It is the sphere of communication, legislation, and exemplarity, and it admits obedience and disobedience. The source insists that this is the sphere to which the messengerly Sunna is connected; therefore, it forms the basis of practical commitment, not historical narration.
- The Sunna is divided into messengerly and prophetic
- Human ijtihad within divine limits
- The messengerly Sunna is linked to the message
- The Prophet’s daily actions are not binding Sunna
- Exemplarity in the position of messengerhood
- The Muhammadan message is fixed in its original form
- The messengerly Sunna is binding in the sphere 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
- The Sunna is divided into messengerly and prophetic according to the position
- According to the position, the Sunna is divided into a binding messengerly Sunna and a historical prophetic Sunna
- The Qur’an is the Prophet’s only miracle
- Prophethood in Shahrur’s view is a historical function of organization, ijtihad, and state-building
- Abrogation is confined to the heavenly messages
- The authority of the Sunna and its limits are built on the primacy of the Qur’an, criticism of hadith, and distinguishing between the two positions
- The position of messengerhood and the rulings of obedience
Cross-book concept: See Islam for the unifying axis across the books.