What is the punishment for abandoning the noble Prophetic Sunnah, such as shaving the beard and trailing one's garments, and will the one who abandons it be punished, given the existence of verses and hadiths that urge obedience to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him?
acts that are not obligatory do not incur sin if left undone occasionally, but one should not habitually abandon them, as some scholars believe that whoever consistently abandons the Sunnah commits a sin. Obedience to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is obligatory in commands and prohibitions, and disobeying him has been threatened with punishment. The Sunnah of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is divided into obligatory and recommended. The obligatory is that which he commanded and no evidence diverted the command from obligatoriness. The recommended is that which he commanded in a way that indicated recommendation due to the presence of a diverting factor, or that which he did without emphasizing it with a command. Growing the beard and avoiding the lengthening of garments (isbal) are among the obligatory commands.
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