Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

What is Shariat and is it sacred?

“What is Shariat? How did it come into being? Is it considered as sacred as the Hadith and Quran Sharif?”Asked by Dhiraj Bakshi, Delhi

He answers at 32:00 in Q&A · 2 min 2 sec

His answer, in his own words
32:00
maulana, agla sawal kya hai? aah, mister dhiraj bakshi ne Delhi se. unhone likha hai ke "What is Shariat? How did it come into being? Is it considered as sacred as the Hadith and Quran Sharif ?" yeh shariat ka woh taweez is ko Allah kehte hain, Allah. qanoon. ek hai deen, ek hai shariat. deen ka matlab hai fundamentals. principles. to fundamental principles jo hain woh deen hain. aur jo law bante hain, law. is ko kehte hain shariat.
32:41
It's not something you do with customs which have become law. haan? aisa to nahi hai ke customs which have become law . Maulana, jo customs hain woh keh rahe hain ke aah, jo customs hain woh wahi usi ko to nahi۔۔۔۔۔ ۔۔۔۔۔؟ nahi, nahi. Customs is nothing. Islam mein customs is nothing. Customs to musalmanon ne pakad rakha hai. yeh sab musalmanon ki tareeqe hain. yeh sab jitna aap dekhte hain woh sab customs hain musalmanon ka. apna banaya hua. woh shariat se koi taalluq is ka nahi hai.
33:12
to shariat to woh hai jo quran mein bhi shariat hai, hadith mein bhi shariat hai. woh la. yaani la wala part jo hai us ko shariat kahenge. aur jo part hai principles wala us ko deen kahenge. bas. aur customs, rituals to musalmanon ka apna banaya hua hai. is ka islam se koi taalluq nahi hai. jaise misaal ke taur par burqa hai. burqa koi shariat thori hai. burqa to customs hai. rasool allah ke jab tak zamaney mein auratein theen koi burqa nahi padhta tha koi. musalmanon ka customs hai yeh.
33:48
woh sahi o galat mein nahi kehta. sahi o galat ek alag cheez hai. lekin behal woh rasool allah ke zamaney mein nahi tha. baat ko as a customs yeh raaij hua. mein yeh nahi keh raha hoon ke sahi o galat woh alag cheez hai. maulana, agla sawal kya hai? maulana abdul basit omri ne doha, qatar se. unhon ne likha hai ke maulana, hamare ek saathi ne mujh se kaha ke tafakkur shairana bhi hota hai aur rabbani bhi.
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