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وَمَا زَادَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ سُنَّةٌ
Meaning: What goes beyond this is Sunnah.

The phrase belongs to the enumeration of six basic integral obligations. Hanafi jurists also recognize binding wajib acts outside this list; the line should not be read as permission to omit them.

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Description of Prayer: The Six Obligations

وَمَا زَادَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ سُنَّةٌ
Meaning: What goes beyond this is Sunnah.

The phrase belongs to the enumeration of six basic integral obligations. Hanafi jurists also recognize binding wajib acts outside this list; the line should not be read as permission to omit them.