Significance of honorifics for prophets and companions
“Many people object to your writings that you do not use 'alayhis salam' or 'radiyallahu anhu' for prophets and companions. My question is: What is their religious significance or not?”Asked by یونس الدین, بدر، کرناٹکا
He answers at 9:23 in Question & Answer Jan 6th 2013 - Maulana Wahiduddin Kahn · 3 min 16 sec
9:23Maulana, agla sawal Badr, Karnataka se hai, Yunusuddin sahib ka. Unhone likha hai: "Maulana, aksar log aap ki tehreer par yeh aitraaz karte hain ke aap anbiya aur sahaba par alaihi assalam ya radiallahu anhu nahi lagate." Maulana, mera sawal yeh hai ke un ki deeni aitbaar se kya ahmiyat hai ya nahi hai?" Kuch bhi nahi hai. Aap sahaba ki jo kitabein hain us ko padhiye. Yeh sab jhoote aitrazaat hain, jhoote.
10:01Jhoote se kam belafz nahi hai. Sahaba ke bare mein bahut si kitabein maujood hain, un ko padhiye. Aap is qism ka aaj kal masnooi culture bana hua hai, aaj kal masnooi culture. Banawati culture. Aage peeche lagayenge ilqaab. Woh aisa nahi kehte the. Misalan mein aap ko ek waqia bataoon. Rasool Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam ki wafat hui. Yaani poora mission poora kar ke aap ki wafat hui, aap ki Madina mein. Toh us waqt wahan par kai log aise the jin ko ke bahut pareshani hui ke Rasool Allah nahi rahe duniya mein, ab kya hoga? Bahut pareshan the.
10:43Toh jo sab se zyada senior, most aadmi the woh the Abu Bakr Siddiq. Woh aaye. Woh us waqt Madine se bahar the. Jab khabar suni toh aaye. Toh Rasool Allah ki jo, yaani, jism tha, jo body tha aap ka, us par chadar logon ne phaila diya tha. Toh unhone chadar uthai, aap ke chehre ko dekha aur kaha: "Man kan ya Muhammad fa inna Muhammad qad mat wa man kan ya abda Muhammad fa inna Allah hayyun la yamoot". Yeh nahi ke Muhammad ke saath aage peeche bahut se lafz lagaye woh. Bas saada tor par kaha unhone: "Man kan ya abda Muhammad fa inna Muhammad qad mat".
11:32wahan aate the log, ya muhammad, yeh sab bolte the. dekhiye, islam jo hai nature par base karta hai. yeh banawati culture jo bataiye, zawal ke daur, yeh yeh musalman is zamane mein zawal ke daur mein hain, zawal. girawat ke daur mein. tab yeh sab banawati baatein bahut badh gayi hain. jab ummat zinda thi tab yeh sab culture hi chalta tha, banawati culture. to mein yeh kahunga ke aaj kal ki jo zawal yafta log hain un ko le kar mat rai qaim kijie. aap sahaba ko le kar rai qaim kijie. sahaba ki zuban kya hoti thi? aap sahaba ke bare mein kitabein padhiye, is mein aap khud hi jawab pa lenge ke wahan yeh sab banawati zuban chalti nahi thi wahan par. to mein to sahaba ke ke ko model samajhta hoon, aaj kal logon ko model nahi samajhta mein.
12:29aaj kal ke log kya karte hain woh mere model nahi hain mere liye. sahaba mere model hain. to aap pehle sahaba wali kitabein padhiye, phir yeh sawal kijie. maulana, agla sawal tamil nadu se hai, maulana iqbal umri ka. maulana, unhone talk sunne ke baad ek high thinking ki apne understanding ke hisab se ek definition di hai.