Sunnah is defined differently by scholars of different fields. For example, scholars of Fiqh (Jurisprudence) would consider (in terms of Fiqh) a Sunnah to be an act that is no obligatory but something that was done by the Prophet. Scholars of Hadith was the definition given above:The Sunnah, according to the scholars of hadîth, is everything that has been related from the Messenger (peace be upon him) of his statements, actions, tacit approvals, personality, physical description, or biography. It does not matter whether the information being related refers to something before the beginning of his prophetic mission, or after it.
Hadith as far as I know has the definition I provided above:In the Shariah terminology, it refers to all that is transmitted from the Prophet, his deeds, his sayings, whatever he approved.
According to the Muhadditheen (scholars of hadeeth), it is synonymous with the term Sunnah.
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