Adonis's Attitude Towards the Prophet's Sunnah (Traditions) in His book: The Static and the Dynamic

Abstract

This research deals with Adonis’s attitude towards Sunnah in his book “The Static and the Dynamic”. He considered Sunnah as a concept derived from understanding Quran, imitating Allah’s work, and the prophet Mohammad PBUH as an imitator of the Quran methodology in dealing with reality. Because Mohammad PBUH is influenced by the environment where he was grown up and the nation is commanded to follow him in understanding this methodology, not in understanding Quranic texts. Adonis added that we are ordered to imitate the Prophet (PBUH) to understand the Qur’an according to the modern conditions we are living in. So, linguistic disciplines, fundamental rules, and the rules of interpretation are all considered as obstacles to understanding the Qur’an in accordance with modern reality. They are only meant to support modernists like Adonis who is considered one of the thinkers of the modern age. This research criticizes his attitude towards the prophetic Sunnah and his impression about the prophet (BPBU), as well as his misunderstanding of Al-Taba’yah (dependence), because Qur’anic verses are replete with confirmation of the referential value of the Al-Sunnah and it is a major source of Islamic Legislation since it is a revelation from Allah.