Hadith History and Principles
Haddad, Shaykh Gibril Fouad / al-`Asqalani, Ibn Hajar![Hadith History and Principles](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/458/45884815/CHSBZCOP0345884815.jpg)
The Sunna is the first subsidiary source (masdar far`i) after the Qur'an among the sources of Islamic law. We describe it as a subsidiary source because it is the Qur'an that actually indicated that it is a source, and the basis of everything is the Qur'an. The Qur'an commanded us to follow the messenger of Allah: therefore we follow the messenger of Allah."
~Shaykh Dr. Muhammad Sa`id Ibn Mulla Ramadan al-Buti
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