Nature Of Sunnah And Its Mode Of Transmission
Sunnah relates to practical matters or practices of religion like Salah, Zakat etc. & it is present in Amali tawatur and Ijma of Muslims which can be traced back to Sahaba ( who acquired it from Prophet and transmitted it to next generation with their consensus ). This is done through books of ‘ fiqh ‘ which are documenting ijma and tawatur of every time period. Ahadith books ( Akhbar-i-Ahad ) do contain application of both Sunnah and Quranic directives, but they are not source for either of them. Hadith and Sunnah are two different terminologies in our epistemology . Please also refer to the following discussion which covers all the pertinent discussions of Ghamidi Sahab on the topic of Sunnah and especially how to trace it : Discussion 50126 • Reply 50134 In additon to this, please also follow the Response to 23 Questions Series where the topic of Sunnah has been discussed comprehensively: Discussion 79364