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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Ahlul-bait (a.s.) in the Qur'an and the Prophet's Traditions (sunnah) The Prophetic Traditions (sunnah) in the School of the Ahlul-bait It is narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) said: "May Allah prosper the person who heard my saying, memorized it, comprehended it and retold it (to others) as he had heard it, since a carrier of knowledge may not be a scholar and perhaps one may transport knowledge to a more learned one."(38) The Prophetic tradition means the specific actions, sayings and the declarations (confirmations)* of the (s.a.w.).

Allah, the Almighty ordered us to follow the Prophet (s.a.w.) and practise his traditions (sunnah) by saying: " ...whatever the Apostle gives you accept it, and whatever he forbids you abstain (from it)." Holy Qur'an (59:7) "Certainly you have in the Apostle of Allah an excellent examplar for him who hopes in Allah and the Last Day..." Holy Qur'an (33:21) "...and If you have a dispute concerning any matter refer it to Allah and the Apostle." Holy Qur'an (4:59) *- Taqrir in Arabic means "confirmation".

it is a declaration, approval and signature and means that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.), himself had a witness for the actions practised by the Muslims but, did not forbid them. These divine instructions were strictly adhered to by the Ahlul-Bait and those who followed their radiant path and advocated sincere adherence to the Book of Allah and the Prophetic sunnah in interpretation, narration, jurisprudence, legislation and ideology and other Islamic knowledge and sciences.

Thus, the Prophetic sunnah is the second source among the sources of thought and legislation on which the Muslims depended for judgement, laws and values. Most of the Shari'ah laws, and their concepts were not clearly detailed in the Book of Allah like the laws concerning the paying of poor-rate (zakat), prayer, wealth, holy struggle (jihad), family, and international relations and others.

Therefore, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) started explaining them and clarifying their rules to the Muslims through his sayings and actions. He (s.a.ws) told the Imams of Ahlul-Bait (a.s.) to return to the Qur'an and the Prophetic traditions as two main sources for explaining Islamic laws and rules and to refuse analogy, opinion, approval and other sources upon which some jurists of Islamic sects depended in their inductions and inferences.