1. Mufti Muhammad Omer Rafiq
Introduction to Sunnah
(Legal Status)
Course Instructor
Islamic Studies:
Mufti Muhammad Omer Rafiq

2. SUNNAH HADITH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HADITH AND SUNNAH:
Every deed or doing of Holy Prophet.
Unspoken approval of Holy Prophet(SAW).
Customs, methods and ways of Holy Prophet SAW.
Religious and spiritual color.
HADITH
Every saying of Holy Prophet.
Record of sunnah, prophetical and historical elements.
Khabar or information.
Every hadith is piece of information but every information is not hadith.

3. Legal Position of Sunnah
The Sunnah cannot dispense with the Quran: Allah Almighty chose Muhammad , as His Prophet and selected him to deliver His final message. The Quran was revealed to the Prophet in which Allah commanded him to obey everything that was ordered of him; that is, to convey and explain His message to the people. Allah Almighty says what means: "…And We revealed to you the message [i.e., the Quran] that you may make clear to the people what was sent down to them…" [Quran: 16:44] The declaration mentioned in the verse contains two commands: 1. To propagate the speech of Allah (i.e. the Quran). This is to openly communicate the Quran to (all) mankind as Allah Almighty has revealed to the Prophet that which means: "O Messenger! Announce that which has been revealed to you from your Lord…" [Quran: 5:67]

4. ‘Aa’ishah is reported to have said: "Whoever says that Muhammad concealed anything that he was commanded to communicate has forged a great lie against Allah." Then she read the abovementioned verse. [Al-Bukhari & Muslim] Another narration is found in the book of Imaam Muslim which states: "If the Messenger of Allah had concealed something that he was commanded to communicate, he would have concealed the saying of the Almighty (which means): "And [remember, O Muhammad], when you said to the one on whom Allah bestowed favour: 'Keep your wife and fear Allah,' while you concealed within yourself that which Allah is to disclose. And you feared the people, while Allah has more right that you fear Him." [Quran: 33:37]