Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Rationality in secular vs religious matters

“There are many Muslims who are very rational in secular matters, still they don't want to use reasoning in the matters of religion.”Asked by ڈاکٹر سفینہ تبسم, اجمیر

He answers at 46:39 in Living In Falsehood I · 2 min 21 sec

His answer, in his own words
46:39
maulana, agla sawal ajmer se hai doctor safina tabassum ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, there are many muslims who are very rational in secular matters, still they don't want to use reasoning in the matters of religion. what can be the reason of this behaviour?" maine arz kiya isi ko ke hadith jo hai
47:03
ke rasool allah ne farmaya ke: "talab al-ilm, talab al-ilm faridha ala kull muslim." ilm seekhna har musalman par farz hai. to is ko ilm deen ke mani mein le liya. to deen mein ab reason ko apply nahi karna hai.
47:21
deen ko doosri cheezon apply karo, deen ko deen mein kuch nahi. halanke dekhein, main aap ko ek ayat yaad dilata hoon. quran mein hai ke pahadon ke bare mein, pahadon ke bare mein: "minbar al-jibāl, juwayd, bayd, humr, mukhtalif, anwar, wa gharawee, mas'ood, innama yakhshā allāha min 'ibādihi al-'ulamā'u." is ka matlab hai ke ilm wale hi darte
47:46
hain allah se. to yahan ilm se murad kya hai? ilm al-jibāl, pahadon ka ilm. yahan is ayat se aap ko pata hai ke agar aap ko agar pahadon ka ilm ho to aap ke andar allah ka dar paida hoga.
48:03
ab is ko aap generalize kijiye to agar nature ka ilm ho, agar aap ke andar nature ka ilm ho to aap ke andar allah ka khauf paida hoga. to yahan aap clear taur par dekhein, yahan par yani jo jin cheezon ko jo mahdood mani mein liye hain, le rakhe hain logon ne deen ke, is se bahar ki cheezon ka ilm bataya ja
48:31
raha hai. To ek galat yani cheez phail gayi hai musalmanon mein ke deen ke mamle mein aql nahi, doosri cheezon mein aql istemal karo. To log job mein, apne business mein, apne family affairs mein reason ko apply karte hain aur jahan
48:50
deen ka masla aaya, bas fatwa, fatwa, fatwa. Yeh bilkul hi wrong hai, bilkul galat hai. Is ka Islam se koi talluq nahi. Maulana, agla sawal Tamil Nadu se hai Maulana Iqbal Umri ka.
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