Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why Islam split into sects

“How did Islam split into four or five sects when, after the death of the Prophet of Islam, the Companions followed the path shown by the Prophet? In today's time, how can those Muslims who are远离 authentic hadith and practice innovation be stopped when they refuse to listen and say that nowadays many new hadiths are emerging that are false?”Asked by مہرین, دلی

He answers at 1:50:49 in Art of Crisis Management I 3 October, 2010 · 3 min 42 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:50:49
maulana, yeh sawal miss mehrin ne kiya hai dilli se. unhone likha hai: "islam chaar paanch firqon mein kaise bat gaya jabke prophet of islam ki wafat ke baad sahaba prophet ke bataye hue raaste par chalte aaye? aaj ke samay mein jo muslim sahih hadith se door hain aur bid'at karte hain, unhein kaise roka jaye jab woh hamare baat manne se inkar karein aur yeh jawab dein ki aaj ke time mein bahut se nayi nayi hadithien nikal rahi hain jo ki galat hain?" iske bare mein bataein. dekhein, yeh aap yeh yahan mein detail nahi bata sakta. meri ek kitaab hai, uska naam hai "tajdeed-e-deen". ismein aap iski tafseel padh lijiye. yeh chaaron jo woh bane hain, fiqhi school, iski haqeeqat kya hai? ismein aap isko pa sakte hain. iska naam hai kitaab ka "tajdeed-e-deen".
1:51:51
isko aap padhiye, ismein saari baat aapko mil jayegi. maulana, unka ek aur sawal hai, woh pooch rahi hain ki "ghair muslim ko dawat dene ka sahi tareeqa kya hai?" sahi tareeqa hai unke khair khwah ban jaiye. yeh jab maa khair khwah hoti hai apne bete ki toh kya beta koi maa jaake poochti hai mohalle mein ki "bhai, main kya karoon bete ke liye?" kya koi maa aisi dekhi hai aapne ki beta paida ho toh mohalle mein ghoome?
1:52:23
arey bhai, mera beta paida hua hai, batao main mujhe kya karna hai? maa ki mohabbat, maa ki khair khwahi apne aap mein batati hai ki use kya karna hai. toh dawat jo hai, kahan se shuru hoti hai? yaad rakhiye, khair khwahi se, mohabbat se shuru hoti hai. logon ko mohabbat hi nahi toh dawat kya denge? woh "inni lakum naasihun" quran mein aata hai ki "main tumhara khair khwah hoon". toh maa khair khwah hoti hai, isliye woh jaan leti hai ki mujhe kya karna hai apne bete ke bare mein.
1:52:57
musalman khair khwahi nahi hai doosron ke, toh kya jaane ki kya karna hai woh. toh sabse pehli jo cheez darkaar hai, woh yeh hai ki aap... main ek baar tha, wahan gaya tha bhopal toh ek naujawan ne kaha ki aap dawat ki baatein karte hain. dawat toh sab hi baat karte hain, sabhi log dawat ka kaam karte hain. toh aap dawat dawat karte hain, taaza taaza. maine kaha aapne dawat ko samjha nahi.
1:53:32
dawat ko aap samajhte hain ki jaise saari taqreerein hoti hain, aise hi kuch aur taqreerein kar do toh dawat ho gayi. toh main us waqt mere dimaag se nikla tha ki
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