It represents the domain of the unseen, revelation, and narrative reports; in Muhammad Shahrur’s view, it is a domain different from the station of messengership. In this source, it is used to confine what is attributed to the Prophet as history and circumstance, not as enduring legislation.
- The Prophet’s daily actions are not binding Sunna
- The messengerly Sunna and the prophetic Sunna
- The prophetic Sunna, political history, and hadith are a human domain open to criticism
- The prophetic Sunna and the domain of narrative
- The Sunna is divided into messengerly and prophetic according to the station
- According to the station, the Sunna is divided into binding messengerly and historical prophetic
- In Shahrur, prophethood is a historical function in organization, ijtihad, and state-building
- The authority of the Sunna and its limits are based on the primacy of the Qur’an, criticism of hadith, and distinguishing between the two stations
- The station of prophethood and the station of messengership
Cross-book concept: See the Prophet for the unifying axis across the books.