What is the concept of the Sunnah? (And mention the first section of the Sunnah, which is the verbal Sunnah, and its examples)

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner : Is the Sunnah everything that came from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?

The Shaykh : The Sunnah, may Allah reward you.

The questioner : In jihad...?

The Shaykh : Just be patient with me for a moment. The Sunnah is divided into three categories: speech that comes from the Messenger (peace be upon him), action, and approval. Approval is when an action is performed by a person, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) sees it and approves of it; this approval becomes a Sunnah from him (peace and blessings be upon him).

The questioner : Even if it was silence?

The Shaykh : That is the intended meaning, may Allah reward you. Approval is seeing something, remaining silent about it, and approving of it. This is because the Messenger (peace be upon him) is not like us; we see widespread evil and remain silent, focusing on our personal interests. But the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is the one His Lord chose from among people and addressed him with His saying: . So, the Sunnah is now divided into three categories: speech, action, and approval. His saying (peace and blessings be upon him) is a general law; it is not permissible for a Muslim to negate any part of it, unless his own saying indicates that it is not obligatory for Muslims to do it, but rather he is encouraging it. Even so, it is not permissible for a Muslim to deny it as long as the Messenger (peace be upon him) legislated it from Allah (Mighty and Majestic) through his saying. I will give a simple example to clarify what I am saying now: a saying that came from the Messenger, on one hand, you may not do it because he did not order you to do it as an obligation, but on the other hand, it is not permissible for you to deny it because it came from the infallible Prophet. The example is: , out of dislike for people to make it a Sunnah. This refers to the pre-prayer Sunnahs before the five obligatory prayers, which are divided into confirmed Sunnah and recommended Sunnah. We are not going into this detail now, but I want to draw attention to this as an example: his saying (peace be upon him) is a legislation that permits a Muslim to pray, for example, two rak'ahs before the iqamah of the Maghrib prayer. It permits that because he told you: , but it does not obligate it upon you. Based on this, it is not permissible for a Muslim to say, "No, my brother, there is no Sunnah before Maghrib," when the Messenger said: . Why did he say "for whoever wishes"? Out of fear that some people would understand from this Prophetic expression, "between every two adhan there is a prayer," that this is definitely obligatory and must be done. No. He followed the hadith with his saying: . And the Companion explained that when the Messenger said "for whoever wishes," it was out of dislike for people to make it a Sunnah. This saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is the least of his sayings, indicating permissibility. Above that is the recommended (mandub) and the desirable (mustahabb), and so on. So, you have the choice, if it is not an obligatory order, to do it or not to do it, but it is not permissible for you to deny it. And our example just now: people today do not straighten their rows as the Messenger (peace be upon him) encouraged people to align their feet and shoulders. They do not have the choice not to do that because he emphasized it upon them with his saying: . So Anas ibn Malik and al-Nu'man ibn Bashir said, "So when we stood for prayer, one of us would press his ankle against his companion's ankle and his shoulder against his companion's shoulder"...