Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Human Role in Destiny and Preserved Tablet

“Does a human being have any role in shaping his destiny? Is everything predetermined? Secondly, what is the Preserved Tablet?”Asked by Mahfooz Nazki, New Delhi

He answers at 1:09:09 in The Importance of Ijtihad · 17 min 50 sec

His answer, in his own words
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? Is everything predetermined? secondly, what is lauh mehfooz? lauh mehfooz ka masla alag hai, is ko chhod dijiye aap. lekin is ko mein arz karna chahta hoon ke Everything is predetermined yeh baat jo hai 50 percent sahi hai, 50 percent sahi nahi hai. yeh
1:09:43
is baat ko is se pehle mein ne yeh baat batai hai ke is ko detail mein likha bhi hai apne magazine mein hum ne ke insan ko is dunya mein total freedom diya gaya hai, total freedom ke mein chahun bolun, chahe chup rahun, chahe chal kar ke apne ghar se aaon ya na aaon, aap ko chahe mein gali doon, chahe aap ko naan baat bolun, bilkul freedom hai, is mein koi rok nahi hai. koi to aik aspect yeh hai ke bilkul freedom mila hua hai aap ko. doosra aspect kya hai? jab freedom ko exercise karna chahte hain to aap ko aik infrastructure chahiye, matlab dekhne ke liye roshni chahiye.
1:10:31
roshni Allah ki taraf ki taraf se ati hai, suraj Allah nikalta hai. bolne ke liye hawa chahiye, wo hawa Allah taala chalata hai. chalne ke liye aik zameen chahiye, zameen Allah taala ne paida ki hai. to is ko wo kehte hain infrastructure. to aik hai meri azadi, aik hai azadi ko exercise karne ke liye infrastructure. infrastructure poora ka poora Khuda ki taraf se hota hai, is mein hamara koi dakhal nahi hai. lekin azadi ka jahan ta'alluq hai, wahan ikhtiyar hai, aur jahan tak infrastructure ka ta'alluq hai, wahan jabr hai.
1:11:10
isi liye hamare ulma mein teen nazariye mane gaye hain: jabriyah, qadriya, aur wastiyah. teen hain mutakallimin ke haan nazariye. jabriyah wo log hain jo mante hain ke yeh bilkul determinism hai, yahan koi hamara ikhtiyar kuch nahi hai. aur doosra jo hai qadriya, wo yeh mante hain ke hum ko poora ikhtiyar hi ikhtiyar hai, sab kuch. to aik aik dam ikhtiyar hi ikhtiyar manta hai, aik dam jabri jabr manta hai. aik hai wastiyah, beech ka, yani in between ya 50-5
1:11:48
0. isi ko mein sahi manta hoon, agarche wastiyah ko wo log clear nahi kar sake the, kyun ke science age hi mein hum in baaton ko jaan paye jis se is ki tashreeh kar saken. yani wastiyah ke nazariye ko pehle samajhna bohat mushkil tha, ab asan ho gaya hai. yeh lafz bhi pehle nahi tha, infrastructure ka lafz hi pehle maujood nahi tha. to aik hai freedom, aik hai infrastructure. to freedom ke aitbar se mein poori tarah azad hoon, insan azad hai, lekin apni azadi ko hum kaise exercise kaise karen ge? is ke liye hamein aik infrastructure chahiye, wo Khuda ki taraf se hota hai.
1:12:34
aik aur cheez yahan par jo maujooda zamane mein qabil e fahm ho gayi hai, understandable ho gayi hai, wo kya hai? ke pehle log sochte the ke Allah taala ke ilm mein to sari baaten hain, is ke ikhtiyar mein sab kuch hai. is ke ikhtiyar ki dunya mein koi aur shakhs kaise bakhtiyar ho sakta hai? Yani Allah ke total ikhtiyar ke darmiyan ek aur shakhs bakhtiyar kaise ho sakta hai? yeh soch tha logon ka. Maujooda zamane mein jo yeh daryaft hui hai, yeh dark matter ki, woh is ka jawab hai. dark matter jo hai, woh dark nahi hota, bohat bright hota hai, bohat bright hota hai.
1:13:16
to woh bohat baray baray star hain, woh woh itna zyada in mein power hoti hai, yani un ki jo kashish ki taqat itni zyada hoti hai ke apni roshni ko bhi nahi khench lete hain, woh nahi jane dete, bahar nikalne nahi detey. yeh suraj ki roshni hai, woh suraj se nikal kar hum tak pohnch jati hai, suraj se nikal kar hum tak pohnch jati hai. in sitaron ki roshni nikal kar hum tak nahi pohnchti, kyunke apni roshni ko khench liye hain, woh khench rakha hai unhon ne. To yeh ek qism ka ek ek badi misaal hai ke Khuda agarche bakhtiyar hai, apne ikhtiyar ko rok liya us ne insaan ke mamle mein.
1:14:02
ikhtiyar ko insaan par mo'assar nahi hone deta, woh yeh cheez understandable ban gayi hai. to khulasa yeh hai ke main wastiya ko durust manta hoon, aur wastiya ki tashreeh mein is tarah karta hoon jis mein maine aap ke samne arz ki. yeh meri marzi ke nazdeek sahih maslak hai. Maulana, agla sawal kiya hai doctor Muslima Siddiqui ne New Delhi se. Unhon ne poocha hai ke How can we attain the level of Dawa consciousness of the Sahabas such that we start praying for the Madhu? yeh sara mamla soch ka mamla hai,
1:14:47
soch ka mamla hai. Isi isi desh mein jab madrasay mein parhte thay to koi bhi molvi angrezi nahi janta tha. arabi parhte thay, arabi jante thay. Woh soch bhi nahi paate thay ke main angrezi boloon, angrezi likhoon. Yeh unthinkable tha pehle zamane mein. aaj jo hai, hazaron hazar molvi khoob angrezi parhte hain, angrezi parhte hain. mere paas kai bar aate hain aise talaba jo arabi madrasay mein parhe hue hain, bolte hain angrezi. Maine kaha, bhai kahan seekha aap ne? Unhon ne kaha, bohat asan hai, jagah jagah khule hue hain idaray jahan jo sikhate hain angrezi.
1:15:30
to kyun incentive aa gaya? Pehle aisa tha ke arabi parhne ke baad angrezi parhne ka koi incentive nahi tha. Kis liye parhein? Kya karein ge angrezi parh kar ke? ab yeh hai ke angrezi parho ge to tumhare ko bohat zyada market mein tumhari value barh jayegi. Aaj kal ke zamane mein aisa hai ke ek arabi jaane aur sath angrezi jaane jaane to khoob us ki value barh jati hai. misal ke tor par tarjuma ka kaam bohat aata hai. Arabi se tarjuma angrezi mein kar sakein aap, aur arabi se angrezi, yani arabi se angrezi, aur angrezi se arabi. to aap ko munh manga paisa milta hai.
1:16:08
to khoob jhoom se log angrezi, hamare madrasay ke parhe hue log arabi seekh rahe hain, ke sath angrezi seekh rahe hain. To dawa ke mein jo jo inaam Allah taala ke hain, woh agar logon ko maloom ho jaye to dhoom se seekhein, dhoom se apne ko is mein dalein. un ki soch mein ek inqilab aa jaye. kuch bhi mushkil nahi hai, sirf yeh hai ke woh shaoor nahi hai ke is mein kitna bara Allah taala ne is mein sawab aur kitna bara reward rakha hai. yani daii ke liye ya shahid ke liye, yani nazeer o baseer ke liye, Allah taala ke haan kitna bara reward hai, kitna bara inaam hai, is ka logon ko ehsas nahi.
1:16:56
yani woh Quran majeed mein aise logon ko kaha gaya hai ke Allah ke madadgar, ansar Allah. Yeh agar jaan le aadmi ke yeh itni bari cheez hai ke hum hum Allah ke ansar ban jate hain, Allah ke madadgar ban jate hain, to har aadmi hero ban jaye, hero. yani jaise arab tha, arab ka alam kaha jata hai ke pehle sleeping nation ka kaha jata hai, is ko soi hui qom. Arab log jo thay, woh sleeping nation thay. Woh jab Islam aaya to un ko aik mission diya, un ke samne is mission ne un ko hero bana diya.
1:17:38
poora poora arab aik nation of heroes ban gaya. Kyun? Aik mission samne aa gaya un ke. To aaj bhi logon ko pata hi nahi ke dawat bhi koi mission hai, dawat ke liye kaam karna hai, koi kaam karna hai. Abhi bhi dekhiye, is mein khoob log qurbaniyan de rahe hain. Suicide bombing mein, main apne ko apni koi, aap log jaan de dete hain. So called jihad mein log bohat bari qurbaniyan kar rahe hain sari dunya mein. To jahan un ki samajh mein aa raha hai, wahan abhi woh qurbani de rahe hain. Lekin da'wati mission ki ahmiyat un ko pata nahi hai. To cheez yeh hai ke logon ko ahmiyat bata di jaye.
1:18:20
Jidhar woh jaan lenge is ki ahmiyat, to hero ban jayenge. Hero ban kar ke woh sab kuch seekhne lagenge. Maulana, agla sawal kiya hai Maulana Abdul Basit Umri ne Doha, Qatar se. Unhon ne likha hai ke Maulana, hamare sath zindagi ke jo masail paida hote hain, un mein starting point kaise maloom kiya jaye, is ke bare mein bataein. Dekhiye, masail ke hal ka starting point shayad janna chahte hain. Woh ke koi masla hai to hum hal karna chahte hain is masle ko. To hal ke liye starting point kya hai?
1:19:10
To is ne sahi kaha hai ke We have to begin from the beginning. My way is to begin from the beginning. Is ko main kehta hoon ke mumkin se aghaz, mumkin se aghaz, possible se shuru karna. Jaise farz kiye ke aik aik aik khandan hai, woh ghareeb hai, paisa us ke pas nahi hai. Ab us ko masail mein mubtala hai, woh ab us ko aik nai zindagi shuru karni hai. Kahan se shuru karein? Bachon ko parhao, bachon ko achi taleem dilao. Yeh bachcha parh lega to phir sab kuch theek ho jayega. To waqt ke taqaze ko samajhna aur possible se aghaz karna, yeh two part formula hai.
1:19:58
Waqt ke taqaze ko samjho aur possible se aghaz karo. Yeh aik hi Musalman nahi karte, woh chhalang chhalang laga dete hain. Yani possible se aghaz nahi karte, chhalang chhalang laga ke aghaz karna chahte hain. Yeh jo jagah jo so called jihad jo ho raha hai, woh kaha chhalang hai. Woh jahaz se kaha hai ke kuch bhi hone wala nahi, is tarah ke jahaz se. To yani waqt ka taqaza kya hai? Is ko discover kijiye aur kahan se aap, yani apne jo aap asbab hain, jo aap ke taqat hai, us ke lehaz se aap kahan se shuru kar sakte hain,
1:20:40
woh wahan se shuru kar dijiye. Jaise maine arz kiya ke ghareeb family ke liye aghaz kiya hai aur bachon ko parhao. Yeh aghaz nahi ke daka daal ke kahin paisa loot lao, kahin se kisi ko fareb de ke us ki jeeb se paisa nikalo . Yeh aghaz nahi hai, kyunke pakar jayenge aap aur jail mein pahunch jayenge aap. To yeh do point, do cheezein hain mere nazdeek. Aik hai waqt ke taqaze ko samajhna aur possible se start lena. Maulana, agla sawal kiya hai Maulana Zakwan Nadvi ne New Delhi se
1:21:17
. Unhon ne poocha hai ke What is the difference between Amr bil Ma'roof Nahi anil Munkar and Dawat Illallah? Haan, dekhein, is ka maine kafi is ki study ki hai. Is mein logon ko bohat bara confusion hai. Dekhein, Dawat Illallah ka kaam jo hai, doosri qomon ki nisbat se hai. Amr bil Ma'roof aur Nahi anil Munkar jo hai, khud Musalmanon ki nisbat se hai. Yeh yani yeh dakhli islah ka kaam hai. Amr bil Ma'roof aur Nahi anil Munkar jo qaeeda hai, woh dakhli islah ka kaam hai. isi liye alfaaz aaye hain hadeeson mein is tarah ke ke ta'abur bil maroof tanaahi an al munkar. ta'abur ma'ani aapas mein koi amr karna, tanaahi ma'ani aapas mein rokna.
1:22:15
ya'ani amr bil maroof aur an al munkar ke dosra jo lafz aaya hai, woh hai ta'abur bil maroof tanaahi an al munkar. to main samajhta hoon ke yeh jo hai amr bil maroof aur an al munkar ka kaam jo hai, yeh daakhili islaah ka kaam hai. musalmanon mein yeh spirit hona chahiye apne andar daakhili islaah ke liye ke jahan koi musalman dekhe kisi ko, wahan us ko toke. jaise hadees mein aata hai ke momin baraat momin to aapas mein ek doosre ko batate rehna, aap aapas mein ek doosre ko tokte rehna. aur agar aap ko zyada qudrat qudrat hai to us ko rokne ki koshish karna, nahin to sirf batane ki had tak batana. aur jo dawat al Allah hai, woh doosron ko Allah ka paigham pahunchana, doosron ko sachai pahunchana, sachai ka message dena. yeh buniyadi farq hai.
1:23:10
dawat ka naam hai kharji mission ka. dawat naam hai momin ke kharji mission ka, aur amr bil maroof an al munkar naam hai momin ke daakhili mission ka. yeh farq hai dono mein. maulana, agla sawal kiya hai doctor farida khanoom ne nai dilli se. unhon ne likha hai ke It happens that one scholar exercises ijtihad but others do not accept it.
1:23:45
What is the solution to this problem? dekhiye, yeh to ek process chalta hai. is zamane mein bhi, jab ke jis zamane mein yeh jo fuqaha hamare the, bade bade, woh bohat ikhtilafat hote the. aapas mein ikhtilaf hota tha, doosron se ikhtilaf hota tha. har saare ke itne ikhtilafat nahin hote the. to jis tarah hota tha, tabadla khayal hota tha. kabhi ek qazi doosri rai maan leta tha, kabhi nahin manta tha. yeh sab hota tha. to woh to ek process chalta rahega. is process ko to koi rok nahin. aisa nahin tha ke kabhi aisa ho ke is process, process zaroori hi na ho. sab log ek ek rai ke ho jayen.
1:24:31
hal karna namumkin baat hai. jo is zamane mein imam shafi ne ek formula nikala tha ke jab ikhtilaf khatam na ho, is ke liye ek tareeqa ikhtilaf khatam ho jaye. ek shakal woh hai ke ikhtilaf khatam na ho. to unhon ne formula nikala tha: yeh rai sawab yuh tab al khata rai ghayri khata yuh tab al sawab to dekhiye, kabhi bhi mumkin nahin hai ke ikhtilafat na rahen.
1:25:01
hamesha ijtihad ek process ke roop mein jari hota hai. to kuch cheezon mein ittifaq ho jayega, kuch cheezon mein nahin bhi hoga. zindagi gaadi gaadi to chalti rahegi. zindagi gaadi to rukne wali nahin hai. Maulana, agla sawal Mr Arshad Jamal ka hai nai dilli se. unhon ne likha hai ke What are your views on insurance policies? Is there any scope of ijtihad in this matter? dekhiye, in baaton ko yahan guftagu karen. is pe ulama fatwa de chuke hain. galat tareeqa hai yeh. yahan to un ke fatwe ke baad yeh chup rahen.
1:25:39
is par sab log jante hain ke ulama ke fatawe aa chuke hain aur chupa hua maujood hai. is ko dobara zer bahas lana yeh koi sahi, ya'ani ya'ani healthy alamat nahin hai. yeh aksar log bar bar isi ko poochte rehte hain. jab ulama fatwa de chuke hain to ya to mano aur nahin mano to chup raho. apne apne rasta, apne raste par chalo. yahan par main pasand nahin karta hoon ke yeh jin logon, jin baaton ko ulama fatwa de chuke hain, un ko main discuss karoon.
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