Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Leaving later books for Quran and Sunnah

“Muslims of today admit that Quran and Sunnah are source books, but are not ready to leave later books and interpretations. How can they be made to understand?”Asked by Naghma Siddiqui, Delhi

He answers at 1:13:12 in The Issues of Islam in the Present World · 1 min 14 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:13:12
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai miss naghma siddiqui ne kiya hai, unhon ne likha hai: "muslims of today admit that quran and sunnah are source books, but are not ready to leave later books and interpretations. how can they be made to understand?" kya matlab ke maulana? woh yeh to mante hain ke jo source ki kitabein hain, woh quran aur sunnah hain, lekin woh baad ki jo kitabein hain, un ko chhod chhodne ke liye aur un ki interpretations ko chhodne ke liye tayyar nahin hain. to ab woh lip service ke taur par kehte hain: "lip service har jagah aap jaiye, quran ki tilawat to khoob hoti hai." amalan sara jo un ki zindagi ka raqsa hai, woh sab chalta hai inhi fiqh ki kitabon par, fatwon par, baad ke ulama ke upar.
1:14:03
har jagah yeh qissa hai madrason mein, masjidon mein aap jaiye ke khane ke liye to yeh kehte hain, lekin un ki jo practice hai, woh is par nahin hai. practice isi par hai yaani fiqh se lete hain islam, ulama se fatwon se lete hain islam, inhi ko reference, inhi ko refer karte hain. woh maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai shah imran hasan sahib ka
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