Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to know if thinking is correct

“Even when thinking, there will be correct thinking; how can one know if one's thinking is correct?”Asked by Aminuddin Qazi, Delhi

He answers at 1:12:39 in From The Spiritual Tree · 12 min 19 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:12:39
"som ramzan". yeh mil gayi aap koi good word mein. maulana, agla sawal kya hai mr ameenuddin qazi ne delhi se. unhone poocha hai ke "sochne par bhi sahi soch hogi, use kaise maloom kiya jaye?" kyunke sochne ka power iq ki wajah se alag alag hota hai. pehla sawal power alag hota hai. yeh to mein samajhta hoon, yaani kya matlab alag power ka hona kya matlab hai? maulana, kyunke har ek ka, kyunke iq alag alag hai, to agar har insan soch raha hai, hona kya matlab? kahan kis science se pata hai ke alag alag hai? humm, yeh to mein ne kaun si science sabit karti hai ke alag alag hai? jaise aap ne har har cheez mein, kya woh allah ne jo banayi cheezein hain, us mein aap ne mushahida jo aap jo karte hain, hamare jaise normal aadmi aisa sochne par bhi nahi kar paate hain.
1:13:35
to yeh iq alag alag mushahida dekhein, alag ki baat nahi hai, level ki baat hai. yeh nahi ke yeh alag alag humm iq ke level different hota hai, alag alag nahi hota hai. humm, alag alag ka word sahi nahi hota. level maulana shayad sahi level hai ke matlab is tarah se matlab ah itminan nahi hota ya yaqeen nahi hota ke hum jo soch rahe hain woh sahi hai. humm, kya dekhein,
1:14:07
mein arz karunga is se pehle bhi keh chuka hoon mein ke do, yaani do options hain. log aksar third option lete hain, is liye galtiyan phanse rehte hain confusion mein. third option kabhi nahi lena chahiye. do option kya hain? ek hai taqleed ka option, ek hai ijtihad ka option, yaani mujtahidana ilm aur muqallidana ilm. yahi do option hain.
1:14:39
dekhiye, third option nahi hai. taqleed kya hai? taqleed bohat hi positive word hai, koi negative word nahi hai. woh ek aam aadmi jo job karta hai, business kar raha hai, bachchon mein rehta hai, woh to time bohat kam rehta hai us ke paas. to use kya karna chahiye? kisi aalim ka muqallid ban jaye. woh jis aalim par us ko bharosa ho, jo aalim bataye, us ke mutabiq kare, ya jo quran ka hadith ka tarjuma us ke apni zuban mein maujood hota hai, us ko parhe.
1:15:16
saada taur par jo maloom ho, us ko kare. yeh ek tareeqa hai ke jis ke paas time kam hai, jis ke paas jo zyada mein is mein study mein nahi apne aap ko daal sakta hai, to woh aisa kare, muqallid ban jaye. woh doosri cheez kya hai? aadmi chahta hai ke mujtahidana ilm us ko ho, to us ko phir time dena padega. time deny ka mani hai ke aap ko 20 saal, 30 saal, 50 saal mutala karna paray ga,
1:15:51
tab ja kar ke woh batain khulain gi. log kya kartay hain? log yani time detay nahin hain aur chahtay hain ke mujtahidana ilm unhain hasil ho jaye. that is third option. woh woh kabhi woh feasible nahin hai. woh sahi, mein sab se kehta hoon ke dekho, aap ke liye third option mumkin nahin hai. ya to aap muqallid ban jai ye, chup chap se koi jo aadmi kar raha hai, us ko us ko us par amal ki jiye bas, aur koi idhar udhar ke sawal mat kijiye. agar aap ko muqallid nahin banna hai to phir study kijiye, aap arabi zaban parhiye,
1:16:29
aap quran o hadith ko, sari tafseeron ko, hadithon ko, sari kitabon ko parhiye, aur 40 saal tak parhtay rahiye, parhtay rahiye, parhtay rahiye. aik aik qissa mujhe yaad aya, angrezon ke zamanay mein aik nawab sahib wahan gaye, oxford gaye. to oxford jo hai, university hai, wahan bohat bari purani. to is ke lawn kaha jata hai ke bohat achay lawn hain, is ke oxford ke lawn bohat achay hain. to nawab sahib wahan gaye to unhon ne lawn dekha, bara acha laga un ko, bohat umda lawn.
1:17:10
to unhon ne kaha ke is ke mali ko bulaya, woh jo head tha mali ka wahan, aur kaha ke hum apni kothi mein aisi lawn chahtay hain india mein. to mali ne kaha, "sir, bara bohat asan hai." to unhon ne kaha, "kese?" kaha ke "aap ke pas zameen to hogi, zameen ko level kijiye, level kar ke is mein khad daliye, khad dal ke is mein pani daliye, pani dal ke is mein ghas lagaiye, phir us ko barabar kaatate rahiye, kaatate rahiye, kaatate rahiye, aur phir bar bar barabar ghas aur pani aur yeh sab detay rahiye, aur 500 saal tak aisay karte rahiye. aap phir aisi lawn aap ki kothi mein ho jaye ga. matlab yeh jo oxford university hai, 500 saal mein bani hai, yeh is ka is ka jo lawn hai, woh aisa nahin ke 2 din mein tayyar ho gaya.
1:18:02
woh 500 saal tak is ki dekh rahe, koi usay kaata gaya, tarasha gaya, to itnay shandar lawn hain wahan par. to yeh mamla yahan bhi hai, ya to aadmi gehra mutala kare, usay time de. mein ne gehra mutala kiya to mein, yani, yani bachon ko bhi chhod chhodna para. mujhe log kehtay hain ke yeh to pagal hain, bachon ka kya hoga? baqayda mere rishtaydar yeh kehtay thay ke in ke bachon ka kya hoga?
1:18:35
aik martaba mein adam, mujhe ab tak yaad hai woh manzar ke mein kahin gaya hua tha, to jab wapas aya to hamari biwi theen, bachay hamare ho chukay thay us waqt. to unhon ne kaha, "hum in ki aik saheli hua karti theen, ab saheli ka bhi intiqal ho gaya." to unhon ne kaha ke woh keh rahi theen ke "bhai, tumhare jo aadmi hain, matlab mein jo shohar tumhare hain, un ka kharcha un ke bhai uthatay hain, tumhara kya hoga un ke baad? tumhare bachay kon paale ga? kya kese chalay ga kaam tumhara?" to mein, mujhe yaad hai ab tak, mein khara tha aur un ko suna.
1:19:12
un ke baad kharay kharay mein ne jawab diya ke "un se keh do ke yeh kashti apne tamam sawaron samait bas Allah ke hawale hai." to mein ne, mein ne woh option liya, ijtihad wala option. mein keh sakta hoon ke mera, mera yeh poora mission ijtihad pe chal raha hai, taqleed par nahin chal raha hai. yeh to mein ne is ki price di hai ke mein yeh kehta hoon ke mera mission ijtihad par chal raha hai. to mein ne us ko price di hai, sari zindagi parha hai, parha hai, parha hai, parha hai, parha hai. ab log price dilana chahtay hain aur chahtay hain ke mujtahid ban jayen, tere din pass huay.
1:19:50
to mein arz karunga ke logon ko chahiye ke aap to muqallid banen, aur muqallid banne par raazi nahi hain to phir phir ijtihad ki prize dein is ki. prize mein ne is tarah padhaya hai ke ek zamane mein mein dar-ul-uloom padhta tha to marks ne is tarah padha tha. marks ne mujhe ek hi aadmi maloom hai, mere tareeqe se. marks jo hai, berlin ki university mein subah ko jata tha, jab darwaze khulte the is ke, matlab library ke. is ke baad jab band hota tha, tab wo nikalta tha. wahan
1:20:23
aise hi mani kya hai ke dar-ul-uloom rafeen ka jab darwaza khulta tha library ka to wo pehla shakhs hota tha, hamara dakhil hone wala. jab band ho raha tha, hota tha to mein aakhri shakhs hota tha, nikalne wala. to mein yeh keh sakta hoon ke mera mission ijtihad par khada hua hai, lekin jo aadmi yeh sab nahi kare to muqallid banna padega. isko wo ijtihad mein nahi ja sakte, ho sakta hai wo third option nahi le sakte. aap is duniya mein third option possible hai. doosra sawal lete hain. maulana, yeh poocha hai maulana zikwan nadvi ne dilli se, unhon ne likha hai ke "what is the importance of reading seerah of the prophet of islam and his companions life for a da'i?
1:21:08
which books you will recommend in this regard?" dekhen, islam mein aisa hai ke ek hai, yani ek hai is ki theory, ek hai is ki practice. to agar aap ko yeh janna ho ke islam ki ideology kya hai, islam ke nazariyat kya hain, islam ke basic principles kya hain, to aap quran ko padhen. jitne bhi basic principles hain, wo poore ke poore islam quran mein mil jayenge aap ko. lekin jab sawal aata hai ke kaise practice kiya jaye, to rasool allah ne farmaya tha ke "sallu kama ra'aytani salli".
1:21:59
namaz padho is tarah jis tarah se mein namaz padhta hoon, mujh ko dekh kar ke. to yeh mani ke islam mein rasool allah model hain, yani quran jo hai, wo islam ki ideology batata hai, rasool allah model hain. rasool allah ko dekh kar ke hum jante hain, jaan paate hain ke islam par kaise chala jaye. aur isi tareeqe se sahaba model hain, kyunke sahaba ne direct taur par rasool allah seekha, direct taur par. to asal model to rasool allah hue, asal model hai, lekin tawan, tawan matlab te se tawan, sahaba model hain.
1:22:41
is ke baad koi model nahi, is ke baad koi model nahi hai. asal model rasool allah hue, aur aur un ke, yani un ke direct taur par un se tarbiyat lene ki bina par sahaba model hue. yeh to usooli baat hui. ab mein yeh kahunga ke jis ko in baaton ko janna hai, to pehle to wo quran ko padhe, arabi nahi janta to tarjuma padhe. to seerah par jo kitaben hain, seerah par hazaron kitaben likhi gayi hain, hazaron kitaben likhi gayi hain. lekin agar kisi ek kitab ko mein recommend karun to mein kahunga ke wo seerah ibn kathir. seerah ibn kathir jo hai, urdu mein bhi hai aur is ke tarjume bhi chhap chuke hain mukhtalif zubanon mein. to ek kitab agar mauqa hai aadmi ko padhne ka sirf to seerah ibn kathir padhen.
1:23:37
wo jo mere paas wo arabi mein hai, ghaliban char juldon mein hai. wo to aslan wo al-bidaya wa al-nihaya jo un ki bahut badi kitab hai, us ka hissa hai. wo yani ibn kathir bahut bade aalim the, unhon ne islam ki tareekh likhi hai. is tareekh ka ek hissa wo hai jo rasool allah se mutalliq hai, us ko alag kar ke chhap diya gaya hai, isi ka naam hai seerah ibn kathir. sahaba ke bare mein jahan tak hai, bahut sari kitaben likhi gayi hain, bahut sari kitaben, lekin mere khayal se best kitab jo hai, wo maulana yusuf sahib ki hai, jis ka naam hai hayat al-sahaba. yeh kitab bhi dekhen, arabi mein bhi hai, is ke tarjume bhi chhap chuke hain. to mein yeh kahunga ke jis ko ke mauqa ho to poori library padh sakta hai wo, lekin jis ko mauqa na ho to itna padhe wo
1:24:32
, yani quran ko padhe aur seerah ibn kathir ko padhe. hadithon ke liye wo mishkat ko padhe, mishkat al-masabih ko padhe, wo bhi tarjume maujood hain is ke. aur phir sahaba ke liye woh hayat us sahaba ko parhe, phir us ko islam ki poori tasweer samne aa jaye gi, poori tasweer is ke samne aa jaye gi, nazri bhi, amli bhi. maulana, agla sawal kiya hai? miss aisha ne dilli se
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