Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Scholars' Silence Leads to Public Violence

“A person said that when scholars do not give a scholarly response to misunderstandings and remain silent, then common people resort to fighting. What is your opinion on this?”Asked by Iqbal Umari, Tamil Nadu

He answers at 1:14:18 in Divine Law of Success 14th Slow · 2 min 37 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:14:18
Maulana, agla sawal Tamil Nadu se hai, Maulana Iqbal Umri sahib ka. unhone aap se poocha hai: Maulana, ek sahib ne kaha ke jab ulma galatfehmi ka ilmi jawab nahi dete aur chup rehte hain, to awam hazraat ladai pe utar aate hain. yeh awam ki galti hai, ulma ki nahi.
1:14:42
iske bare mein aap kya kahenge? Nahi, har giz nahi, ulma ki galti hai. hadith mein aata hai ke agar ek aalim kisi baat ko jaane ki galat hai to us ko bolna padega. agar woh nahin bolta hai to woh us ko kaha gaya ke shaitan aakhras, goonga shaitan.
1:15:06
yani aise insaan ko jo galati ko jaane ki galati hai, phir bhi chup raha hai, bola nahin to woh shaitan aakhras kaha gaya hadith mein. yeh to bohat bari zimmedari hai ke jante hue aap is par is ke khilaf na bolen. haan, bolne mein khair khwahi honi chahiye, daleel ki zuban mein honi chahiye, hikmat ke sath bolna chahiye.
1:15:30
woh theek hai apni galati, lekin na bola to yeh to shaitan aakhras apne ko sabit karna hai. maulana, up se mister athar shamsi sahab ka sawal aaya hai. انہوں نے آپ سے پوچھا ہے کہ how can we perform spirited salat? اس کے بارے میں بتائیں۔ hmm, kya spirited salat kis tarah ada ki jaye? is ke bare mein bataen.
1:15:55
main mard yahi samajhta hoon ke namaz mein jo padhaya jata hai, jo afaal kiye jate hain, us ko samajhte hue karna. isi se spirit aati hai. jo quran ke alfaaz padhte hain, hum jo dua aur zikr ke jo alfaaz padhte hain, hum is
1:16:19
ko agar hum samajh boojh kar padhen aur jis tarah hum khade hote hain, jhukte hain, sajde mein jaate hain, us ko hum sochein ke ke kis ke, yani kis liye main aisa kar raha hoon, to soch se aati hai spirit. koi is ka purasarar tareeqa nahin hai.
1:16:43
jitna aadmi sochega, utna hi us ke andar spirit aayegi. aur dua, dua to hamesha har kaam mein karte hain, karna hi hai humein. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, mister muhammad anas sahab ka.
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