By this link: What is the meaning of sunnah? The technical meaning of the term is a way or practice that was established and pursued by the Prophet, peace be upon him, and then by the Rightly Guided Caliphs, the rest of the Companions, and the leading figures in the generations that followed them.
And what is the meaning of ḥadīth? Technically, it is a report comprised of the words of the Prophet, peace be upon him, or of his actions, tacit approvals, characteristics or other personal matters.
And what is the real connection between them? Is it a successive, sequential relationship, or an explanatory one in which one elaborates on the other?
Between Ḥadīth and Fiqh: Do we need ḥadīth to verify the sunnah?
I replied: Yes. Whenever people ascribe a sunnah to the Prophet, peace be upon him, or his Companions, then it is obligatory to verify that with various means, which include the methodology of the ḥadīth scholars. But you should know that the way of verifying a sunnah practice is not only limited to the way of the ḥadīth scholars, which I have clarified in my previous articles.
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