THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum As-Sabt. 7th day of Jumaadal Aakhir 1444AH (Saturday 31st December. 2022). *_WILL I BE PUNISHED FOR NEGLECTING SUNNAH ACT?_*. BismilLah.
The word Sunnah has two meanings:
the path of guidance, which is the meaning in many ahaadeeth, such as the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon him): Whoever turns away from my Sunnah has nothing to do with me. Meaning if you intentionally choose to abandon sunnah acts of worship, you will be sinful and may end up been deviated to kufur by worldly satanic influences.
What the scholars of usool and fiqh call mustahabb (encouraged), are deeds for which the one who does them will be rewarded, but the one who does not do them will not deserve to be punished for that. Examples include al-Sunan al-Rawaatib (Sunnah prayers which the Prophet (peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon him) did regularly), Salaat al-Duhaa and so on.
Therefore, a person will not be punished for not doing things which are Sunnah in the second sense. With regard to the first definition, this is not the case, for these are divided into things which are obligatory (waajib) and things which are supererogatory (naafil).
Sunnat al-Fajr and al-Witr are Sunnah Muakkadah, prayer which the Prophet (peace and blessings of ALLAH be upon him) never omitted to do, whether he was travelling or not and encouraged us to do. Neglecting these waajib acts even though they are not fard is sinful. But if you are unable to do any sunnah act due to forgetfulness or for any good reason you are not sinful. ALLAH knows best. *_May ALLAH keeps guiding us all and protect us from any satanic influences_*. Aameen.
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