sunna (sunna)

(Language: Arabic)

Alternate Spellings: sunnah

Short Description: Wont; the model established by the Prophet Muḥammad, as transmitted in the ḥadĪth

Long Description: (A) Wont; the model established by the Prophet Muḥammad, as transmitted in the ḥadīth. (B) “custom, way of acting”; in Islam, the norm established by the Prophet Muhammad, including his actions and sayings (see hadīth) and serving as a precedent and standard for the behavior of Muslims.

Sources: (A) Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, edited by Dr. Joseph Lumbard . (B) The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, by Frithjof Schuon, edited by Dr. James S. Cutsinger