Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Explanation of hadith on excessive questioning

“Please explain the hadith that says those before you were destroyed by excessive questioning and disagreement with prophets.”Asked by Nafees Siddiqui, Delhi

He answers at 1:20:53 in Material Science and Spiritual Science · 1 min 38 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:20:53
Maulana agla sawal Mr Nafees Siddiqui sahab ka hai Delhi se unhon ne likha hai Maulana Maulana unhon ne ek Hadith ke bare mein likha hai ke jis mein aaya hai tum se pehle ke logon ko sawalon ki kasrat aur nabiyon se ikhtilaf ne halak kar diya woh chahte hain ke aap is Hadith ko explain karein dekhein question do qism ke hote hain ek question falsafiya ka question hota hai to woh bura hai baqi ek sawal kare aadmi yani apni apni learning ko badhane ke liye apni marifat ko badhane ke liye to bahut achhi cheez hai woh to is Hadith mein sawal ka matlab absolute sense nahi lena chahiye ke sawal karna hi galat hai absolute sense mein nahi hai lekin bas sawal kar rahe hain khwamkhwah idhar udhar ki bekar ki baatein waqt zaya karte hain apna bhi doosre ka to woh galat hai aur doosra
1:21:54
kya hai aur nabiyon se ikhtilaf ne halak kar diya ikhtilaf dekhein ikhtilaf ikhtilaf ka matlab agar yeh hai ke yani clarification ke liye poochna to bilkul bahut achhi cheez hai woh ikhtilaf hota hai ek ek ke bilawaja kathurti khwamkhwah ki bahtein takrar woh buri cheez hai lekin agar aap ikhtilaf karein is liye ke kisi baat ko clear karna chahte hain sach ko janne ke liye to bahut achhi cheez hai woh absolute sense mein galat nahi hai woh Hadith ka matlab yahi hai woh Hadith absolute sense mein nahi hai Maulana agla sawal Hyderabad se hai Mr Zeeshan ne likha hai
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