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Definition
Ihya' of the Sunna (the reviving of practice). The sunna is the path followed in religion; reviving the sunna here means restoring the practice of a rite of Islam after it has been neglected. 1 General ruling. Reviving a neglected sunna is required by law: as a collective duty, which is the basis, or as a personal duty, or as recommended; the detail is in the entry on commanding right («amr bi-l-ma'ruf»). 1
People and things also explored
The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)· Adhan (the call to prayer: its ruling, wording, conditions, recommended features and the muezzin)· Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· The adornment of desires and the goods of this world· The people of the bench (ahl al-suffa)· The earth made a place of prayer and purity· Spending in the way of God (infaq)
Sources
- al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.1881
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islam.museum contributors. “Reviving the sunna (renewing a neglected practice)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/ihya-al-sunna/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.