Thank you very much sir.

But I think all the mustahab acts that are excluded from the list of sunan in meezan, are not from the sunnah, right?

Well, what about the concept of mustahab in the dress code , or changing the cloth of impurity instead of just washing the affected area…etc? There are many such mustahab acts that I think are not from the sunnah.

So the latter acts are not sunnah themselves, right??..

And I think one can argue in some of the acts which are not sunnah themselves. Like one can say that Cleanliness is to be attained and now how one achieves it is totally up to the individual’s sense of purity. For one, changing cloth can be a way to maintain cleaningness and for one only to wash the affected area.

Sir, I have 1 question and also want reclarify some points all togethor, just tell me wheather I have perfectly understood it or not.

The question:-

1)Are both “nafl namaz before and after fardh Namaz” and “nafil namaz at other times” not independent sunnah?

Points to clarify:-

1) There are only two authority in religion and that is the Quran and the independent Sunnah.

2)Now in this Independent sunnah some practises are fardh and some are mustahab.

3)But every mustahab acts is not an independent sunnah. Some acts are extensions of an already prescribed sunnah or Quranic directive.

4)And in these mustahab acts(which are not sunnah themselves) one can have disagreements in claiming some acts(not all) to be mustahab or not unlike independent sunnah. I have already given the example and you agreed too.

5) And mustahab acts like:- nafil namaz, animal sacrifice on other days. Such acts can’t have disagreements because such acts are direct religious acts and there is no room for a person to disgaree.

4) but in some mustahab acts(which are not sunnah themselves) , a layman muslim can also form his opinion on the basis of sources and then disagree in some of the matters, right?.

For example, I can say that changing cloths to clean impurities will depend on the sense of purity of a particular person and is not mustahab. Purification is mandatory and how one achieves it will depend on the person’s sense of purity.

A layman can disagree in this matter because it gives room for subjectivity. Like sense of purity is entirely subjective and a common muslim may disagree with a scholar and there is no wrong in his disagreeing cause on this matter the religion itself gives room for subjectivity by just saying to maintain cleaningness.

5)Do the Hanafis also claim some mustahabs acts (which are not sunnah themselves) to be wajib?.

Cause I said about those mustahabs act which are not sunnah themselves but are direct religious activity , such as animal sacrifice on days other than ayam e tashreeq and etc. There can be no disagreement in such matters.

And animal sacrifice on eid al adha is an Independent sunnah which is “Wajib” according to Hanafi and “Mustahab”according to Ghamidi sahab.

Thank you for all your responses.

I have one last thing to clarify and that is:-

Are both “nafil namaz before and after fardh namaz” and “nafil namaz at other times” not Independent sunnah?.

I had this confusion because in the video you shared, Ghamidi used the analogy of the preferableness of circumcission with the preferableness of nafl namaz before and after Fardh namaz.

So, it’s not like that a mustahab act has to be independent sunnah to be more preferable,right?

And the mustahab acts like nafil namaz, nafil fast, nafil animal sacrifice are not independent sunnah but in such acts there is no room for disagreement about not claiming such acts to be mustahab or anything because such acts are direct religious activity. Like one can’t say that such acts are not even mustahab. One can argue whether to claim some acts to be “wajib” or “mustahab” but can’t say that such acts are not even mustahab, right?