Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The way of life prescribed as normative in Islam, based on the teachings and practices of Muhammad and on exegesis of the Koran.
- noun Muhammad's way of life viewed as a model for Muslims.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The traditionary part of the Moslem law, winch was not, like the Koran, committed to writing by Mohammed, but preserved from his lips by his immediate disciples, or founded on the authority of his actions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A collection of traditions received by the orthodox Mohammedans as of equal authority with the Koran.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Muhammad 'sway of life , especially when viewed as amodel forMuslim ; recorded in thehadiths
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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(Sunni comes from the Arabic word Sunna, meaning tradition.
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For example, the stoning of women exists in both the Old Testament and in the Islamic tradition, or "Sunna" -- the recorded deeds and manners of the prophet Muhammad.
Islam Needs to Prove It's a Religion of Peace Tawfik Hamid 2009
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For example, the stoning of women exists in both the Old Testament and in the Islamic tradition, or "Sunna" -- the recorded deeds and manners of the prophet Muhammad.
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And the concept of "Sunna" - which is what 90\% of the billion plus Muslims, the "Sunnis," are named after-essentially asserts that anything performed or approved by Muhammad and his early companions is applicable for Muslims today no less than yesterday.
Writings from the Middle East Forum and Middle East Quarterly. 2009
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For example, the stoning of women exists in both the Old Testament and in the Islamic tradition, or "Sunna" -- the recorded deeds and manners of the prophet Muhammad.
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For example, the stoning of women exists in both the Old Testament and in the Islamic tradition, or "Sunna" -- the recorded deeds and manners of the prophet Muhammad.
Elder of Ziyon 2009
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And the concept of "Sunna" - which is what 90\% of the billion plus Muslims, the "Sunnis," are named after-essentially asserts that anything performed or approved by Muhammad and his early companions is applicable for Muslims today no less than yesterday.
Writings from the Middle East Forum and Middle East Quarterly. 2009
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Militant Islamists interpret the Koran and the separate teachings of Muhammad that are known as the Sunna as laying out five criteria to be met by people wanting to be jihadis.
Archive 2007-06-10 Valleys Mam 2007
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Militant Islamists interpret the Koran and the separate teachings of Muhammad that are known as the Sunna as laying out five criteria to be met by people wanting to be jihadis.
Very scarey stuff Valleys Mam 2007
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†The Sunna are the collected sayings of the prophet Mohammed.
The J Curve Ian Bremmer 2006
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