What Is Established Here
The supporting text for this atom indicates that Shahrur distinguishes between the messengerly Sunna and the prophetic Sunna. This is a distinction between two terms; the designation here should not be treated as implying that they are synonymous or that one is merely another name for the other.
The same summary indicates that acceptance and rejection in dealing with hadith are tied to their not conflicting with the Wise Revelation, reality, and its logical understanding. This is an Atlas summary of the supporting text, not a verbatim quotation from the book.
What He States Regarding the Messengerly Sunna
Elsewhere in the book, Shahrur connects obedience to the Messenger in his messengerly Sunna with the rulings of the message contained in the Mother of the Book, as well as with human values, rituals, the theory of limits, and the principle of enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong. He says: «It is an eternal, voluntary obedience to the Messenger during his life (PBUH) and after his death, consisting in following him in his messengerly Sunna—that is, in the rulings of the message he brought, contained in the Mother of the Book, and in the human values, rituals, theory of limits in legislation, and principle of enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong found therein.»
This description alone, however, is insufficient to produce a corresponding definition of the prophetic Sunna or to delimit the difference between them; that issue requires evidence that explains it directly.
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This atom establishes, through its supporting summary, the basic distinction and the criterion of acceptance, but does not offer comprehensive definitions of the two terms.