This is a lexicon entry that gathers the technical meaning of this term in Shahrur’s works and connects its various uses.
This entry belongs to the Shahrur lexicon. For reading by thematic axis, see Shahrur’s major themes and shared concepts.
Meaning in Shahrur
It is the domain of communication, legislation, and emulation with which the messengerly Sunna is connected. Within it, the act of the Messenger is authoritative within the bounds of the message, not merely a historical report. It includes what requires obedience and what may admit disobedience, according to what is stated within the messengerhood, not according to everything issued in daily life.
Distinctions
- It is not equivalent to the Prophet’s daily acts that occur outside the domain of legislation and communication and are not in themselves binding Sunna
- It is not understood as a separate second revelation, but rather as the domain of practical commitment linked to the message, legislation, and the model
Places in his books
- The messengerly Sunna and the prophetic Sunna: It is the domain of communication, legislation, and the model, and it can admit obedience and disobedience. The source insists that it is the domain with which the messengerly Sunna is connected; therefore, it becomes the basis for practical commitment rather than historical narration
What adjoins it and what differs from it
- The messengerly Sunna
- The Prophet’s daily acts are not binding Sunna
- The model within the messengerhood
- Muhammad’s message is fixed in its original form
- The messengerly Sunna is binding within the domain of message and legislation, not as a second revelation
- The messengerly Sunna is binding because it is connected to the message and legislation
- The messengerly Sunna and the prophetic Sunna
- Sunna is divided into messengerly and prophetic according to the context
- Sunna is divided according to the context into binding messengerly and historical prophetic
- The Qur’an is the Messenger’s only miracle
- Prophethood in Shahrur is a historical function in organization, ijtihad, and state-building
- Abrogation is confined to the heavenly messages