Discussion on the Status of the Sunnah
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The student : And my follow-up to the doctor’s remarks when you asked him, meaning, if one person takes an interest in a topic, he devotes that subject to it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : The independence of the Sunnah, meaning in our time, and perhaps you know many of the malicious people who diminish the status of the Sunnah and claim that the Qur’an, meaning, is sufficient in its independence.
Another student: They say, “We leave the Qur’an alone.”
The student : Because it contains both authentic and weak narrations, so we do not know which is which, so we leave it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : His action, meaning, is a form of defending the Sunnah, meaning, not to exhaust the topic, but rather examples, meaning, he gathers a set of examples that show the status of the Sunnah, and meaning, if these rulings were left out, they would not suffice for it.
The Shaykh : We have spoken about this topic previously and we authored a thesis, *The Status of the Sunnah*. Do you know it?
The student : Yes, we have read it.
The Shaykh : A Muslim cannot be a Qur’anic Muslim only, because that contradicts the Qur’an.
The student : In order to show its status, it may be the reason for this research, is that possible, meaning?
The Shaykh : We have spoken about this topic and we said that authentic hadiths have different characteristics from the perspective of usul al-fiqh (the principles of jurisprudence), such as the general and the specific, the absolute and the qualified, the explanatory, and so on. But we must focus on distinguishing the authentic from the weak so that we apply the authentic to the Qur’an and interpret the Qur’an with it. And when I said we apply the hadith to the Qur’an, that is a bit of leniency in expression, but perhaps I am milder than some of the Salaf (the earliest generations) who say that the Qur’an abrogates the Sunnah, excuse me, the Sunnah abrogates the Qur’an, a strange expression.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : Some of the Salaf, meaning, so I said we apply the Sunnah to the Qur’an, which is also a bit of a stretch, Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You, I bear witness that there is no god but Allah.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : The independence of the Sunnah, meaning in our time, and perhaps you know many of the malicious people who diminish the status of the Sunnah and claim that the Qur’an, meaning, is sufficient in its independence.
Another student: They say, “We leave the Qur’an alone.”
The student : Because it contains both authentic and weak narrations, so we do not know which is which, so we leave it.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The student : His action, meaning, is a form of defending the Sunnah, meaning, not to exhaust the topic, but rather examples, meaning, he gathers a set of examples that show the status of the Sunnah, and meaning, if these rulings were left out, they would not suffice for it.
The Shaykh : We have spoken about this topic previously and we authored a thesis, *The Status of the Sunnah*. Do you know it?
The student : Yes, we have read it.
The Shaykh : A Muslim cannot be a Qur’anic Muslim only, because that contradicts the Qur’an.
The student : In order to show its status, it may be the reason for this research, is that possible, meaning?
The Shaykh : We have spoken about this topic and we said that authentic hadiths have different characteristics from the perspective of usul al-fiqh (the principles of jurisprudence), such as the general and the specific, the absolute and the qualified, the explanatory, and so on. But we must focus on distinguishing the authentic from the weak so that we apply the authentic to the Qur’an and interpret the Qur’an with it. And when I said we apply the hadith to the Qur’an, that is a bit of leniency in expression, but perhaps I am milder than some of the Salaf (the earliest generations) who say that the Qur’an abrogates the Sunnah, excuse me, the Sunnah abrogates the Qur’an, a strange expression.
The student : ... .
The Shaykh : Some of the Salaf, meaning, so I said we apply the Sunnah to the Qur’an, which is also a bit of a stretch, Glory be to You, O Allah, and praise be to You, I bear witness that there is no god but Allah.
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