Contemporary Approaches to the Quran and Sunnah

The Quran and Sunnah are the two primary sources of Muslim faith, life, law and morality. The Quran is for Muslims the foundation of their faith and the Sunnah is the framework of their morality. Together they constitute the two sources of the law, Shariah of God, a guide to prosperity and happiness in this life and to the bliss of the hereafter. Although the Quran and Sunnah are materially and formally two independent sources, they are inextricably bound in a dynamic relationship. The rulings and precepts ahkam of the Quran constitute the law of God. They are supplemented by the precepts of the authentic Sunnah which possess authority second only to the precepts of the Quran. The Quran commands Muslims, Whatever the Messenger gives you, that you must take, and whatever he forbids you, you must desist therefrom...(59:7)