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Society & Dawah · Q&A

Bringing Back Ijtihad in Islam

“What can we do to bring back ijtihad in Islam?”Asked by Miss Sati Maltra, Delhi

He answers at 1:06:32 in The Importance of Ijtihad · 2 min 36 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:06:32
Maulana, agla sawal kya hai? Ms. Sati Mitra ne Delhi se, unhone poocha hai ke What can we do to bring back Ijtihad in Islam? yeh to bahut hi mushkil kaam hai, kyunke sab se bada masla hai is ka is conditioning ko todna, is obsession ko khatam karna. kyunke hazaar saala conditioning hai, yeh hazaar saala conditioning hai. hazaar saal se yeh sikhaya gaya hai logon ko ke ijtihad-e-mutlaq ab mumkin nahi hai. ab to yeh ke sirf yaani muqayyad ijtihad jaiz hai.
1:07:19
to jo woh keh gaye hain, woh woh jo hamare fuqaha the, jo mujtahid-e-mutlaq ka darja un ko diya gaya hai, jin ko unhi ka koi juz'iya talash karo, koi unhi ki koi precedence, koi nazeer talash karo, aur phir us ko le kar hi koi baat kaho. ab jaise ke yeh moza hai, yeh jo mill mein banta hai, to us ko aap jaiz kehne ke liye aap ko yeh kehna padega ke jo chamre ke moze bante the, chunke woh jaiz the, is liye yeh bhi jaiz hai. matlab is ke hawale se is ke jawaz ko aap talash karenge, aur jahan koi hawala na ho to woh hai ijtihad-e-mutlaq. bila hawala sochna, yeh democracy pehle kabhi nahi thi, freedom of expression, freedom of expression kabhi pehle tha nahi, secularism pehle kabhi tha nahi. ek cheez jo nayi thi, us ke bare mein ijtihad karne ke liye wahan se kahan se aap juz'iya kahan se layenge? phir precedence kahan se layenge?
1:08:25
is ke liye to ijtihad e mutlaq hi karna pare ga. to wo darwaza hi band hai. yeh to is ko torna pare ga, is conditioning ko, is option ko khatam karna pare ga. aik liye aik lambi struggle chahiye is ke liye. lambi struggle ke baad wo daur aye ga, jab ke yani general acceptance hasil ho is fikr ko hasil ho. kuch log abhi paida ho gaye, hum is pe koshish kar rahe hain 50, 60 saal isi ke liye. to aik group paida hua hai, behrhal, lekin general acceptance lane ke liye abhi aur bohat mehnat karni hai, bohat mehnat karni hai, bohat mehnat karni hai. tab ja kar wo khoobsurat haal samne aye ga.
1:09:09
maulana, agla sawal kya hai? mr mahfooz nazki ne new delhi se, unhon ne likha hai ke Does a human being have any role in shaping his destiny?
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