What is the Judgment for a Sunnah?

There are many rewards for fulfilling sunnah al-muakkada acts. There is no punishment for abandoning them deliberately but a great loss like being deprived from the intercession of the Prophet is in question. Such people deserve being blamed by the Messenger of Allah. It is bid’ah and deviation to change or deny those sunnahs. 

It is nice and earns a person reward to do sunnah ghayr muakkada. Daily natural acts and deeds like eating, drinking, dressing, etc become worshipping through obeying the Sunnah. The deeds that are done customarily become animated and means for intercession. They grant good feelings to the human spirit. Following even a smallest manner of the Sunnah reminds one the Messenger of Allah and gives light and peace to the heart. 

There is no sin, blaming or reprimand for abandoning sunnah ghayr muakkada. However, one may lose the great rewards we mentioned above.   

A person who abandons the Sunnah is regarded to have abandoned real good manners, which leads to deprivation from the blessings of the Lord.

Hadiths regarding the issue:

“A person who revives my sunnah loves me. A person who loves me will be together with me in Paradise.” (Kanzul Ummal, 1/184)

“The most beautiful statement is the Book of Allah (the Quran). The best way is the way of Muhammad (pbuh).” (Muslim Juma: 13, Nasai Juma: 24)

“I left you two things. If you stick to them, you will never be misled or deviated:

1 – The Book of Allah,  

2 – The Sunnah of the Prophet...” (see Tirmidhzi, Manaqib, 31; Ibn Hanbal, 3/14, 17)