It is what relates to the station of the station of prophethood, the Muhammadan narration, reportative storytelling, questions, and reports. Muhammad Shahrur links it to a specific historical and social context, and therefore he sees its obedience as separate and constrained, not binding in the same absolute sense as the messengerial.
- Distinguishing between the messengerly Sunna and the prophetic Sunna
- The Sunna is divided into messengerly and prophetic
- The prophetic Sunna is historically conditioned
- The messengerly Sunna is binding because it is connected to the message and legislation
- The messengerly Sunna and the prophetic Sunna
- The prophetic Sunna is historical and interpretive
- The prophetic Sunna is historical and situational and is not to be followed as permanent legislation
- The prophetic Sunna, political history, and hadith are a human field open to critique
- The prophetic Sunna and the realm of storytelling
- The Sunna is divided into messengerly and prophetic according to the station
- The Sunna is not a parallel source to revelation
- The probative authority of the Sunna and its limits are built on the primacy of the Qur’an, critique of hadith, and distinguishing between the two stations