Rafa Yadein
But ahadith are not an independent source of religion so why should we use them to prove this?
Why are we categorising it as optional at all? Why are we even using reports from individuals for any sharia related matter at all? Why should we even look towards these collections on how to pray? All we can see is that some people are saying it’s fard based on ahadeeth. Some are saying it’s optional based on other ahadeeth. But my question is why are we even looking at ahadeeth? If the ijma and tawattur has transmitted something so clearly what is the need?
Ahadeeh cannot be ignored – they’re our only source to know the seerah and uswa of prophet SAW. The only point to understand is that a hadith does not add anything to the content of religion as an independent source. If prophet SAW performed some additional ibadah, that’s great to know. If we want, we can perform those as well as nawafil.
No I’m pretty sure it means 100% of the people. But the people who don’t do it are going against the ijma and tawattur based on a bidah
I think the more sound approach is that all rafa yadain are sunnat and not fard.