Saturday, November 21, 2009

Sunnah

Our Beloved Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W - Solollohu alaihi wassallam) leave TWO THINGS behind. WHAT ARE THOSE?? I let you hear from our Shaykh Imran Hosein himself.







Abdullah ibn Mas'ood said: "if you pray in your homes like this man who stayed in his home, then you have abandoned the sunnah of your Prophet, then you have gone astray".


source: The Ideal Muslim by Muhammad Ali Al-Hashimi.


So from this story we can conclude that SUNNAH is a must! But please do not get confuse between SUNNAH and SUNAT (Mustahabb). Those two are have totally different meaning.



Sunnah (سنة /ˈsunna/, plural سنن sunan /ˈsunæn/) is an Arabic word that means habit or usual practice. The Muslim usage of this term refers to the sayings and living habits of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. The Sunnah of Muhammad includes his specific words, actions, and practices. It is significant to the spirituality of Islam because it addresses ways of life dealing with friends, family, and government



Sunat on the other hand..


Sunat/Mustahabb (Arabic مستحبّ, literally "recommended") is an Islamic term referring to recommended, favored or virtous actions. Mustahabb actions are those whose status of approval in Islamic law (ahkam/hukum) falls between mubah (neutral) and wajib (actions which must be performed). One definition is "duties recommended, but not essential; fulfilment of which is rewarded, though they may be neglected without punishment" (Reuben Levy, The Social Structure of Islam, p. 202). Synonyms of mustahabb can be masnun or mandub. The opposite of mustahabb is makruh. In other words, di buat dapat pahala, inda di buat inda dapat apa apa (or inda papa).








2 comments:

  1. May Allah be pleased with you. This clears up a very common misconception. Jazzakallah.

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  2. Assalamualaikum,

    this goes to Hamba Allah

    Boleh saya bertanya, from where did you find out about this (Beza antara sunah dan sunat), and how many times have you already checked about this before publishing it?

    Inda pulang lari/terpesong dari ajaran yang sebenarnya, just a mild question for you, that's all, and many thank you.

    Because, in my opinion, sunat or sunah nada bezanya, i mean both are the same dari segi makna and berlainan dari segi sebutan. Don't you think?

    Jazakallah.

    Sorry andai pertanyaan ane somehow menyinggung perasaan Hamba Allah, truly sorry, but it isn't my intention initially.

    Syukran

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Daily Hadith - Supplicating for Deceased

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "When An-Najashi died, the Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said, 'Pray for forgiveness for him.'" [Jami At-Tirmidhi - sahih hadith]

We learn here that on being informed about someone's death with the utterance of "we belong to Allah/ inna lillah", one should also supplicate for his/her forgiveness, so that Allah (subhana wa ta'ala) may forgive us as well.