n.
Body of traditional social and legal custom and practice that constitutes proper observance of Islam .
Early Muslims did not concur on what constituted sunna, because of the wide variety of pre-Islamic practices among converted peoples that had to be assimilated, reconciled, or abandoned. In the 8th century the sunna of Muhammad , as preserved in eyewitness records, was codified as the Had 012B; th by Ab 016B; Abd All 0101; h Sh 0101; fi 012B; . Later Muslim scholars strengthened the authority of sunna by devising a system for attesting the authenticity of various practices claimed as descending from Muhammad. See also ilm al-had 012B; th ; isn 0101; d ; Shar 012B; ah ; tafs 012B; r .