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Speaker
Number of Sessions
10
ISBN: 1891540092
Author: Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo
Publisher: Al-Basheer Publications
Pages: 289
Notes Version
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to Authority of Sunnah............................................................................................ 3
Importance of the Study Hujjiyatus-Sunnah ...................................................................................... 3
Meaning of the word Sunnah............................................................................................................... 3
Distinction between Hadeeth and Sunnah ............................................................................................. 5
Parts of the Hadeeth ................................................................................................................................. 5
Chapter 2: Proofs establishing the authority and importance of Sunnah .................................................... 6
Person becomes a Muslim by stating Shahadha 2nd part of it has definite Implication .................. 6
What Quraan says about Sunnah? ......................................................................................................... 6
Verses used by people to disprove Quraan ........................................................................................... 7
What Sunnah says about Sunnah? .......................................................................................................... 7
Views of different Scholars regarding the Sunnah................................................................................. 8
Chapter 3: Roles of the Prophet Muhammad ()..........................................................................................10
Prophet () as Explainer of the Quraan ................................................................................................10
Prophet () as Independent source of Law ...........................................................................................14
Prophet () as Role Model ......................................................................................................................15
Prophet () as object of Obedience.........................................................................................................16
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3. Field of Hadeeth:
a) Subject Matter of Muhadeeth:
i) They are interested in everything/every narration comes from the Prophet (s)
ii) All of the reports that have come down from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah
be upon him) even if related to before the time he was a messenger
iii) Examples:
(a) Prophet () prayed five times a day is Sunnah
(b) Statement of Prophet () Actions are but by intention [Bukhari]
(c) Action of the Prophet () Prophet lied down after Fajr
b) Dimensions:
i) Description of Prophet () is Sunnah
ii) Something narrated even before Prophethood is called sunnah
iii) Prophet having 4 wives is even called as Sunnah. This makes distinction from usage of
Fuqaha
c) It encompass every definition including Fuqahas definition
4. Field of Usool al Fiqh (Islaamic Legal Theory):
a) Subject Matter: Methodology and Sources of Islaamic Law
b) Definition: Statements, actions, tacit approval of the Prophet (s)
i) They consider actions which only has legal authority
ii) Prophet snored lightly during sleep it is not considered as authoritative sunnah
iii) Prophet was silent when some Sahabaahs prayed after fajr
c) Fuqahas Usage
i) Source is Quraan but ruling is Sunnah
(a) O you who believe, record when you do business transaction
(b) This is recommended act so Fuqaha call this as Sunnah
(c) It should be noted this is verse of Quraan and not the Hadeeth
ii) Source is Sunnah but ruling is obligatory
(a) Hadeeth on growing beard (Fard)
d) Prophet()s Usage:
i) He used it in the sense what sunnah meant lexically established praiseworthy act
ii) Circumcision is sunnati rijal
iii) Sacrifice is sunnah of your father Ibrahim
5. Field of Aqeedah
a) Subject Matter: Creed of Islaam
b) Usage:
i) They use Sunnah to describe all of Islaam
ii) Includes beliefs and fundamentals of Islaam
iii) They used sunnah to say person is free from Bidah
c) Sunnah of Imam Ahmads son is book on Aqeedah
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e) What is the only thing Prophet taught other than the book of Allaah is sunnah
9. 49:1,2 Etiquette towards Prophet
10. 53:3,4 Prophet speaks from Inspiration
a) Many of the Muffasir say this verse simply means the Quraan
b) So there is little difficulty using the verse to establish status of Sunnah
c) Seeing list of verses from Quraan, we do not require this disputed verse here
d) Quraaniyoon are fooling themselves by saying they follow all the ayah of the Quraan.
What will you do with that bunch of verses?
Verses used by people to disprove Quraan
1. Arguments: Everything is available in the Quraan
a) 6:38 We have not omitted anything from the book
b) 16:89 book explaining all things
2. Response:
a) Al kitaab here is book of decrees (lahul Mahfudh)
b) Even if we accept it is Quraan, how is everything captured in the Quraan?
i) How to perform the Salah?
ii) Quraan is complete in a sense it gives pointer to Sunnah
c) There are many verses contradicts them (refer Appendix)
What Sunnah says about Sunnah?
1. Prophets warning about Rejecters of Sunnah
a) Musnad Ahmad, Tirmithi narrated that Prophet () said: Verily I have been given the Quraan
and something similar to it along with it. But soon there will be a time when a man will be reclining
on his couch with a full stomach, and he will say, You should adhere to this Quraan: what you find
that it says is permissible, take it as permissible, and what you find it says is forbidden, take it as
forbidden. But indeed, whatever the Messenger of Allaah forbids is like what Allaah forbids [It was
classed as hasan by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah (2870)]
b) Between us and between you is the book of Allaah
c) Symptoms:
i) Dont give me hadeeth, show me in the Quraan
ii) Why to follow thing left by man who died 1400 years back?
2. Sunnah is Hikmah
a) Verily I have received Alkitaab and something similar to it with it [Abu Dawood]
3. Revelation alongside the Quraan
a) Taking Jerusalem as Qiblah is inspiration and we find no evidence in Quraan.
b) Qiblah Jerusalem was not mentioned in Quraan but indications was made during change of
Qiblah
4. Sunnah is source of unity
a) I left behind two things
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ii) Umar ibn al Khattab (): As soon as heard that Prophet () did, he changed his view
iii) Ibn Masood ()
iv) May stone fall upon you
d) Sunnah is not an afterthought rather history shows it is from the beginning an authority
2. View of the four Imams
a) Imam Abu Haneefa:
i) If something comes from Prophet (), then it is head. If report comes from companion,
we choose
ii) Leave my statement for the book of Allaah
iii) If hadeeth is authentic, then it is my Math-hab
b) Imam Malik
i) Imam Malik replied to question by giving hadeeth, and then the man asked what your
opinion is. Then Imam Malik replied by quoting verse from Quraan
ii) I am a human being. I may be correct and may be incorrect
c) Imam Shafiee
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Role of the
Prophet
Explainer of
the Qur'aan
Independent
Source of Law
Role Model
Object of
Obedience
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c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
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Sunnah's
relationship
with Qur'aan
Emphasis
Adding Details
Law with no
direct basis
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iii) None of them ever claimed that one only follows a sunnah if he is able to research and
discover some source for it in the Quraan
iv) If there were no such Sunnah that are not somehow derived from the verses of the
Quraan, the idea of obeying the Prophet () would be a moot. In otherwords, in reality,
one would actually be obeying the Quraan only and not the Prophet ()
Prophet () as Role Model
1. Quraan 33:21
2. Way to follow is the way of Prophet ()
3. Mercy from Allaah():
a) Sending a message and it is implemented by human being, Prophet () shows that this deen
is practical and capable for every humans
4. Best Example:
a) Contains minutest details
b) No role models in the world have these many details to offer to their followers
c) Hadeeth of three men who went extremes in worship [Bukhari]
d) Judaism dont have details of how Musa () behaved as father, statesman and so on
e) Bible contains saying of Jesus () like Love your Enemy Be good are just abstract and
one can apply however they want.
i) Modern day Christians says Homosexuality/Extra marital sex is good and have no
problems with the religion
f) We dont have to be lost in any situations and this is greatest blessing to humankind
g) Naturalism, humanism, and liberalism are essentially non-religious attitudes, not because
they deny any moral values of life but just because they discount the specific forms of
virtue as enjoined by religion
5. Prophet () is role model for all the people after his time
a) Core Behaviors of humans have not changed
b) People still role models who are closer to them
i) People who understood Quraan and sunnah can be role models and they are secondary
role models anyway
ii) Ultimate role model is in Sunnah
6. Guidance (26:52)
a) Two kind of guidance
i) Only Allaah gives opening of the heart to truth
ii) Guidance of showing the right path to follow
b) Prophet by his behavior, speech and example is establishing for believers a guide to the
stratight path
c) Verily, you are from among the messengers upon a straight path Quraan 36:3-4
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