The Prophetic Sunna

Sunna in language means a way, praiseworthy or blameworthy; for the muhaddithun it is everything transmitted from the Prophet ﷺ — word, deed, approval, physical or moral trait, or biography before and after prophethood — and for the usulis what is transmitted of word, deed or approval establishing a legal ruling ¹². It is the second root of rulings after the Qur'an: the Qur'an is worshipped in its wording and mass-transmitted, while the Sunna's wording is not worshipped, and what is certain is its totality not its details — it is the Book's clarification ³. Al-Shafi'i is quoted that the "wisdom" joined to the Book in the verses is the Sunna.

Sha'rawi reads «the Book» in Abraham's prayer as the Qur'an and «the wisdom» as the sayings of the Messenger of God, which are taught after the Qur'an is recited, relying on the verse that tells the wives of the Prophet to remember what is recited in their homes of God's signs and wisdom. ^{4 5}