Sources of Islamic Law 5 2. The Quran 6 3. The Sunnah 10 4. Relation between Quran and Sunnah 14 5. Ijma 16 6. Qiyas 20 5. Difference between Hadith and Sunnah Sunnah is what Muhammad (PBUH) practiced and Hadis is the channel through which his Sunnah is preserved and perpetuated. Sunnah is the way of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and its report In islam terms the difference between qiyas and ijma is that qiyas is the use of analogy as precedent in Shari'a jurisprudence while ijma is the consensus of the Muslim community. Various sources of Islamic Laws are used by Islamic jurisprudence to elaborate the body of Islamic law. In Sunni Islam, the scriptural sources of traditional jurisprudence are the Holy Qur'an, believed by Muslims to be the direct and unaltered word of God, and the Sunnah, consisting of words and actions attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the hadith literature. ZqLNxd.