Is every action that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) maintained in prayer considered obligatory?
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The questioner : Regarding some of the actions he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed in prayer, he would persist in them, but no explicit command came for them; however, they fall under the scope of the hadith Sahih al-Bukhari 6008. Does this hadith, O our Shaykh, imply that everything the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) persisted in during his prayer, such as the resting sitting or the pause before bowing, is obligatory based on that hadith, or what is the case, O our Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Everything the Messenger (peace be upon him) did in prayer, and no evidence exists to the contrary, is obligatory, unless evidence arises that it is not obligatory. This is the first point.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Second, among the proofs considered by the scholars of the Muslims is the consensus of the scholars of the Muslims. We derive from this last point, in addition to what was mentioned before, that if we do not know that any of the scholars of the Muslims differed on the obligation of any of these sunnahs that the Messenger (peace be upon him) performed, which are included in the generality of the Messenger's (peace be upon him) statementSahih al-Bukhari 6008, and if we do not know of a disagreement among them regarding it, then it is understood to be obligatory by default. However, if they agreed that it is not obligatory, then we do not say it is obligatory, because we do not want to oppose the path of the believers. Is that clear?
The questioner : Is that clear? So, regarding the resting sitting on which the call was based
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : You said it is a sunnah
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed
The questioner : So, was there a difference of opinion among the scholars regarding it?
The Shaykh : No, there is no difference of opinion.
The questioner : Okay, you just said that if there is no difference of opinion regarding it, the default is that it is obligatory.
The Shaykh : There is no difference of opinion, meaning they said based on the apparent meaning of the hadith, they said it is obligatory. But here the matter is the opposite; we do not know except that they say it is a sunnah, and some of them say it is disliked. This is evidence that it is not obligatory.
The questioner : So, the majority of them say that some of them say it is disliked and some of them say it is a sunnah.
The Shaykh : And no one says it is obligatory.
The questioner : Does the one who says it is disliked have knowledge of this hadith?
The Shaykh : Finish your first question and move on to another. You have finished the first one.
The questioner : I have finished.
The Shaykh : And the answer has been clarified for you.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Because there was a bit of ambiguity in what appeared.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Okay, is the ambiguity gone?
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Now, what is your second question?
offer your prayers in the way you saw me offering my prayers
صلوا كما رأيتموني أصليThe Shaykh : Everything the Messenger (peace be upon him) did in prayer, and no evidence exists to the contrary, is obligatory, unless evidence arises that it is not obligatory. This is the first point.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Second, among the proofs considered by the scholars of the Muslims is the consensus of the scholars of the Muslims. We derive from this last point, in addition to what was mentioned before, that if we do not know that any of the scholars of the Muslims differed on the obligation of any of these sunnahs that the Messenger (peace be upon him) performed, which are included in the generality of the Messenger's (peace be upon him) statement
offer your prayers in the way you saw me offering my prayers
صلوا كما رايتموني أصليThe questioner : Is that clear? So, regarding the resting sitting on which the call was based
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : You said it is a sunnah
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed
The questioner : So, was there a difference of opinion among the scholars regarding it?
The Shaykh : No, there is no difference of opinion.
The questioner : Okay, you just said that if there is no difference of opinion regarding it, the default is that it is obligatory.
The Shaykh : There is no difference of opinion, meaning they said based on the apparent meaning of the hadith, they said it is obligatory. But here the matter is the opposite; we do not know except that they say it is a sunnah, and some of them say it is disliked. This is evidence that it is not obligatory.
The questioner : So, the majority of them say that some of them say it is disliked and some of them say it is a sunnah.
The Shaykh : And no one says it is obligatory.
The questioner : Does the one who says it is disliked have knowledge of this hadith?
The Shaykh : Finish your first question and move on to another. You have finished the first one.
The questioner : I have finished.
The Shaykh : And the answer has been clarified for you.
The questioner : Yes
The Shaykh : Because there was a bit of ambiguity in what appeared.
The questioner : Yes, indeed.
The Shaykh : Okay, is the ambiguity gone?
The questioner : Praise be to Allah.
The Shaykh : Now, what is your second question?