The First Principle: If the cause of an action existed during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he did not perform it, then the Sunnah is to leave it.
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The student: If the action of the cause existed during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
The Shaykh : If the cause of the action existed, not the action of the cause.
The student: If the cause of the action existed during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he did not perform it, then the original ruling is to leave it; the Sunnah is to leave it.
The Shaykh : The Sunnah is to leave it rather than perform it, okay. Who can give an example of this? Yes.
The student: Going out from Makkah to Tan'im to perform 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : The one coming to Makkah going out from Makkah to bring an 'Umrah from Tan'im.
No, it is not for the people of Makkah to go out, but for the one coming to Makkah who performed an 'Umrah to perform another 'Umrah.
Okay. That is one. Is there also another principle? People.
The student: It is obligatory for a person to follow the Sunnah and avoid religious innovation.
The Shaykh : Is following the Sunnah and avoiding religious innovation present? Did we say this?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : Wait, wait, did we say this? I doubt we did, unless it was during our discussion that leaving something is a Sunnah just as performing it is a Sunnah. Okay. Rest. Yes.
The Shaykh : If the cause of the action existed, not the action of the cause.
The student: If the cause of the action existed during the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he did not perform it, then the original ruling is to leave it; the Sunnah is to leave it.
The Shaykh : The Sunnah is to leave it rather than perform it, okay. Who can give an example of this? Yes.
The student: Going out from Makkah to Tan'im to perform 'Umrah.
The Shaykh : The one coming to Makkah going out from Makkah to bring an 'Umrah from Tan'im.
No, it is not for the people of Makkah to go out, but for the one coming to Makkah who performed an 'Umrah to perform another 'Umrah.
Okay. That is one. Is there also another principle? People.
The student: It is obligatory for a person to follow the Sunnah and avoid religious innovation.
The Shaykh : Is following the Sunnah and avoiding religious innovation present? Did we say this?
The student: No.
The Shaykh : Wait, wait, did we say this? I doubt we did, unless it was during our discussion that leaving something is a Sunnah just as performing it is a Sunnah. Okay. Rest. Yes.