The usual source of information
about the Sunnah is the report from the Hadith.
Generally speaking, A Hadith
could be on any topic referring to moral conduct, current event, historical
event, future event, the next world, legal rulings and other topics.
A Sunnah however should be
related to moral conduct or behavior of some sort. For example, the following
Hadith provide us with a Sunnah.
“It was related by Anas that
the Prophet will pass children and wish them peace” (Bukhari and Muslim).
It is therefore Sunnah when
passin g children to greet them. In another example, it was reported by
Muhawiyya Ibn Al hakam.
“By my father and mother I
never saw a teacher either before or after him who taught better than Prophet”
“By Allah he never look severe
or exusted or revited (AbuDahud, Muslim and Nisa’i)
It is therefore Sunnah for a
Teacher to avoid severity and harsheness towards his teachers.
However the following Hadith
those not any Sunnah “It was related by Abu Huraira that the Prophet (S.A.W)
said the best of you in the day of ignorance