Reconceptualising Sunna in Islamic Legal Thought: Epistemology, Authority, and Hermeneutics The essay below is based on academic book I edited and contributed to that was published 10 years ago titled " The Sunna and Its Status in Islamic Law: The Search for an Authentic hadith", Palgrave ,2015. Introduction The concept of sunna has long served as a cornerstone of Islamic legal and theological discourse. Traditionally paired with the Qurʾān as a primary source of normativity, sunna has been invoked to define orthodoxy, delineate legal authority, and shape communal identity. Yet, as The Sunna and Its Status in Islamic Law , edited by Adis Duderija, demonstrates, the meaning, function, and epistemological grounding of sunna have been far from uniform across Islamic intellectual history. This volume offers a critical intervention into the study of Islamic legal theory by interrogating the historical processes through which sunna became increasingly conflated with hadith ,...