Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Ijtihad as a Sunnah besides Quran and Hadith

“Today I learned that merely citing Quran and Hadith is not enough; rather, ijtihad is also a Sunnah.”Asked by Maulana Iqbal Umari, Chennai

He answers at 1:00:29 in Importance of Ijtihad December 21,2014 · 2 min 47 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:00:29
maulana, agla sawal maulana iqbal umri ne bheja hai chennai se aur unhon ne likha hai ke maulana, aaj hi pata chala ke sirf quran aur hadith ka naam lena kafi nahin hai, balkeh ijtihad bhi ek sunnat hai. aur aur yeh third option hai.
1:00:52
maulana, ijtihad kis bare mein hoga? ibadat ya mamlat mein? jab mamlat hi se is ka talluq hai to darne ki kya baat hai? jo behtar ho zamane ki nisbat se, usi ko ikhtiyar karna hoga. maulana, is ki wazahat karen. dekhiye, ijtihad log karte rahe juz'i mani mein, yani juz'iyati masail, ibadat aur mamlat ke jo juz'iyati masail
1:01:15
hain, is pe ijtihad karte rahe. main is ko kuch nahin samajhta, woh to baghair mufti na ho, ulma na hon, tab bhi aadmi khud hi khud soch ke jaan lega. jaise hadith mein aata hai ke ijtihad qalbik, apne dil se fateh pooch lo.
1:01:38
ijtihad qalbik, main samajhta hoon ke itni behtar jo ke mufti sahebhan ne aur fuqaha ne, is ki koi zaroorat hi nahin thi. ijtihad qalbik kafi tha, aadmi apne dil se pooch kar ke chal sakta tha. is ko itna hungama hazar saal se bacha hua hai juz'iyati masail mein.
1:02:01
to juz'iyati masail mein khoob khoob ijtihad kiya logon ne, lekin jahan tak kulliyati masail hain, is mein ijtihad hi nahin kiya gaya. siray se ijtihad nahin kiya gaya. aisa nahin ke kam kiya gaya, ijtihad hi nahin kiya gaya.
1:02:24
juz'iyati masail sab aur jo juz'iyati masail hain, woh to ijtihad qalbik ke tehat aate hain. mein ne bhi misaal ke taur par deta hoon aap ko ke bari bahas hai, yaani woh hanfiyon aur salafiyon ke darmiyan ke woh qirat fatiha khalaf al imam, imam qirat kar raha hai to mein fatiha parhoon ke na parhoon.
1:02:48
yeh aadmi khud hi samajh lega ke woh parh raha hai to mein sunoon, yeh kafi hai. nahi parh raha to mein parh doon, common sense kafi hai. ijtehad qulbika ka matlab common sense, jo cheez common sense se maloom ho sakti thi, us par logon ne bari baheshein keen, hazaron kitabein likh dalien.
1:03:11
mein nahi samajhta ke yeh koi koi koi positive khidmat thi Islam ki. maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle ek comment parhna chahenge jo Taiwan se bheja hai Mr Adma Sese ne.
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