Practical Sunnah

The Practical Sunnah (Arabic: السنة العملية, romanized: as-Sunnah al-‘Amalīyah), also known as the Living Sunnah or the Living Tradition, re…

Practical Sunnah

The Practical Sunnah (Arabic: السنة العملية, romanized: as-Sunnah al-‘Amalīyah), also known as the Living Sunnah or the Living Tradition, refers to the continuous, unbroken tradition of practical actions in Islam. These include the method of performing prayers (Salat) or pilgrimage (Hajj)—that were demonstrated by the Islamic prophet Muhammad and preserved collectively by the Muslim community from generation to generation. The Practical Sunnah is a specific subset of Sunnah dealing with practical actions. It is transmitted through mass practice (tawatur).[1][2][3][4]

Engraving of Muslims praying to Mecca. The Salat functions as a living sunnah[5]

The Living Sunnah is accepted as a valid source of law by many Muslims, such as the Malikis and the Shia Ismailis, who place massive legal weight on it.[6] Historically, groups such as Ahl al-Kalam and the Mu'tazilites made a distinction between hadith and the Living Sunnah, generally arguing that hadith are not part of the Sunnah of Muhammad.[7][8][9] Some Muslims reject the hadith corpus as written in books but still accept the authority of the Sunnah of Muhammad. Practices they consider part of the Sunnah and the Living Sunnah, and not dependent on hadith books, include Salat, Hajj, Zakat, and Fasting.[10][11]

According to al-Shalhoub, Neo-Mu'tazilites divide the Sunnah into two: the Practical Sunnah, which includes acts of worship, and the Non-Practical Sunnah, holding only the Practical Sunnah to be obligatory.[12]

On the other hand, the Zahiri school of thought in Sunni Islam rejects the Practical Sunnah as a valid source of law. It says only hadith can establish obligation or a Qur'anic injunction.[13][14] An early proponent of the view that hadith are part of the Sunnah and the Living Sunnah was al-Shafi'i (d. 820 CE).[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Nature of Hadith: How Is It Different from the Sunnah (Part 1)". Back to Faith. 1 June 2022.
  2. ↑ "The Last Book (or Books?)". Defence Journal. 10 July 2020.
  3. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=z7fbEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA741&dq=Emad+Hamdeh,+Natana+J.+DeLong-Bas.+%7C+Hadith+rejectors&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-0cy8uPqVAxUtRUEAHfi7MaAQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false
  4. ↑ "The Living Sunnah: An Exhaustive Theological and Historical Analysis of the Ismaili Muslim Perspective on Prophetic Tradition". The Quran Love. 11 January 2026.
  5. ↑ "The Last Book (or Books?)". Defence Journal. 10 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "The Living Sunnah: An Exhaustive Theological and Historical Analysis of the Ismaili Muslim Perspective on Prophetic Tradition". The Quran Love. 11 January 2026.
  7. ↑ Brown, Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought, 1996, pp. 15–16.
  8. ↑ See Abdur Rab, ibid, pp. 199–200.
  9. ↑ Sindima, Harvey J (2017). Major Issues in Islam: The Challenges Within and Without. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780761870173.
  10. ↑ https://www.defencejournal.com/2020/07/10/the-last-book-or-books-2/
  11. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=z7fbEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA741&dq=Emad+Hamdeh,+Natana+J.+DeLong-Bas.+%7C+Hadith+rejectors&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-0cy8uPqVAxUtRUEAHfi7MaAQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false
  12. ↑ Zeng, Marcia Lei; Qin, Jian (2020). Metadata. p. 174.
  13. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uVYMBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA181&dq=Al-sunnah+al-Amaliyyah&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE9ofukpGWAxWgTEEAHSiVAQkQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false
  14. ↑ https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QzWyEQAAQBAJ&pg=PA189&dq=Al-sunnah+al-Amaliyyah&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiE9ofukpGWAxWgTEEAHSiVAQkQ6AF6BAgQEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false
  15. ↑ "University of Cape Town Repository Item". UCT Open Access. University of Cape Town.

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