Ghamidi's False Principle that Redefines the Sunnah

 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

والصلاة والسلام على رسوله الامين

One of the antichrists of our time, Javed Ghamidi, says: “The Sunnah entirely relates to practical affairs of life. Belief, ideology, history, occasions of revelation and other similar things do not fall in its sphere. Consequently, the word Sunnah cannot be applied to things such as faith, and nothing which relates to theoretical knowledge can be regarded as Sunnah. Its ambit is practical things and everything that does not fall in this ambit cannot be called Sunnah.” (Islam: A Comprehensive Introduction, p.62)

The Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم repudiated this heresy when he said:

أَلاَ إِنِّي أُوتِيتُ الْكِتَابَ وَمِثْلَهُ مَعَهُ

Beware! I have been given the Scripture [Quran] and its Similitude along with it

(Sunan Abi Dawud; Kitab as-Sunnah, Hadith #4604)

Just as the holy Quran contains teachings pertaining to faith, belief, ideology and “theoretical knowledge” likewise that which the Prophet declared the similitude of the Quran, namely the Sunnah, must necessarily contain teachings pertaining to faith, belief and ideology. For Ghamidi to restrict the Sunnah to “practical things” is to deny a large portion of the Sunnah. His novel definition of the Sunnah opposes that of the Sahabah, the Salaf and the Ahl us-Sunnati wal-Jama’ah. Who is Ghamidi’s precedent in defining the Sunnah in the way he has, and specifically, who is his precedent in expelling the matters of faith, belief and ideology from the ambit of the Sunnah?

Since he in fact has no precedent in making this very consequential determination it is safe to conclude that Ghamidi has introduced a new, astray sect into the Ummah and has departed from the Saved Sect of Ahl us-Sunnati wal-Jama’ah. He has opposed our fundamental principles in understanding and approaching the Religion of Islam.

A practical example in how Ghamidi has deviated due to his false principle is his rejection of the prophecy concerning the second advent of the Messiah على نبينا وعليه السلام

Ghamidi says: “As far as the narratives which record the advent of Jesus (sws) are concerned, though the muhaddithun have generally accepted them; however, if they are analyzed in the light of the Qur’an, they too become dubious.” (Islam: A Comprehensive Introduction, p.174)