Meaning and Identification of Sunnah

maulana, agla sawal bheja hai danish fazal sahib ne lucknow se aur unhon ne likha hai: "you mentioned about one hadith of prophet muhammad saying that i am leaving two things for you: quran and sunnah." maulana, in this hadith what is meant by sunnah ? how can one identify sunnah of the prophet? some says using miswak is sunnah, putting perfume or surma in eyes etc is also sunnah. please elaborate what is sunnah? dekhein, sunnah ka lafzi matlab hai tareeqa, yani rasool Allah ka tareeqa. to koi bhi cheez jo rasool Allah sabit ho jaye, woh sunnah kahi jayegi. lekin lekin shah Allah sahib ne likha hai ke sunnah ke do qismein hain:

sunnat aadiyah, sunnat saabitah. to surmah lagana ya miswak karna, yeh sunnat arab hai. yeh yeh isi liye rasool Allah bhi bhejey gaye thay ke surmah log lagayein, khizab lagayein log. to agar aap ne khizab lagaya ho ya aap ne itar lagaya ho waghera jo cheezein hain, to woh sunnat hongi lekin sunnat aadiyah hongi. yani aadatan arab ke mein chounke aap jab paida hue to arab ke aadat ke mutabiq aap yeh aisa karne lage. lekin sunnat saabitah jo hai, woh hai jo jis ke liye rasool Allah bhejey gaye aur woh is quran se maloom hogi.

to sunnat rasool Allah ki kya thi? usooli tor par is ka maqsad quran hai. misaal tor par rasool Allah Allah ta'ala ne farmaya ke: "ya ayyuhal rasool, balagh ilaik rabbuk." yeh sunnat hai, sunnat dawat. sunnat dawat jin logon ko jin cheezon ko log sunnat kehte hain, woh aam tor par is ke liye kitaabein likhi gayi hain. shama'il, shama'il is mein bhi baatein hoti hain. to shama'il alag cheez hai, sunnat alag cheez hai. Maulana, agla sawal Atef Rafiq sahib ne bheja hai USA se. Unhone aap se poocha hai: "That what does it mean to separate history in the understanding of the Quran?