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Defining Sunnah As Something Being Inherently Religious
Assalamu Alaikum
Only that thing can be a Sunnah which is religious by nature and status.
In the urdu version he has written (presuming that the english translation is not a translation of the latest version):
سنت صرف وہی چیز ہو سکتی ہے جو اپنی نوعیت کے لحاظ سے دین ہو۔
Firstly, why did he remove the wording “یا جس کو نبی ص نے دین قرار دیا ہو/status” ?
Secondly, any act of worship is religious in nature, even when a Hindu person prostates infront of a statue. But what differentiates an Islamic religious act from a hindu religious act is if Rasool SAW has initiated that. When at the end of the day anything to reach the status of Islam must be authorised by Rasool SAW, doesn’t this first principle seem unnecessary. Wouldn’t it be enough if it was said “that which Rasool SAW has authorised/that which the Ummah has persistently transferred from one generation to the next saying that it has Rasool SAW’s authority “, which is stated in the seventh principle of Sunnah.
JazakAllah
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Abdullah AbdulRahman.
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Defining Sunnah As Something Being Inherently Religious
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If the religious nature of an act is not established first, then there is room to assume that anything endorsed or practiced by the Prophet ﷺ automatically becomes part of the religion. In reality, however, the Prophet prescribed as Deen only those matters that were religious in nature. This distinction is essential to prevent the misconception that every act he approved—such as using the miswak or his praise of archery and swordsmanship—is itself a religious Sunnah. Such practices may be beneficial or commendable, but they do not become acts of worship or binding religious observances merely because the Prophet practiced or encouraged them.
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What makes cutting nails religious in theie nature?
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Cleanliness, which the is fundamental purpose of Deen.
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Yes, and so is keeping your face, hands, feet, or any other part of one’s body clean. So, what makes keeping your teeth clean, or cutting nails a part of the religion?
Prophet SAW’s sanction, isn’t it? Then why couldn’t only that principle be applied for every other Sunnah in order to call that a part of the religion instead of first going into the question of what makes something religious in nature?
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Riding a horse is not sunnah, although the Prophet encouraged Muslims to keep horses. This is why we need first to determine that the act or thing must be religious in nature.
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Yes, that’s my question. What makes specifically cutting nails inherently religious in nature and not, specifically, keeping your head hair clean?
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Cleanliness of the entire body is a fundamental requirement in Islam. While routine washing and bathing are generally taken for granted and therefore are not discussed in detail. Since people tend to neglect certain aspects of personal hygiene, and because these practices could become matters of differing opinions, the Sunnah explicitly identifies them and emphasizes them as recommended acts to ensure proper bodily cleanliness.
These include:
1. Trimming the moustache.
2. Shaving the pubic hair.
3. Removing the hair from the armpits.
4. Trimming the fingernails.
5. Circumcising male offspring.
6. Cleaning the nose, mouth, and teeth.
7. Cleaning the body after urination and defecation.
8. Bathing after menstruation and the puerperal (postnatal) period.
9. Performing *ghusl al-janābah* (the ritual bath after major ritual impurity).
10. Washing the deceased before burial.
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How would one prove that through the independent sources of Islam?
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This is reasoning.
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First of all, may Allah reward you for tolerating my lack of understanding, that i made this thread this long.
But r I didn’t eally understand the last reply.
Ghamidi sahab has most probably written that principle in order to avoid making any other thing other than Religion making sunnah. For example, eating gourd, prophetic medicine etc. But then anything which has its origin in the religion of nature of human, the Fitrah of human, when changed even in a slight way by Prophet SAW becomes a part of religion which Prophet SAW came with. E.g. keeping oneself clean is a part of the religion of nature. But Prophet SAW took “keeping the mouth clean” and made that a part of the Islam. Now both keeping your feet clean and keeping your mouth clean have origins in the religion of the nature of human. But one became a part of the Islam by the sanction of Prophet SAW, otherwise both are equally religious with regards to the religion of the nature of human.
So, what I was trying to say is that the first principle seems unnecessary when at the end of the day everything to be called Islam must have a sanction of Prophet SAW
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The Prophet’s sanction is a prerequisite for a thing called religious. We try to categorize the articles of Sunnah according to our understanding.
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