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IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-503: PEMBAHAGIAN PERBUATAN NABI SAW
How do scholars classify the sunnah or actions of the Prophet SAW?
Short answer
Based on its definition, the sunnah is divided into three types: sayings (qauliyyah), actions (fi’liyyah) and tacit approval (taqririyyah).
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- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hadith
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
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Summary
Based on its definition, the sunnah is divided into three types: sayings (qauliyyah), actions (fi’liyyah) and tacit approval (taqririyyah). The Prophet's actions are further divided into legislative (Tasyri’iyyah), which come from him as prophet and messenger and serve as a source of Islamic law, and non-legislative (Jibiliyyah), which come from him as an ordinary human being or from worldly experience, such as his preferred food and drink. Jibiliyyah sunnah is by default not a source of legislation, but if there is evidence that commands the act, it becomes legislated on the basis of that evidence, for example eating with the right hand.
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Sunnah Tasyri'iyyah adalah apa yang datang daripada Nabi SAW dengan diiktibarkan bahawa baginda adalah seorang nabi atau rasul dan juga utusan daripada Allah SWT maka ia dinamakan sebagai sumber pensyariatan (Tasyri'iyyah).
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Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD AL-HADITH SIRI KE-503: PEMBAHAGIAN PERBUATAN NABI SAW”, 1 June 2020. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-al-hadith/4530-irsyad-al-hadith-siri-ke-503-pembahagian-perbuatan-nabi-saw. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/classification-of-the-prophets-actions-sunnah/