What is the validity of the statement that the Qur'an and the Sunnah are of the same rank, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "I have been given the Qur'an and its like with it"?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. A questioner says that some scholars state that the Qur'an and the Sunnah are of the same rank due to the saying of the Prophet Is this statement correct?

Answer:
It has a single rank in terms of revelation as a source from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). They are in a single rank in terms of their source from Allah (Mighty and Majestic). But they are not in a single rank in terms of mass transmission and in terms of worship through recitation; the Sunnah is not, no, not worshipped by reciting it. Also, the Qur'an is not touched except by the purified. One does not touch the mushaf directly except in a state of purity. Whereas Sahih al-Bukhari or Muslim, there is no harm in handling it while you are not in a state of purity. There is no harm in a menstruating woman or a woman with post-natal bleeding handling it. So these are differences. The one who says it is a single rank is mistaken. Yes.