Can please clarify in detail what is difference between hadeeth and sunnah?? Are both same?
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Hadeeth is the knowledge of the sayings of Rasulullah (Salallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam), his actions, conditions, acknowledgments of actions and that of his Sahaba (Radhiyallahu `anhum).
Sunnah according to majority ulama is a synonym for hadeeth[1].
Abu Ali ad-Dagestani
Moscow, Russia
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
[1] قال ملا على القاري في شرح شرح نخبة الفكر: (للْحَدِيث) وَهُوَ [فِي اللُّغَة] ضد الْقَدِيم ويُستعمل فِي قَلِيل الْكَلَام [وَكَثِيره] ، قَالَ تَعَالَى: {فليأتوا بِحَدِيث مثله إِن كَانُوا صَادِقين} وَفِي اصطلاحهم: قَول رَسُول الله [صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم] ، وَفعله، وَتَقْرِيره، وَصفته حَتَّى فِي الحركات، والسَّكَنَات، فِي الْيَقَظَة، والمنام ذكره السخاوي، وَفِي ” الْخُلَاصَة “: أَو الصَّحَابِيّ، أَو التَّابِعِيّ … . إِلَخ. ويرادفه السُّنة عِنْد الْأَكْثَر