Is it sufficient for me to know that this ruling is among the rites of Islam?

The Shaykh : No, it is not sufficient. Are not the five daily prayers among the rites of Islam?

The questioner : No, the obligatory acts are known.

The Shaykh : Are not the five daily prayers among the rites of Islam? Is not the adhan among the rites of Islam? Is the adhan like the five daily prayers?

The questioner : My thought, I mean, is that the prayers...

The Shaykh : My brother, give me the answer to your thought. You know what your thought is, but you must know my thought. Is the adhan among the rites of Islam?

The questioner : It is among the rites of Islam, yes.

The Shaykh : So, is it like the five daily prayers?

The questioner: ....

The Shaykh : And you said that when you want to call the adhan, you call it, and in your intention, the correct ruling is... I will not specify it now because I do not want to involve you in details. Rather, for every ruling you want, or every act you want to perform, you must have its ruling in mind. Why are you surprised? Let the Sunnah be clear. The Sunnah of Fajr is two rak'ahs. When you pray the Sunnah of Fajr, do you not pray it with the intention that it is a Sunnah and not an obligation?
The questioner: Yes, this is...

The Shaykh : Why is it different...? If you do not know, that is another matter, but I tell you that the ruling you know, you must act according to it to the extent of the ruling you know. Do not raise it above its level or lower it below its level. As long as you told me you do not know it... in that case, a general understanding is sufficient for you. Yes, but my research is on the rulings that the Muslim knows, which are clarified and specified. It is not permissible to approach Allah with them except with the same ruling that we believe in, without excess or deficiency.