Sunnat

 

In the Name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful

I have come across سنت الله (Allah's Way) [Verse 33:38], and not سنت الرسول (the Prophet's way), in the Qur'aan.

But our religious leaders (those who call themselves Sunnis) insist on associating the Sunnat with the Qur'aan. By Sunnat, they mean سنت الرسول. They say that Islam is incomplete otherwise.

Is it so? Then why is this so important a thing not mentioned in the Qur'aan? The Qur'aan reiterates that it explains every necessary thing in detail (Verses 17:12, 16:89, 6:55, 41:3, 11:1, 17:89, ...).

Are the religious leaders then guilty of contradicting the divine Qur'aan?

 They cannot take shelter of the Qur'aanic direction و اطيع الرسول; for, that direction was for obeying the Messenger while he was living on this earth. Kindly see the blog post Obeying the Messenger in this context. 

 

Mohammad Shafi 

Friday, the 4th of June 2021.