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Can please clarify in detail what is difference between hadeeth and sunnah?

Published as Difference between Hadeeth and Sunnah

· 14 Rabiʻ II 1435 AH1 min readFatwa 28370English

Question

Can please clarify in detail what is difference between hadeeth and sunnah?? Are both same?

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Hadeeth is the knowledge of the sayings of Rasulullah (Salallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam), his actions, conditions, acknowledgments of actions and that of his Sahaba (Radhiyallahu `anhum).

Sunnah according to majority ulama is a synonym for hadeeth[1].

Abu Ali ad-Dagestani

Moscow, Russia

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai

References (Arabic / Urdu sources)

[1] قال ملا على القاري في شرح شرح نخبة الفكر: (للْحَدِيث) وَهُوَ [فِي اللُّغَة] ضد الْقَدِيم ويُستعمل فِي قَلِيل الْكَلَام [وَكَثِيره] ، قَالَ تَعَالَى: {فليأتوا بِحَدِيث مثله إِن كَانُوا صَادِقين} وَفِي اصطلاحهم: قَول رَسُول الله [صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم] ، وَفعله، وَتَقْرِيره، وَصفته حَتَّى فِي الحركات، والسَّكَنَات، فِي الْيَقَظَة، والمنام ذكره السخاوي، وَفِي " الْخُلَاصَة ": أَو الصَّحَابِيّ، أَو التَّابِعِيّ ... . إِلَخ. ويرادفه السُّنة عِنْد الْأَكْثَر

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