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Monday, May 12, 2014

Honouring the Sunnah by Following its Commands and Staying Away from its Prohibitions

Points taken from the talk ‘How to Honour the Sunnah’
Shaykh Sa’d bin Naasir ash-Shithree [May Allaah Preserve him]
Jaami’ Ameerah Mawdee bint Ahmad as-Sudayree
9/4/1434 - 20/2/2013

Honouring the Sunnah is by fulfilling the commands within it and staying away from prohibitions without having doubt in it.

And whatsoever the Messenger (Muhammad) gives you, take it, and whatsoever he forbids you, abstain (from it), and fear Allah. Verily, Allah is Severe in punishment” [al-Hasr 59:7]

Therefore we can’t worship Allaah except with what the [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him] has instructed us with. So any act of worship a slave wants to do then they are absolutely reliant upon the Sunnah. Without this we cannot act and if one does do an act without Prophetic guidance, then they have fallen into innovation (a major sin).

“Or have they partners with Allaah (false gods) who have instituted for them a religion which Allaah has not ordained?”[al-Shoora 42:21] 

“Whoever does an action that is not in accordance with this matter of ours (Islam) will have it rejected.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 2697; Muslim, 1718). 

Al-Tirmidhi narrated from Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal from the hadeeth of al-‘Irbaad ibn Saariyah that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “I urge you to adhere to my Sunnah and the way of the Rightly-Guided Khaleefahs. Adhere to it and bite onto it with your back teeth (i.e., cling firmly to it). And beware of newly-invented matters, for every newly-invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is a going-astray.” (Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, al-Sunnah, 3991. Al-Albaani said in Saheeh Sunan Abi Dawood, no. 3851, it is saheeh)

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