Sunna

The Sunna term (to pronounce " Sounnah") mean “advance” or “practical (S)”.

Acceptance sunnite of this term is, generally, " Prophétique" tradition; , which contains the ordinary practice of the prophet Mohammed, namely:

  • its dires,
  • its acts,
  • its explicit or implicit approvals,
  • its personal morals qualities (according to certain scientists of the Hadith like Boukhari or Muslim).

Sunna, second legislative source of Coran, associated with the legislative rules of Coran which is the first source of the law, makes it possible to define the Islamic law, or Sharia.

Sciences of Sunna

Sciences of Sunna are connected to the biographers of the prophet Mohammed like with the collection and with the clarification of the Hadith S. They contain:

  • the biography of the prophet of Islam,
  • dires, acts, personal morals qualities and of the prophet,
  • chronicles of the events in which the prophet took part (battles, exile, meetings, etc) like their contextualisation,
  • sources of the hadiths (that is to say the chain of people having brought back the tradition) as well as the opinions and biographies of the people who brought back these hadiths,
  • the knowledge of the hadiths repealed and abrogeant,
  • the knowledge of the hadiths which pose problems of comprehension,
  • the knowledge of the not corroborated hadiths.

Sciences of Sunna were sciences of encyclopedists who required a very great rigor, at the same time in the collection of the hadiths, but also in the search for authenticity which accompanied this collection.

The works of hadiths still are very studied today all around the world, not only by the specialists in Islamic right, but also by the Moslems anxious to draw from the lesson, in particular spiritual of the life of the prophet Mohammed.

Wide directions of the word in the Sunnisme

In certain contexts, the Sunna term represents:

  • supererogatory religious practices (nonobligatory) like the prayer or the fast, out of the context of the five pillars;
  • the Islamic law itself.

Example of use of the Sunna term in a wide way:

  • the use of the siwak (small wood stick which one rubs on the teeth) is regarded as Sunna, in the direction of an act méritoire but not obligatory;
  • the hadith " That which hates my Sounnah is not miens " , paid by Al-Boukhari and Mouslim, takes the direction of " here; religion" (the direction of this hadith is: who is diverted Islam does not form part of the Moslems).

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