al-Sunna al-Nabawiyya wa Makanatuha - Ba Jamaan
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al-Sunna al-Nabawiyya wa Makanatuha (Arabic: السنة النبوية ومكانتها, lit. 'The Prophetic Sunna and Its Status') is a treatise on Islamic jurisprudence and hadith studies authored by Muhammad bin Abdullah Bajuman, focusing on the status, authoritative ranking, and legal probative force of the Prophetic Sunna in Islamic legislation.
Purpose and Scope
The treatise aims to expound the legal authority and position of the Prophetic Sunna as the second foundational source of Islamic legislation (al-tashri' al-Islami), clarifying that it serves as an indispensable clarification of the Quran and constitutes divine revelation (wahy). The author argues that while the Sunna is the second source in sequence after the Quran, it possesses an equivalent obligation of adherence and legal probative force (hujjiyya) in establishing rulings and necessitating practice.
Structure and Contents
The work is organized into an introductory section (tamhid), three main chapters, and a conclusion:
- Introduction (Tamhid): Covers the linguistic and terminological definitions of the Sunna and the various connotations associated with the term. It includes discussions on the reasons for divergent scholarly definitions across disciplines, the linguistic origin of the term denoting path or conduct (sira and tariqa), the legal nuances outlined by scholars such as Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi, the distinction and relation between the terms sunna and hadith, and the understanding of Sunna during the early centuries of Islam.
- Chapter One (Masadir al-Tashri' al-Islami): Dedicated to the sources of Islamic legislation, dividing them into primary sources—namely the Quran and the Prophetic Sunna—and subsidiary sources—namely consensus (ijma) and analogical deduction (qiyas).
- Chapter Two (Martabat al-Sunna al-Nabawiyya fi al-Tashri' al-Islami): Explores the rank of the Sunna within Islamic legal theory across two main sections. The first section analyzes the Sunna as an explanatory exposition of the Quran and as divine revelation conveyed by the angel Gabriel (Jibril). The second section treats the Sunna’s relation to the Quran with respect to its probative authority, divine safeguarding, transmission authenticity, and status as the secondary textual source.
- Chapter Three (Makanat al-Sunna al-Nabawiyya min Hayth al-Ihtijaj wa-l-'Amal): Examines the normative authority of the Sunna in terms of legal argumentation and practical obligation. It details the definition and proofs of its legal authority according to Muslim scholars, and establishes the binding obligation to act upon the Sunna just as with the Quran, citing supporting textual and rational proofs.
- Conclusion (Khatima): Summarizes the central findings of the study along with recommendations regarding the field.
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