Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Living scholars verses deceased scholars

“I am of the opinion that we should always take the advice or fatwa from living scholars rather than refer to those who are not alive.”Asked by Hamid Ansari, Bangalore

He answers at 53:09 in Wisdom of Hadith · 1 min 4 sec

His answer, in his own words
53:09
maulana, agla sawal bangalore se kiya hai hamid ansari sahib ne aur unhon ne likha hai: maulana sahib i am of the opinion that we should always take the advice or fatwa from living scholars rather than refer to those who are not alive. am i correct in this thinking?
53:33
pata nahi kya matlab hai, is sawal ka matlab hi meri samajh nahi hai. aap dekhiye, is tarah ki baat jab aap kahhen to aap ko specific language mein kehna chahiye. specific language, yeh jo aap ne sawal kiya, yeh non-specific language mein hai. to main jab sawal ka jawab hi nahi samajh raha hoon to kya jawab dun is ka? sawal
54:00
ka tareeqa yeh hai ke aap sawal ko hona chahiye specific language mein taake mujeeb samjhe ke sawal karne wale ka mudda kya hai. ji maulana, agla sawal lete hain jo chandigarh se kashif sahib ne likha hai.
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