The Actual Sunnah: Its Concept, Guidelines and Evidence

Abstract

Scholars differed about the significance of the action of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, on rulings. Does his action, May God bless him and grant him peace, indicate obligatory? Or indicate scarring? Or indicate permissibility and allowance? So, this research came to show the divisions of his actions, peace be upon him peace, and the significance of each section, so the importance of the research stems from the people's needs for it in order to understand the significance of the actions of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and the distinction between his actions, so the research aims to clarify the validity of the actual (or practical) Sunnah, and the evidence for that. And the research will answer the questions it raises, which are: Is the actual Sunnah authentic? And what is the evidence for that? And are the actions of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, have one degree of significance? The researcher will follow the inductive approach. And that by extrapolating and tracking the actions of the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, then he applies the analytical and deductive approaches in explaining the significance of each section of the action classes. Among the results that the research will reach: that the act of the Prophet - may God’s prayers and peace be upon him - abstract from evidence, then it was not in the face of the act of worship, because it only indicates the legitimacy of doing this matter, and that it is not justified to judge something as obligatory or deputizing which is simply due to what the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, did to him, and God grants success and help from him. The researcher recommends to his fellow researchers in Sunnah sciences to study Sunnah issues, especially contemporary issues