Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Ijazah and becoming a Mufti

“What is Ijazah? Without Ijazah, can a person become a Mufti? Can a person of 25 to 30 years of age call himself a Mufti if he has an Ijazah?”Asked by Javed Iqbal

He answers at 1:05:37 in Living in a World of Competition · 3 min 49 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:05:37
yeh meri rai hai. Maulana, in ka ek sawal aur hai, unho ne likha hai: "what is ijazah? without ijazah, cant a person become a mufti?" "can any person of 25 to 30 years of age call himself a mufti if he has an ijazah?" is ke bare mein bataein. dekhiye, ijazah jo hai, is ka na quran mein kahin likha hua hai, na hadith mein koi likha hua hai. yeh baad ke zamane mein is ka riwaj hua, jab ke madarse nahi hua karte they. pehle zamane mein koi aalim jo hai, apne ghar par logon ko parhata tha,
1:06:21
ab chand saal kisi ne wahan parha to us ne samjha ke yeh is qabil ho gaya hai ke quran ka dars de, hadith parhaye, fiqh ka masla bayan kare. to woh ek ijazat deta tha. ijazat wohi woh jo urdu mein maani hain, ijazat dena ke tum is qabil ho chuke ho ke tum quran do parhao aur hadith parhao, fiqhi masail batao, yeh hai ijazat. yeh ek traditional tareeqa hai. ab maujooda zamane mein to is ki qudrat hai, ab to maujooda sand aur degree hoti hai. is zamane mein ijazat ki koi ahmiyat nahi hai. mere raddi, woh us waqt ki baat hai jab ke madarse nahi hote they aur sand aur degree ka concept nahi tha.
1:07:05
pehle yeh bohat baad ko sand aur degree ka concept aaya hai. to ab jab madarse ban gaye aur wahan sand di jaane lagi, ab ijazat ek ek rasmi cheez hai, ek traditional cheez hai. bas is tarah is ki koi haqeeqat nahi hai. koi agar ijazat ka tareeqa chalaye to chalaye, lekin main nahi samajhta ke ab naye daur mein jab ke madarse qaim hain, universityon mein hisab ke department qaim hain, to ijazat ki koi ahmiyat hai. ab to ahmiyat yeh hai ke aap is mein master degree lein, is mein doctorate karein, is mein research karein, is mein mutala karein, ab library aaein, is mein ja ke parhiye, yeh sab kijiye.
1:07:47
to ijazat jo hai, woh ek traditional tareeqa hai. modern daur mein is ki koi khaas ahmiyat mere nazdeek nahi hai. Maulana, miss nuzhat bano ne mp madhya pradesh se likha hai: "Maulana, all your talks have really great effect on me. please explain to me the fazilat of aakhri ayat of surah baqarah." dekhiye, fazilat ka jo concept hai, is se main bohat zyada agree nahi karta hoon. main concept jise base karta hai ke is ko rat lein, aap parhein to fazilat mil jaye gi. main is ko nahi manta hoon.
1:08:31
main is ko nahi manta hoon ke is ko recide karne se, is ko ratne se, is ko dohrane se koi mysteriously koi aap ko sawab mil jaye ga. is concept ko main nahi manta hoon. surah baqarah ki aakhri ayat mein jo baat hai, woh is ko samjhiye, is ko mutala kijiye, is ko achhe tareeqe se zehan mein bithaiye. yeh hai is ki ahmiyat. to is lehaz se aap ghor karein ge to surah baqarah ki ayat hi ghaliban do ayatein hain. ji ji ji, aakhri do ayatein jo hain, bohat hi important hain aur bohat is se inspiration milta hai.
1:09:11
inspiration, aap kisi bhi tafsir mein parhiye, is ko aap is pe ghor karein tafsir, is ka tarjuma parhiye, tafsir parhiye, is pe ghor kijiye. teen ayaton mein bohat zabardast inspiration milta hai. yeh hi is ki ahmiyat hai. yani fazilat ki bajaye aap ahmiyat galat boliye to zyada sahi hoga mere nazdeek. Maulana, in ka ek sawal aur hai, unho ne likha hai ke shadi ki rasoomat jo fazool hoti hain,
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