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The Prophet himself made it clear in so many words that he was following the direct method of instituting and perpetuating practice by personal example rather than by enunciation of statutory provisions of law .
also the significant admonition of 'Umar (al-Sha ti bi, I, 53) :- (View the image of this page) To turn to the transmissior, of the Snnnah, let us remember the difference between Sunnah (practice) and its documentation, the hadith, Practice is best transmitted through practice.
Lastly, it is this particular kind of liaditk which can safely be dispensed with in view of the fact that all that concerns the belief and the dogma is exhausted in the (View the image of this page) In any case, one who tries to hold by the Hook alone is bound to lose both the Sunnah and the Book.
In this way, it is most important to note, there was no gap between Sunnah or actual practice on the one hand and the traditions known to be in circulation on a point of law on the other.
{31) Cf. al-Shatibl : al-T'tisam I, 62 :- = and judgments based on deduction were immediately passed into the practice of the community, while the documentation of them followed the same lines as the traditions of the Prophet.
Shafi'I's insistence on the express authority of the Prophet in each case signifiesonly an extreme reaction to_ the intrusion of lay administrators in the development of the Sunnah, (To be continued) (View the image of this page)