Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Meaning of hadith on ummah not uniting on error

“In a hadith it says that my ummah will not unite upon error. What does it mean? Explain.”Asked by Maulana Fayyaz Umari, Gulbarga

He answers at 10:43 in Islamic Pacifism Q&A · 2 min 59 sec

His answer, in his own words
10:43
Maulana Fayyaz Umri ne Gulbarga se sawal kiya hai. Unhone likha hai: "Maulana, Hadees mein aata hai ke meri ummat gumrahi par jama nahi ho sakti. is ka kya matlab hai? Is ke baray mein batayein." haan, dekhein, aik Hadees hai ke "la tasubbu ummati al-dhar". Is se ulta matlab nikalte hain log. Is ka matlab yeh nikalte hain bilkul galat taur par ke majority jidhar hogi udhar haq hoga. yeh Hadees mein hai hi nahi.
11:16
yeh Hadees mein hai nahi ke jidhar majority udhar haq hoga. Is ka matlab sirf yeh hai ke aisa zamana kabhi nahi aayega ke ummat ke saare afraad hi gumrah ho jayein aur koi aik bhi aadmi sachai par na rahe. yeh matlab hai is ka. Is mein istithna ka zikr hai. Umoom ka zikr nahi hai. "la tasubbu ummati al-dhar". Meri ummat mujtama nahi hogi dalalat par. Mujtama nahi hogi. Yani saare ke saare bhatak jayein, yeh nahi hoga kabhi bhi. bohat hi ajeeb o ghareeb baat hai ke jo jo bhi Arabi janta ho, achhi woh woh
11:56
woh is ko kabhi tasleem nahi karega ke is ka matlab yeh hai. Kabhi is ka matlab yeh nahi manega woh. Yani Arabi ya yeh Arabi zaban jab janta hoga, woh is ko bilkul galat batayega is ko. is Hadees ka matlab sirf yeh hai ke meri ummat ke saare log, aisa kabhi nahi hoga ke sab ke sab bhatak jayein. hamesha kuch na kuch baqi rahenge. jo sachai par honge aur jo doosron ko sachai batate rahenge. doosri hadishen bhi is ki tasdeeq karti hain. doosri hadishen is ki tasdeeq karti hain.
12:41
to bohat ajeeb o ghareeb hain woh log jo is se yeh matlab nikalte hain. yani majority jo hai sachai ki kamyab hai. yeh to democracy ka nazariya hai. democracy ka. islam ka nazariya nahi hai. yani kaisi ajeeb baat hai yeh woh log hain jo iqbal ko puchte hain jinhon ne kaha tha ke jamhooriyat ek tarz-e-siyasat hai ke jis mein bando ko gunah karte hain, tola nahi karte. wohi log yeh yeh matlab nikal rahe hain is se. behrhaal is hadis ka hargiz hargiz yeh matlab nahi hai ke majority jo hai, aksariyat jo hai, woh miyar hai haq ka. hargiz nahi. is ka matlab sirf yeh hai ke chounke quran maujood hai, chounke quran mehfooz hai, chounke sunnat sunnat-e-rasool mehfooz hai,
13:29
is bina par aisa mumkin nahi hai ke sab log ek taraf se bhatak jayen. kuch na kuch ahle ilm, kuch na kuch Allah ke bande jo hain, quran o hadis se sachai daryaft karenge aur woh qaim rahenge sachai par. yeh matlab hai is ka. mister muhammad ibrahim ne gurgaon se sawal kiya hai. unhon ne likha hai: "What are the ways by which we servants should serve God?" I request Maulana sahib to reply my question in English as I can't understand Urdu.
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