Following TheSunnah Of The MessengerOf Allāh ﷺ
Darussalam · Volume 1
The Book Of The SunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 3
Source no. 2 · Volume 1 · Page 74
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (١٥٥ و ٣١٤) ، الصحيحة (٨٥٠)
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2. It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Leave me as I have left you (Don't ask me the minor things that I have avoided to tell you). For those who came before you were doomed because of their questions and differences with their Prophets. If I command you to do something, then do as much of it as you can, and if I forbid you from doing something, then refrain from it.” (Sahih)
2 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «ذَرُونِي مَا تَرَكْتُكُمْ، فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِسُؤَالِهِمْ وَاخْتِلَافِهِمْ عَلَى أَنْبِيَائِهِمْ، فَإِذَا أَمَرْتُكُمْ بِشَيْءٍ فَخُذُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ، وَإِذَا نَهَيْتُكُمْ عَنْ شَيْءٍ فَانْتَهُوا»
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Permissibility is the rule in all worldly affairs as long as they are not prohibited by the Qur'an and Sunnah. In the case of acts of worship, however, the rule is that only those acts are allowed that have their proof in the Qur'an and Sunnah. It, therefore, follows that any newly-invented thing in religious matters is an innovation (Bid'ah). Not so in the case of worldly affairs. Discussion on matters having no practical relevance must be avoided. Disobedience to the commands of the Prophet ﷺ means inviting one's own doom and destruction. In cases where a person is not able to comply with a certain commandment for a reason, accepted in the sacred law of Islam as genuine, he will not be reckoned a sinner by Allāh, as expressed in the following Verse of the Qur'an: "Allāh burdens not a soul with more than it can bear...." (2:286)