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laith in Allah. Allah created the human being to be disciplined.
Allah has indeed bestowed a boundless favor upon humanity by
giving us along with His Message (the Holy Qur'an), His Mes-
senger (Prophet Muhammad jS), who was sent to elucidate and
elaborate on the Holy Qur'an, and to demonstrate it in practical
daily matters.
The practices and sayings of Prophet Muhammad are refer-
red to as Hadith. The words hadith and sunnah are considered to
be synonymous in the religious literature of Al-Islam. However,
there is a slight difference between them. Hadith refers to a report
of the things Prophet Muhammad sg said, practiced, approved
and disapproved, which reflect and demonstrate the teachings of
the Holy Qur'an. The word sunnah (mode of life) means precedent
and custom. In the technical sense, it refers to the practices of Pro-
phet Muhammad sS. When Allah ordered Muslims to obey the
Prophet and take his life as a model, the expression, "Sunnah of
I he Prophet," came into use. Allah obligated the prophets to
Allah has indeed bestowed a boundless favor upon humanity by
giving us along with His Message (the Holy Qur'an), His Mes-
senger (Prophet Muhammad jS), who was sent to elucidate and
elaborate on the Holy Qur'an, and to demonstrate it in practical
daily matters.
The practices and sayings of Prophet Muhammad are refer-
red to as Hadith. The words hadith and sunnah are considered to
be synonymous in the religious literature of Al-Islam. However,
there is a slight difference between them. Hadith refers to a report
of the things Prophet Muhammad sg said, practiced, approved
and disapproved, which reflect and demonstrate the teachings of
the Holy Qur'an. The word sunnah (mode of life) means precedent
and custom. In the technical sense, it refers to the practices of Pro-
phet Muhammad sS. When Allah ordered Muslims to obey the
Prophet and take his life as a model, the expression, "Sunnah of
I he Prophet," came into use. Allah obligated the prophets to