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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Giving some examples of the Sunnahs of worship in which some people differ in intention without differing in appearance

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The Shaykh : The form of the action and the intention behind that action. Take an example now from the acts of worship in which there is no disagreement:
If a Muslim prayed the two rak'ahs of Fajr, the Sunnah of Fajr, and this is undoubtedly an act of worship, and as he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The two Rak'ah of Fajr are better than the world and what is in it. ركعتا الفجر خيرٌ من الدنيا وما فيها
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 416Sahih (Darussalam)
If the one who prayed them intended them to be obligatory, would he be following the Messenger?
Your answer, all of you, if Allah wills, would be that he is not following the Messenger. Why?
Because he differed from him in his intention. Yes, he agreed with him in his action; he was praying two rak'ahs, so he was praying two rak'ahs. But if he intended with these two rak'ahs that they are obligatory, he has differed from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), because he did not intend them to be obligatory. How could he, when it is established from him through multiple routes that Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) made obligatory upon His Ummah five prayers in every day and night, which do not accept increase and do not accept decrease? So whoever prays the two rak'ahs of Fajr with an intention other than the intention of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is not following him, but rather is differing from him.
If we come to the one who lengthens his hair to seek nearness to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) by this lengthening, he has differed from the Sunnah, because when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) lengthened his hair, he did not intend to seek nearness to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) by it.
On the contrary, completely: shortening the shirt and making it reach to the middle of the calves. Whoever does that following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is rewarded, and this is from the Sunnahs of worship, not from the Sunnahs of custom. So every action that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) did out of the motive of custom or out of the motive of nature and disposition, the Muslim should not exaggerate in it and do it seeking nearness to Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He).
It came in the authentic:
That the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sat at a table and it was said to him: This is lizard meat. So he held back from eating, and one of the Companions was eating from it with greed and great love, and the broth of this meat was dripping on his beard, and our Messenger (may the prayers and peace of Allah be upon him) was looking at him with a look of surprise, until that lover thought أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم جلس على مائدة فقيل له: هذا لحم ضب، فأمسك عن الطعام، وكان أحد الصحابة يأكل منه بشراهة وبحب بالغ وتسيل مرقة هذا اللحم على لحيته، ورسولنا صلوات الله وسلامه عليه ينظر إليه نظرة المتعجب، حتى توهم ذلك المحب
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I find myself disgusted by it أجد نفسي تعافه
: So then, whoever loves to eat lizard meat like Khalid ibn al-Walid is not differing from the Sunnah, and the one who dislikes by his nature eating this type of meat is not following the Sunnah, because this has no relation to worship, and so judge accordingly.
So I was asked today about a man who is seen to have unbuttoned his shirt like this, and his chest is exposed, for example. Why do you do this?
He said: This is how it came in the hadith, and the hadith is from Ibn 'Umar:
That he saw the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) had unbuttoned the buttons of his shirt until his chest was exposed أنه رأى الرسول عليه السلام قد حلل أزرار قميصه حتى بدا منه صدره
: My brother, it is possible that the Messenger was affected by the heat and wanted to cool off a little, so he unbuttoned the shirt. So there is nothing that indicates that it is from the Sunnah for a person to unbutton his buttons and expose his chest. Otherwise, I say from my own opinion, this is a philosophy from me, it may be correct and it may be wrong: So there is no need to put the buttons in, because it would be a waste. No, because the buttons have a benefit. If he wants to protect himself from the cold, he buttons them, and if he wants to cool off, he unbuttons them, and so on. So this matter has no relation to worship, but rather it is from custom, so we must distinguish between the Sunnahs of custom and the Sunnahs of worship.
Source alathar.net

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