You mentioned, O Shaykh, in a previous lesson that the action of a narrator is not a specification of what he narrated. How do we reconcile this with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?

The questioner : He says:The questioner : You mentioned, O Shaykh, in a previous lesson that the action of a narrator is not a specification of what he narrated. How do we reconcile this with the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): ?

The Shaykh : Yes, may Allah reward him. May Allah reward the questioner. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So with what did he begin? With what did he begin? With his Sunnah. The Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs is followed if there is no Sunnah from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to be acted upon. But if a Sunnah exists, no one has a word after the word of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Yes.