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Ittibāʿ al-Sunnah (Following the Sunnah)

Tawḥīd (Uṣūl al-Dīn)Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jamāʿah

The practical entailment of the second testimony: obeying what the Messenger commands and refraining from what he forbids.

Essence

S1Obedience to the Messenger is, in truth, obedience to the God who sent him.

Dimension I

Definition

What it is — and what it is not

What it is
  • S2In the Sacred Law — Following the Messenger: adopting what he commanded and abandoning what he forbade. [1.1]

Dimension II

In practice

How to deal with it

What to do
  • S3Weigh every practice claimed as religion against the established Sunnah before adopting it.
What to avoid
  • S4Avoid innovations in worship that the Messenger neither did nor sanctioned.

See also

References

  1. Qurʾān 3:31; 59:7.

    • 1.1

      Q 3:31 — Say: If you love God, then follow me; God will love you and forgive your sins.

      Established
    • 1.2

      Q 59:7 — Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it; and whatever he forbids you, abstain from it.

      Established
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