The Hanafis divide the Sunnah into three categories, one of which is the emphasized Sunnah, which is that if a person leaves it, he is rebuked for it. What is the validity of this statement?
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The Shaykh: And upon you peace.
The questioner : How is our Shaykh doing?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : A quick question?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : We read, O our Shaykh, in the books of fiqh, in the books of usul al-fiqh, that the Hanafis divide the Sunnah into three categories. Among the divisions is what they call the Sunnah, the confirmatory Sunnah!
The Shaykh : What kind of Sunnah?
The questioner : The confirmatory Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Directive?!
The questioner : The confirmatory Sunnah.
The student : Confirmatory from confirmation.
The questioner : Meaning confirmation.
The Shaykh : An emphasized Sunnah?
The questioner : An emphasized Sunnah.
The Shaykh : There is no such thing as a confirmatory Sunnah; it is an emphasized Sunnah.
The questioner : They say, O our Shaykh, that a person does not commit a sin by leaving it, but he is blamed for it?!
The Shaykh : But he is rebuked, but he is rebuked!!
The questioner : What?
The Shaykh : That is what they say.
The questioner : Yes, our Shaykh, so what is your opinion of this, for example?
The Shaykh : There is no basis for this statement.
The questioner : No basis.
The questioner : How is our Shaykh doing?
The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah, I am well.
The questioner : A quick question?
The Shaykh: Go ahead.
The questioner : We read, O our Shaykh, in the books of fiqh, in the books of usul al-fiqh, that the Hanafis divide the Sunnah into three categories. Among the divisions is what they call the Sunnah, the confirmatory Sunnah!
The Shaykh : What kind of Sunnah?
The questioner : The confirmatory Sunnah.
The Shaykh : Directive?!
The questioner : The confirmatory Sunnah.
The student : Confirmatory from confirmation.
The questioner : Meaning confirmation.
The Shaykh : An emphasized Sunnah?
The questioner : An emphasized Sunnah.
The Shaykh : There is no such thing as a confirmatory Sunnah; it is an emphasized Sunnah.
The questioner : They say, O our Shaykh, that a person does not commit a sin by leaving it, but he is blamed for it?!
The Shaykh : But he is rebuked, but he is rebuked!!
The questioner : What?
The Shaykh : That is what they say.
The questioner : Yes, our Shaykh, so what is your opinion of this, for example?
The Shaykh : There is no basis for this statement.
The questioner : No basis.
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