Explanation of the author's statement: "...And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said..."

The Shaykh : Answer my question.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : Very well.
The student: ...

The Shaykh : It is not clear because they came after him, and what about the rank?
The student: ...

The Shaykh : I mean, if the Sunnah of the Messenger conflicts with the Sunnah of the Caliph.
The student: ... the Sunnah of the Messenger ...

The Shaykh : It takes precedence over it. I told you this because some of the brothers advised a man regarding the tarawih prayer and said to him, "My brother, do not add to eleven or thirteen rak'ahs. Do not pray twenty-three, for twenty-three is not from the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)." The second man said to him, "It is from the Sunnah of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said How can you argue with me using the Sunnah of 'Umar while leaving the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him)?! So the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs comes after the Sunnah of the Messenger in time and rank. However, what is authentic from 'Umar is that he ordered Tamim al-Dari and Ubayy ibn Ka'b to lead the people in eleven rak'ahs , and this is what is presumed of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), because 'Umar would not contradict the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). And I told you this by way of example, because some people, when they see the Sunnah of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, even if it contradicts the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), they establish it as evidence against you. And this is not correct. It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said : "It is almost upon you that stones will fall from the sky. I say, 'The Messenger of Allah said,' and you say, 'Abu Bakr and 'Umar said.'" What about those who, when told "The Messenger of Allah said," respond with "So-and-so and so-and-so, the scholars, said"? Ah! Far, far away. If Abu Bakr and 'Umar, who were guided to the truth, do not argue with their words against the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), how much less so those other than them? In fact, they themselves (may Allah be pleased with them) would not be pleased for anyone to argue with their words against the saying of the Messenger. And in that case, their saying is not applicable; their saying is not applicable at all. Or did you not understand this point? I mean, when we say to one who argues with us using the saying of a scholar or a caliph against the saying of the Messenger, we say, "This is not applicable at all, because the one whose saying you argued with does not see that his saying should be used to contradict the saying of the Messenger." They themselves say, either in their hearts or with their tongues, : "When a hadith comes from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), take it and cast my saying to the winds." And thus they became imams. They became imams for this reason, because they knew their own standing and knew that there is no place for them before the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger. So when they knew themselves and humbled themselves before Allah, yes, Allah raised them, and they became imams by this.
As for us, we ask Allah for safety and well-being for you and for us. The one who wants his saying to be the primary source and the saying of Allah and His Messenger to be secondary, this is mostly one who is abandoned and rejected, and it becomes as Allah the Exalted said . He did not take what Allah revealed to him of the verses He gave him. He said . We ask Allah for safety. Yes, all right, let us proceed.