What is the correct example of the approving Sunnah?
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The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : May Allah reward you. Regarding the approving Sunnah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approves of a matter. Is this approval correct?
The Shaykh : Which one? Which one?
The questioner : I mean, the scholars, or some of them, used to divide the Prophetic Sunnah into three categories: verbal, practical, and approving.
The Shaykh : Correct.
The questioner : So what is the correct example of the approving Sunnah, since, I mean, there are many.
The Shaykh : The woman said, when he said:Sunan Abi Dawud 3282Sahih (Al-Albani) : This is an approving Sunnah, but this approval is the approval of those whom we have cited as examples. This approval is contradicted by the practical Sunnah, and the practical Sunnah is stronger than the approving Sunnah. I mean, were it not for this, were it not that the action of the Messenger contradicts this, we would say it is a Sunnah. Yes, Salim?
The questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh. The Companion who recited[Al-Ikhlas 112:1] at the end of the prayer, O Shaykh. The Companions loved the reward.
The Shaykh : Do they know what?
The questioner : They wanted the reward.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... He can take it, he can take it as a Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. Regarding the approving Sunnah, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) approves of a matter. Is this approval correct?
The Shaykh : Which one? Which one?
The questioner : I mean, the scholars, or some of them, used to divide the Prophetic Sunnah into three categories: verbal, practical, and approving.
The Shaykh : Correct.
The questioner : So what is the correct example of the approving Sunnah, since, I mean, there are many.
The Shaykh : The woman said, when he said:
Narrated Mu'awiyah b. al-Hakam al-Sulami: I said: Messenger of Allah, I have a slave girl whom I slapped. This grieved the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I said to him: Should I not emancipate her? He said: Bring her to me. He said: Then I brought her. He asked: Where is Allah ? She replied: In the heaven. He said: Who am I ? She replied: You are the Messenger of Allah. He said: Emancipate her, she is a believer.
أين الله ؟ قالت في السماء . قال : أعتقها فإنها مؤمنةThe questioner : May Allah forgive you, O Shaykh. The Companion who recited
Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One,
قل هو الله أحدThe Shaykh : Do they know what?
The questioner : They wanted the reward.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : ... He can take it, he can take it as a Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.