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Sunna (Prophetic Practice)

The normative words, deeds, and tacit approvals of the Prophet Muḥammad, constituting the second source of law alongside the Qurʾān.

The normative words, deeds, and tacit approvals of the Prophet Muḥammad, constituting the second source of law alongside the Qurʾān.

How it traveled

  1. Taqrib Wa Irshad
    Shiraz · 1013
    explains
  2. Nafais Tawil
    Karbala · 1044
    explains
  3. Muhalla Bi Athar
    Cordoba · 1064
    explains
  4. Nubdha Kafiya
    Cordoba · 1064
    explains
  5. Ihkam Fi Usul Ahkam
    Cordoba · 1064
    explains
  6. Talkhis Fi Usul Fiqh
    Nishapur · 1085
    explains
  7. Bidayat Mujtahid
    Cordoba · 1198
    explains
  8. Futuhat Makkiyya
    Seville · 1240
    applies
  9. Rafʿ al-Malam ʿan al-Aʾimma al-Aʿlam
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  10. Majmuʿ al-Fatawa
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  11. Laali Nayyirat
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  12. Iqtida Sirat
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  13. Risala Fi Lafz Sunna
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  14. al-Mustadrak ʿala Majmuʿ al-Fatawa
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  15. Jawab Sahih
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  16. Qaʿida ʿAzima fi al-Farq
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  17. al-Qawaʿid al-Nuraniyya
    Harran · 1328
    explains
  18. Jamiʿ al-Masaʾil
    Harran · 1328
    applies

Key passages(20)

REF ref-abul-ala-mawdudi-towards-understanding-islam

Towards Understanding Islam · Abul A'la Mawdudi

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al-ʿAqida al-Wasitiyya · Ibn Taymiyya

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Rafʿ al-Malam ʿan al-Aʾimma al-Aʿlam · Ibn Taymiyya

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Iʿlam al-Muwaqqiʿin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Ihkam Fi Usul Ahkam · Ibn Hazm

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Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

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Majmuʿ al-Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

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Qaʿida Jalila fi al-Tawassul wa-l-Wasila · Ibn Taymiyya

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Rasail Wa Fatawa · Ibn Taymiyya

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al-Sawaʿiq al-Mursala · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

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Sharh Talwih · al-Taftazani

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Tarikh · Al-Ya'qubi

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Tarikh · Ibn Khaldun

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Tarikh · Al-Tabari

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Usul Sunna · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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Laali Nayyirat · Ibn Taymiyya

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Fatawa Kubra · Ibn Taymiyya

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Iqtida Sirat · Ibn Taymiyya

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Musnad · Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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Qut Qulub · Abu Talib al-Makki

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Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Sunna (Prophetic Practice). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.