How Do We Obey The Prophet And Should We?
Sunnah is simply a term. When the Quran says to pray the question arises how do we pray? And we realise that the Quran references many prophets praying such as zakariyya عليه السلام and Musa عليه السلام . The same way, Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم prayed and through ijma and tawattur, it reaches us. Sunnah is simply a description of this phenomenon of the prophets following the same tradition
Our source of knowledge is prophet Mohammad saw. Even Quran has come from him. You can not deny his personality or saying because he is the source of knowledge. Now about hadith, Hadiths are historical records which donot add any thing to religion we just understand how Prophet Mohammad saw has done things. Kindly read this thread for more understanding Discussion 1042 As Ahmad rightly said, alongwith Quran sunnah is another source which has been transferred through Ijma and tawatur. Read this thread for more understanding Discussion 6770