تظهر أهمية السنة النبوية بأنها مرتبطة بأحد أركان الإسلام وهو. أهل السنة والجماعة

	used the other to define itself more clearly and in the process to articulate its doctrinal contents and rituals
This assumption is based in

شبهات القرآنيين حول السنة النبوية: the taking of later and often highly ideological sources as accurate historical portrayals — and in part on the fact that the overwhelming majority of Muslims throughout the world follows now what emerged as Sunni Islam in the early period
التوحيد له علاقة بأحد أركان الإسلام الخمسة، وهو: Each of these sectarian movements
تعريف السنة لغة واصطلاحاً

	It is a mistake to assume, as is frequently done, that Sunni Islam emerged as normative from the chaotic period following Muhammad's death and that the other two movements simply developed out of it