Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Explain fear of God as source of wisdom

“The Prophet had once said that fear of God is the source of wisdom. Kindly explain this saying of the Prophet.”Asked by Ajay Devidi, Delhi

He answers at 57:29 in Islamic Wisdom · 1 min 25 sec

His answer, in his own words
57:29
Maulana, agla sawal Mr. Ajay Dwivedi ne kiya hai Delhi se aur unhon ne aap se poocha hai کہ: "The Prophet had once said that fear of God is the source of wisdom." مولانا صاحب، کائنڈلی explain this saying of the Prophet. Haan, woh hadith hai: "Rusl hikmat makawat Allah." Dekhein, is ka matlab yeh hai ke jab Allah ka
57:55
dar hoga to aadmi ke andar modesty aayegi, woh criticize ho jayega, woh as it is sochne ka is ke andar yani paida ho jayega, as it is sochne lagega. jab dar hoga Allah ki pakar ka to sochega ke main agar galat baat kahunga to galat baat sochunga to Allah ki pakar ho jayegi.
58:22
to Allah ka dar aadmi ko right thinking, right speaking wala banata hai, kyunke criticize jo ho chuka hoga, woh woh woh kya kare? Yahi karega. woh to Allah ka dar aadmi ko criticize banata hai aur criticize jab ban gaya aadmi to is ke andar right thinking aa jati hai.
58:44
woh afford nahi kar sakta ke woh galat thinking is ke andar ho. isi ka naam wisdom hai. right thinking ke doosra naam wisdom hai. Maulana, agla sawal Lucknow se kya hai Danish Fazal Sahab ne aur unhone likha hai ke: "What
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