RE: Proofs for sunnah muakkada 

Answer:

Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,

Ibn Abidin discussed this at length in his Radd al-Muhtar [1.70, see below]

He makes clear that:

a) leaving the confirmed sunna once without excuse is blameworthy but not sinful;

b) making it a habit to leave it, however, is sinful, though less sinful than leaving a wajib.

And Allah alone gives success.

Faraz Rabbani.

 

س: ما حكم ترك السنة المؤكدة؟  ح: ترك السنة المؤكدة بلا غذرٍ مكروه و تاركها يستحق اللوم والعتاب لكنه لا يأثم إلا إن اعتاد تركها. قال سيدي ابن عابدين في ردّ المحتار: (1/70) . وَفِي التَّحْرِيرِ : إنَّ تَارِكَهَا يَسْتَوْجِبُ التَّضْلِيلَ وَاللَّوْمَ , . ا هـ . وَالْمُرَادُ التَّرْكُ بِلَا عُذْرٍ عَلَى سَبِيلِ الْإِصْرَارِ كَمَا فِي شَرْحِ التَّحْرِيرِ لِابْنِ أَمِيرِ حَاجٍّ , وَيُؤَيِّدُهُ مَا سَيَأْتِي فِي سُنَنِ الْوُضُوءِ مِنْ أَنَّهُ لَوْ اكْتَفَى بِالْغَسْلِ مَرَّةً إنْ اعْتَادَهُ أَثِمَ , وَإِلَّا لَا . وَفِي الْبَحْرِ مِنْ بَابِ صِفَةِ الصَّلَاةِ : الَّذِي يَظْهَرُ مِنْ كَلَامِ أَهْلِ الْمَذْهَبِ أَنَّ الِاسْمَ مَنُوطٌ بِتَرْكِ الْوَاجِبِ أَوْ السُّنَّةِ الْمُؤَكَّدَةِ عَلَى الصَّحِيحِ ; لِتَصْرِيحِهِمْ بِأَنَّ مَنْ تَرَكَ سُنَنَ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسِ قِيلَ : لَا يَأْثَمُ وَالصَّحِيحُ أَنَّهُ يَأْثَمُ , ذَكَرَهُ فِي فَتْحِ الْقَدِيرِ , وَتَصْرِيحُهُمْ بِالْإِثْمِ لِمَنْ تَرَكَ الْجَمَاعَةَ مَعَ أَنَّهَا سُنَّةٌ مُؤَكَّدَةٌ عَلَى الصَّحِيحِ وَكَذَا فِي نَظَائِرِهِ لِمَنْ تَتَبَّعَ كَلَامَهُمْ , وَلَا شَكَّ أَنَّ الْإِثْمَ مَقُولٌ بِالتَّشْكِيكِ بَعْضُهُ أَشَدُّ مِنْ بَعْضٍ , فَالْإِثْمُ لِتَارِكِ السُّنَّةِ الْمُؤَكَّدَةِ أَخَفُّ مِنْ الْإِثْمِ لِتَارِكِ الْوَاجِبِ . ا هـ . قَالَ فِي النَّهَرِ هُنَاكَ : وَيُؤَيِّدُهُ مَا فِي الْكَشْفِ الْكَبِيرِ مَعْزِيًّا إلَى أُصُولِ أَبِي الْيُسْرِ : حُكْمُ السُّنَّةِ أَنْ يُنْدَبَ إلَى تَحْصِيلِهَا , وَيُلَامَ عَلَى تَرْكِهَا مَعَ لُحُوقِ إثْمٍ يَسِيرٍ .

 

Wassalam.
Faraz Rabbani

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