What is the difference between Islamic teachings and Islamic traditions?

Question:
What is the difference between Islamic teachings and Islamic traditions? And do we call the Shari'ah-prescribed hijab an Islamic tradition or an Islamic teaching? Please advise us, may Allah reward you.

Answer:
It is more appropriate in such cases to say: Islamic teaching, Islamic teachings, Shari'ah rulings, or Islamic rulings.
As for traditions, they have no basis. Traditions refer to customs and conventions, and they should not be used. Using them may imply that these are things with no foundation, merely imitation and customs. This is an error.
Rather, for Shari'ah rulings, one should say: Islamic rulings, Shari'ah teachings, or similar phrases that attribute the action to the pure Shari'ah, provided it is from the pure Shari'ah.
As for customs, such as in construction, in bedding, or in eating food, these are customs, and people differ in them. But what concerns the rulings of the Shari'ah, one should say: Islamic teachings, or Islamic rulings, or Shari'ah teachings, or Shari'ah rulings, or similar phrases.