Sunnah Vs Historical Record (Hadith)
Historical records are of two kinds: first one comes from ijma known as established history and the second one comes from akhbar-i-ahad in the form of historical narrations. The former becomes an independent source of knowledge while the latter does not. Sunnah belongs to the former category which can also be traced back to Prophet Muhammad (sws) and Sahaba (rta) through Ijma of Muslim’s knowledge in every century and perpetual practice of Muslims supplement that Ijma. Fiqh books of every generation are incorporation of that Ijma and tawatur just the way a dictionary incorporates ijma and tawatur of any language. Other historical narrations or ahadith can be used to supplement that ijma and tawatur but they cannot substitute that ijma and tawatur. Our classical jurists make this distinction very clearly. Please see : Discussion 69585 Discussion 73943 Discussion 74026 • Reply 74172
Thanks and appreciate the prompt replies ..Ahsan bhai and Umer bhai. I will go through the discussions which u have mentioned.