Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Explanation of 'Muslim is Mirror of Muslim'

“A hadith says that a Muslim is a mirror of a Muslim. Please explain this hadith.”Asked by Mehtab Ahmed, Dhampur

He answers at 53:04 in Living In Falsehood I · 2 min 1 sec

His answer, in his own words
53:04
maulana, agla sawal dhampur se kya hai mehtab ahmad sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, ek hadith mein bataya gaya hai ke musalman musalman ka aaina hai." woh chahte hain ke aap is hadith ke ko wazeh karen. hadith ke alfaaz yeh hain: "momin marat ul momin".
53:24
aaina kya karta hai? aaina mein aap dekhen apna chehra to agar kahin kuch mitti lag lag gayi hai, koi koi baat hai to woh aaina dikhata hai. phir is ko aap saaf karte hain. to aaina goya wahi karta hai jis ko hum kehte hain criticism.
53:44
wahi to hai aaina, yani ghalati ki nishandahi. criticism ka matlab hota hai ghalati ki nishandahi. to momin ka kaam kya hai? theek theek nishandahi kare aur jo suna hai woh theek theek is ko sahi tareeqe se response de ke bhai tum ne bohat acha kiya, mujhe ghalati bata di, mein
54:06
is ko ab islaah karta hoon. to is mein dono ki baat batayi gayi hai, yani jo bataye aur jo sune, dono ki baat hai ke ke aaina kabhi bhi koi ghalat nishandahi nahi karta. matlab yeh ke agar yahan par daagh na ho, tab bhi dikha de woh daagh aap ko.
54:29
aisa koi aaina nahi karega. to true picture jo hai woh dikhata hai aaina. to momin ko chahiye ke woh kisi nafsaniyat ke tehat, kisi zid ke tehat, kisi yani negative thinking ke tehat kisi par kuch na kahe, balkeh wahi kahe jo bilkul objectively woh correct ho, woh kahe
54:50
bilkul sahi sahi. aur sunne wale ko chahiye ke jaldi se qabool kar le, haan bhai tum ne meri ghalati bata di, ab mein is ki islaah karunga. yeh matlab hai is hadith ka.
55:06
maulana, agla sawal hai miss naghma siddiqui ka delhi se.
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