Every sunnah in Sunnah & Hadith (Günlük Sünnet) is matched to a passage in Hadislerle İslam, a seven-volume work published by Türkiye's Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet), and is shown with the hadith reference given in that work. Sunnahs for which no basis was found are removed. This page explains the selection rule, how to read a reference, where the hadith texts come from and who compiles the content.
How does a sunnah get onto the list?
The standard is Hadislerle İslam (“Islam through Hadiths”, 7 volumes, Presidency of Religious Affairs, 2nd edition, Ankara 2013). For each sunnah the relevant passage in that work is located and its volume, page and footnote reference are recorded.
A sunnah is not published until that match has been made and approved. Sunnahs for which no basis was found, or where the narration found did not support what was described, have been removed from the app and from this site.
The text of the Diyanet work is not reproduced here. Only the reference is shown, so that you can find the hadith in its source yourself.
How do you read a hadith reference?
A reference such as “at-Tirmidhi, Book of Food, 47 (hadith no. 1858)” gives the collection, the book (kitab) inside it, the chapter number within that book, and the hadith number used by Hadislerle İslam.
Where do the hadith texts come from?
Some sunnah pages also show the Arabic text of the hadith and a translation. These texts are taken from hadith-api, a project that publishes the hadith collections as open data.
Before a text is published it is compared with its Arabic original on an independent source (sunnah.com). A text is left out if it does not directly support the sunnah, or if it is only a Companion's statement or a chapter heading.
Translations are compared with the Arabic as well. If a translation contains a phrase that is not in the Arabic, or a missing or mistranslated sentence, the translation is not shown and the page carries the Arabic text only.
The hadith number in the “Text” line follows the numbering of the open dataset and may differ from the number in printed editions.
What does “grade” mean?
Hadiths in the Sahih collections of al-Bukhari and Muslim are accepted as sahih (authentic). For Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi, the grade shown (sahih, hasan) is the assessment of the hadith scholars named in the open dataset.
A narration that most of them grade as weak or fabricated is not used as a text.
Pages in other languages
The explanations are written in Turkish and then translated into English, Arabic, German, French, Indonesian, Malay, Russian and Urdu. When the Turkish text changes, that sunnah is not published in a language until its translation has been updated.
Who prepares the content?
The content is compiled from the sources above by Emir Güven, the developer of the app.
The explanations on this site are not a fatwa. For a ruling on a religious matter, consult a qualified scholar.
Reporting an error
If you find an error in a reference, a text or a translation, write to emrgvn01@hotmail.com. A reported error is checked against the source and, if confirmed, corrected or the content is removed.