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[quote][i]contd:[/i]

[purple]Customs and Etiquette[/purple]

i. Remembering Allah’s name before eating or drinking and using the right hand for eating and drinking

ii. Greeting one another with assalamu ‘alaykum (peace be to you) and responding with wa ‘alaykum al-salam (and peace be to you)

iii. Saying alhamdu lilah (praise be to Allah) after sneezing and responding to it by saying yarhamu kallah (may Allah have mercy on you)

iv. Saying adhan in the right ear of a new born baby and saying ‘iqamah in its left ear

v. Keeping moustaches trimmed

vi. Shaving pubic hair

vii. Shaving the hairs under the armpits

ix. Circumcising the male offspring

x. Cleaning the nose, the mouth and the teeth

xi. Cleaning the body after excretion

xii. Bathing after the menstrual and the puerperal period

xiii. Ghusl-i Janabah2

xiv. Bathing the dead before burial

xv. Enshrouding a dead body and preparing it for burial

xvi. Burying the dead

xvii. ‘Id al-Fitr

xviii. ‘Id al-Adha

[blue]This is all what the Sunnah is, and it can be said with certainty that there is no difference between it and the Qur’an as far as their authenticity is concerned. Just as the Qur’an has been received by ummah through the consensus of the Prophet’s Companions (rta)  and through their perpetual recitation, the Sunnah has been received by it through their consensus and through their perpetual practice and stands validated like the Qur’an in every period of time through the consensus of the ummah. Consequently, there is no doubt or debate about it now.

All that is Islam is constituted by these two sources. Nothing besides these two is Islam or can be regarded as its part.

A narrative of the words, deeds or tacit approvals of the Prophet (sws) called Hadith and the knowledge gained from them can never be regarded as absolutely certain. Hence, a Hadith does not add anything to the content of Islam stated in the Qur’an and Sunnah. Ahadith (plural of Hadith) only explain and elucidate what is contained in these two sources and also describe the exemplary way in which the Prophet (sws) followed Islam. This only is the sphere of Hadith which falls within the ambit of Islam. Outside this sphere, there exists no narrative which can be called or accepted as Hadith.

Within this sphere, however, every person who after being convinced of a Hadith accepts it as one containing the words, deeds or tacit approvals of the Prophet must follow it. In no circumstances can he evade or ignore it; in fact, it becomes incumbent upon him to accept any directive or decision of the Prophet (sws) depicted in that Hadith. 
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(Translated from Ghamidi’s Mizan by Shehzad Saleem)

[green]adapted from Monthly Renaissance July 06
www.monthly-renaissance.com[/green][/quote]

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