question #1 Sahih Muslim 1244b, Book 15, Hadith 227 : What is the significance of following the Sunnah of the Prophet in religious practices, even if it is not widely accepted?

It was said to Ibn ‘Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) that this affair had engaged the attention of the people that he who circumambu- lates the House was permitted to circumambulate for Umra (even though he was in a state of Ihram for Hajj), whereupon he said: That is the Sunnah of your Apostle (ﷺ), even though you may not approve of it.