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  • The Hájí next proceeds to the Maqám-i-Ibráhím [238] (place of Abraham) and then recites two rak'ats [239] called Sunnat-ut-Tawáf.

    The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

  • As the Qurán and the Sunnat are the principal sources from whence the precepts of the Sharí'at have been drawn, so the rules recognized as the principal elements of actual jurisprudence are the subject of

    The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

  • 82 The Sunnat is the custom or practice of the Apostle, rigidly conformed to by every good and orthodox Moslem.

    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

  • In a lower sense, believers are to follow the "Sunnat" of the four Khalífs, Abu Bakr,

    The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

  • The practice thus became a "Sunnat" obligation; that is, it should be done because the

    The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

  • Shafe’is’ place of prayer near the Makam Ibrahim, and there recited two prostrations, technically called Sunnat al-Tawaf, or the (Apostle’s) practice of circumambulation.

    Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

  • About 200 activists of Jamat Ahle Sunnat, a moderate Muslim sect, staged a mock funeral procession for the Taliban, burning one in effigy as they chanted “Down with the Taliban; Taliban, the enemy of Islam; death for the killers of Sarfraz Naeemi.”

    Global Voices in English » Pakistan: Rallying Against The Taliban 2009

  • Each one of the groups is eager to denigrate the other: the Wahhabi, Ahle Sunnat, Nadwatul Ulema, Deobandi and so on.

    Mike Ghouse: Muslims Should Stand Up Against Harassment Of Fellow Muslims Mike Ghouse 2011

  • Police said they had closed 22 branches of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, an Islamist organization that they say has acted as a front for Sipah-e-Sahaba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi activists since the two groups were banned in 2002.

    Pakistan Cracks Down on al Qaeda-Linked Groups Shahnawaz Khan 2010

  • “Kaylúlah” is the “forty-winks” about noon: it is a Sunnat or Practice of the Prophet who said, “Make the mid-day siesta, for verily at this hour the devils sleep not.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

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