Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Is the door of ijtihad closed?

“It is said that the possibility of error in ijtihad is high, so the door of ijtihad was closed. Is this understanding correct?”Asked by اقبال احمد عمری, تمل ناڈو

He answers at 25:05 in Q&A · 1 min 49 sec

His answer, in his own words
25:05
Maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Tamil Nadu se Maulana Iqbal Ahmed Umri ka. unhon ne likha hai. kaha jata hai ke ijtihad mein ghalti ka imkan zyada hota hai. isi liye ijtihad ka darwaza band kar diya gaya hai. kya aisa samajhna sahi hai? har giz sahi nahi hai. kaun hai jo hadith mein di hui ayat ko mansookh kare? mujhe yeh bataiye. kis ko Allah taala ne yeh license diya hai? Bukhari ki riwayat mein jab yeh hai ke mujtahid
25:41
koi shart nahi lagai gayi. aur sirf yeh bataye ga ke agar tum ijtihad karo aur ghalti ho jaye to aadha sawab mile ga. sahih rahega to double sawab milega. to kis ko ye Allah taala ne ikhtiyar diya hai ke wo mansookh kare ijtihad ko? ghalti ke imkan ke bawajood ijtihad karte rehna hai. albatta aadmi ke andar israr nahi hona chahiye. agar mujh se ghalti ho gayi hai to main main muhasba karun. apni apni ghaltiyon ko janne ki koshish karun. Discussion karun. aur apna correction karun. to koi bhi shakhs haq nahi rakhta ke ijtihad darwaza band kare.
26:22
jab Rasool Allah ne farma diya hai ke ghalti karoge tab bhi sawab milega. to kis ko haq hai ke wo band kare darwaza? sirf ye aap ko haq hai ke agar aap dekhte hain ke koi shakhs ghalti kar raha hai to us ko bas baat us ko baat kijiye. is se guftagu kijiye. bas bajaye is ke ke ijtihad darwaza aap band karen. aap ye kar sakte hain ke us ki ghalti ko durust karen. guftagu sunid ke zariye se. is se zyada kisi ko koi haq nahi koi.
26:54
Maulana, isi se related ek aur sawal kiya gaya hai Miss Naghma Siddiqui ne Delhi se. unhon ne likha hai. "On what basis was the door to ijtihad closed by the ulema?
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