge, the functions of their ecclesiastical character.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765

The _Sonnites_, who are supported by the general consent and orthodox tradition of the

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765

[172] The Sonnites, who are supported by the general consent and orthodox tradition of the

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765

Persian doctors pretend that the divine essence was incarnate in the person of the Imams; but their superstition is universally condemned by the Sonnites; and their impiety has afforded a seasonable warning against the worship of saints and martyrs.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765

Persian doctors pretend that the divine essence was incarnate in the person of the Imams; but their superstition is universally condemned by the Sonnites; and their impiety has afforded a seasonable warning against the worship of saints and martyrs.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 Edward Gibbon 1765