Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

What is your opinion on Hadith-Sunnah distinction?

“Some people differentiate between Hadith and Sunnah and are firmly committed to their position. What is your opinion about this?”Asked by Abdul Latif, Karachi, Pakistan

He answers at 1:03:45 in Present Day Muslims · 2 min 32 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:03:45
maulana, agla sawal karachi pakistan se hai abdul latif sahab ka. unhone likha hai: "kuch log hadith aur sunnat mein farq karte hain aur is mamle mein woh apne moaqqaf par sakhti se qaim hain. maulana sahab, is bare mein aap ki kya rai hai?" yeh ek technical farq hai, yaani yeh koi real farq nahi hai. is mein is ko behas ki baat hi nahi. koi farq hai to karta rahe. hadith aur sunnat mein jo farq hai, woh technical farq hai, fanni farq hai. haqeeqat ke aitbar se koi farq nahi hai. is tarah ki behason mein jo uljhe hue hain, unhe chhod diya, rehne diya unhe behason mein.
1:04:31
aap unhe sahi kijiye, na galat kijiye. yeh sab baatein jo hain, wohi hain jo quran o hadith mein aaya hai ke nahina ankathir sawalan wa ankathirathil qeel wal qal. Allah taala ne mana kiya tha ke is tarah ki behasein mat karo. lekin kar rahe hain to karne dijiye unhe. aap to apna jo misbat kaam hai, woh karte rahiye. jo usooli taleem hai islam ki, woh phailate rahiye. dheere dheere sab theek ho jayega.
1:05:02
Maulana, agla ek comment aaya hai Ammar sahab ka Saharanpur se. Unhone likha hai "Since so-called Muslims live in hate and materialism among themselves, I have found that there is no evidence of Jews killing one another like we see in the case of Muslims in present case in Pakistan." . dekhiye, hadith mein aata hai ke tumhara bigad yahoodiyon se hi zyada badh jayega. wohi hai yeh. yahoodi doosron ko to marte hain, aapas mein bahut kam aisa hota hai ke koi aapas mein mare. to hadith mein aaya hai tum se hi badh jayega aage. to wohi haal ho raha hai.
1:05:51
is mein koi taajjub ki baat to nahi hai ke hadith ki peshangoi ke mutabiq. beh'r'haal, is ka jo hal hai, woh yeh hai ke woh jo musalmanon ki saiki ban gayi hai ke apne liye Pride, doosre ke liye Hate, is ko khatam karein hum. jab tak yeh khatam nahi hoga, tab tak koi Reform nahi aa sakta hai. Maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Muhammad Saleem Mir sahib ka. unhon ne apni Location nahi likhi hai.
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