The unifying idea
Shahrur establishes for the messengerly Sunna a sphere of binding force linked to the message and legislation, without elevating it to the rank of a second revelation. The value here lies in function and limits, not in textual sacralization.
The theses included in the axis
- The messengerly Sunna is binding because it is connected to the message and legislation.
- The Sunna is not a parallel source to the Revelation.
The axis’s support from the atoms
- The messengerly Sunna and the prophetic Sunna
- The station of the message and the rulings of obedience
- The Sunna is not a second revelation
- The Qur’an is the only miracle of the Messenger
Reading method
The axis is understood as distinguishing between practical binding force and the source status of the Revelation. Accordingly, the messengerly Sunna is read in light of the Qur’an, not as equal to it or independent from it.