Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Importance of Prophet's physical attributes in following his sirah

“Most of the Muslim scholars focus on the physical attributes or beauty of the Prophet of Islam. How is this important in following the Prophet's sirah?”Asked by Faique, California

He answers at 1:26:14 in Life After Death · 2 min 9 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:26:14
Maulana, agla sawal Mr. Faiq ka hai California se. Unhon ne likha hai: "Most of the Muslim scholars focus on the physical attributes or beauty of the Prophet of Islam. How is this important in following the Prophet's sirah?" Kuch bhi nahi, koi Importance is ki nahi hai. Yeh koi Importance nahi hai. Quran mein jo baatein kahi gayi wahi Important hain. Yeh to khud sakhta bana rakha hai logon ne. Yaani Quran mein kya hai? Rasool Allah ka jo Character hai woh hamein Focus karna hai. Character.
1:26:55
Jaise main bataoon aap ko ke abhi dekhiye, abhi jo Jaipur pe jo International Conference thi to sare India bhar ke Musalmanon ne hungama kiya. Aur hamare saathi mashaa Allah Plan kar ke wahan gaye hain, wahan par Quran logon ko Quran de rahe hain. Quran de rahe hain wahan par. To yeh hai yaani jo log Rasool Allah ke khud sakhta taur par khud khud unhon ne bana liya Rasool Allah ka kuch, isi mein naat khwani kar rahe hain, isi ka zikr kar rahe hain, isi ki charcha kar rahe hain. to sawal yeh hai ke kya sahaba ne aisa kiya tha? sahaba ne to aisa nahi kiya tha. sahaba to quran ko phailaya unhone sari duniya mein.
1:27:48
yeh hai rasool allah ki sunnat, yeh hai rasool allah ka uswa, yeh hai rasool allah se mohabbat ke aap ke mission ko phailaya jaye. rasool allah ke yani physical beauty ko le kar ke naat khwani karna yeh to yeh to khud sakhta baat hai. to is ko bidat samajhta hoon. rasool allah ki physical beauty ko le kar naat khwani sahaba ne kabhi nahi ki. sahaba to rasool allah ke mission ko le kar daude. mission ko phailaya. to wahi cheez sahi hai jo is ko sahaba ne kiya ho. sahaba ke baad jo tareeqe nikle hain woh sab bidat hain aur bidat sirf gunah hoti hai.
1:28:24
is mein koi sawab nahi hai. maulana, in ka doosra sawal yeh hai, unhone likha hai: "Most of the Muslims who follow the Islamic scholars and know a little bit of Quran and Hadith are away from the love of humanity.
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