Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Query about a hadith in Bukhari

“I have a query regarding a hadith in Bukhari. The hadith is as follows: Ibn Mas'ud said, 'The messenger of Allah whose truthfulness is confirmed said, 'The...'”Asked by Imran Khalid

He answers at 55:07 in Importance of Ijtihad December 21,2014 · 2 min 47 sec

His answer, in his own words
55:07
Maulana, agla sawal bheja hai Imran Khalid sahab ne, unhon ne location nahi likhi apni. مولانا، ان کا سوال اس طرح ہے: مولانا، I have a query regarding a hadith in Bukhari. The hadith is as follows: Ibn Masud said, "The messenger of Allah whose truthfulness is confirmed said, 'The way that each of you is created is that he is gathered in his mother's womb for forty
55:30
days as a sperm drop and then for a similar length of time as a blood clot and then for a similar length of time as a lump of flesh. Then an angel is sent and he breathes the spirit into the fetus and is charged with four commands: to write down his provision, his lifespan, his actions, and whether he will be wretched or happy.
55:54
By the one besides whom there is no other God, one of you may do the deeds of the people of Paradise until he is just a qubit away from entering it. Then his fate will overtake him and he will begin to do the deeds of the people of Hell. So he will enter Hell and one of you may do the deeds of the people of Hell until he is just a qubit away from entering it. Then his fate will overtake him and he will begin to do the deeds of the people of Paradise.
56:28
So he will enter Paradise. Maulana Sahab, my question is that according to this Hadith, if it is written in my fate that I am from the people of Hell, then no matter how many good deeds I do, I would eventually end up in Hell and vice versa.
56:50
Maulana, please explain this hadith. Musalmanon ki ajeeb o ghareeb mizaj hai ke bohat tedious qism ki baatein le kar ke is ko sawal bana dete hain. Main kehta hoon ke jo khuli khuli hidayatein Quran mein hain ke logon ko dawat do, sab log
57:11
insan hain, is ko kyun nahi karte? Aap is ke peeche kyun pade hue hain? Yeh dekhiye, Islam mein mana kiya gaya hai ke aap is tarah ke question ke peeche paden. Na un ka to main un se kahunga ke aap chhoden in sawalat ko, aap dua work kijiye. Har jagah aise log hain jo sachai par nahi qaim hain, unhein bekhabar hain sachai se.
57:33
in ko sachai ka paigham dijiye. is se koi, is se is ke bare mein kyun aap itni zyada pareshani hai? main is tarah ke sawal karne ko samajhta hoon ke islamic, nahin nahin, islami zehn ka phenomena nahin hai, yeh confusion ka phenomena hai.
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maulana, agla sawal kya hai? zaheeruddin sahib ne raichur se aur unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke
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