Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why unsatisfied with Hadith Jibril belief?

“A person asked: 'What is your belief?' I said my belief is the same as in Hadith Jibril. But he was not satisfied. Maulana, why is that?”Asked by Maulana Iqbal Umari, Chennai

He answers at 1:39:44 in Hadith-e-Jibril · 1 min 24 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:39:44
maulana, agla sawal chennai se hai maulana iqbal umri ka. unhon ne likha hai maulana aik sahib ne sawal kiya ke aap ka aqeedah kya hai? mein ne kaha ke mera aqeedah wohi hai jo hadith jibril mein hai. lekin un ko itminan nahin hua. maulana, aisa kyun hai? is liye ke logon ne apne aqeedah ko ke muamle mein aik inhiraaf se kaam liya. yani baad ke zamane mein jo log paida hue, jo fuqaha ya un ke jo jin ko akabir samajhte hain, woh sab baad ko paida hue.
1:40:26
hadith jibril to rasool Allah ke zamane ki bhi hadith hai na? to hazrat rasool Allah ke haan jo cheezein milte hain, us mein un aqeedah nahin banaya unhon ne. balke mutakallimeen aur fuqaha ke zariye jo bahasein ki hain logon ne, woh is ko aqeedah bana liya hai. mein to yahi samajhta hoon. ab jab aadmi bolta hai aqeedah to us ko matlab hota hai ke un ke fuqaha, un ke mutakallimeen, un ke akabir ne jo bahasein ki hain, woh is se aqeedah akhaz kar rakha hai unhon ne. lekin yeh bilkul galat baat hai. aap ka aqeedah hona chahiye jo rasool Allah se mila hai, aap ko us se us par hona chahiye aqeedah. wohi aqeedah hai. aur sab inhiraaf hai. maulana, agla sawal bhi chennai se hai maulana israr umri ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke hadith ki tashreeh mein asri usloob kya hai?
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