Hadith History and Principles: Nukhbat al-Fikar

"The Sunna is the first subsidiary source (masdar fa&rgrave;i) after the Qur'an among the sources of Islamic law. We describe it as a subsidiary source because it is the Qur'an that actually indicated that it is a source, and the basis of everything is the Qur'an. The Qur'an commanded us to follow the messenger of Allah: therefore we follow the messenger of Allah."

Shaykh Dr. Muhammad Sàid Ibn Mulla Ramadan al-Buti

"The meaning of the expression Binding Proof of the Sunnah is that the Sunna ...