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Worship · Q&A

Is hijama a Sunnah practice?

“Nowadays in Karachi, Pakistan, many people are getting hijama done considering it a Sunnah. Please explain about this. It has no connection with Islam. What do you say to such people?”

He answers at 50:04 in Man and Paradise · 2 min 50 sec

His answer, in his own words
50:04
Maulana, un ka ek aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai ke aaj kal Karachi Pakistan mein kaafi log hijama sunnat samajh kar karwa rahe hain. is ke bare mein batayein. yeh bilkul afsurda baat hai. yaani is ka koi talluq Islam se nahi hai. aise logon ko aap kya kahein? yaani Islam ko unhon ne aisa ghata kar pesh kiya hai ke mujhe hairat hai ke yeh to mujrim hain, yeh log mujrim hain.
50:46
dekhein, kal Times of India mein mera ek article chhaapa hai to us par bees hazar se zyada logon ne visit kiya. us ko to mujhe maloom hua ke ek ek ek Christian lady ne likha hai ke mujhe taajjub hai ke ek Musalman aisa mazmoon likh sakta hai. to Musalman ne apni image itni kharab kar likhi hai, itni kharab ke samajhta hai ke Musalman jo hai, woh to militancy ki baat karega. constitutionality ki baat karna Musalman jaanta nahi hai, positivity ki baat Musalman jaanta nahi hai. yeh sab baatein Islam ki image ko kharab karne wali hain aur hargiz hargiz yeh koi sunnat nahi hai.
51:30
is zamane mein Arab mein aur doosre mulkon mein yeh riwaj tha pushta lagwane ka. is ka sunnat se kya talluq hai? woh to aap parh lijiyey shah waliullah sahib ki kitab. unhon ne likha hai ke ek sunnat har cheez ko sunnat nahi samajhna chahiye. sunnat aadiyah aur sunnat sabitah yaani koi cheez jo rasoolullah ne ki ho toh woh sunnat keh dein aap us ko. toh yeh bilkul rasoolullah rehte they jhonpdi mein. aap jayen jhonpdi mein rahiyey,
52:08
is sunnat ko nahi koi amal karega. is par koi jis makan mein rasoolullah rehte they, woh aaj kal ki zabaan mein jhonpdi tha. woh toh yeh bilkul galat hai, yeh islam ke khilaaf hai. yeh mein is ko yaani ek mujrimana fe'l samajhta hoon, is ka sunnat se koi ta'alluq nahi hai. aur yeh mein hi nahi keh raha hoon ke balkey barhey barhey ulma ne yeh baat kahi hai ke rasoolullah ki zindagi mein jo kuch hua hai, woh sab sunnat sabitah nahi hai. is mein kuch cheezen hain jo sunnat aadiyah hain ke arab mein paida hue toh us nisbat se aap ne aisa kiya. woh is liye nahi ke rasoolullah isi liye bheje gaye they ke log is par amal karein. yeh bilkul afsurdah baat hai. yeh
52:54
maulana, agla sawal kashmir se hai, aamir jaan mori sahib ka
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