Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Was the door of ijtihad closed?

“It is said that in ijtihad there is a high possibility of error, therefore the door of ijtihad was closed. What is your view?”Asked by Iqbal Ahmad Umari, Tamil Nadu

He answers at 1:26:32 in Building A Creative Personality · 6 min 51 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:26:32
maulana, agla sawal aya hai tamil nadu se maulana iqbal ahmad umri ka. unhon ne likha hai: kaha jata hai ke ijtihad mein ghalti ka imkan zyada hota hai, isi liye ijtihad ka darwaza band kar diya gaya hai. kya aisa samajhna sahi hai? har giz sahi nahi hai.
1:26:56
kaun hai jo hadith mein di hui hidayat ko mansookh kare? mujhe yeh bataiye, kis ko allah taala ne yeh license diya hai? bukhari ki riwayat mein jab yeh hai ke mujtahid koi shart nahi lagai gayi hai aur sirf yeh bataye ga ke agar tum ijtihad karo aur ghalti ho jaye to aadha sawab mile ga, sahi rahe ga to double
1:27:20
sawab mile ga. to kis ko yeh allah taala ne ikhtiyar diya hai ke woh mansookh kare ijtihad ko? ghalti ke imkan ke bawajood ijtihad karte rehna hai. albatta aadmi ke andar israr nahi hona chahiye.
1:27:38
agar mujh se ghalti ho gayi hai to mein mein bara muhasba karon, apni apni ghaltiyon ko janne ki koshish karon, discussion karon, aur apna correction karon. to koi bhi shakhs haq nahi rakhta ke ijtihad darwaza band kare. jab rasool allah ne farma diya hai ke ghalti karoge, tab bhi sawab mile ga, to kis
1:27:55
ko haq hai ke woh band kare darwaza? sirf yeh aap ko haq hai ke agar aap dekhte hain ke koi shakhs ghalti kar raha hai to us ko bas baat, us ko baat kijiye, us se guftagu kijiye. bas bajaye is ke ke ijtihad darwaza aap band karen, aap yeh kar sakte hain ke us ki
1:28:13
ghalti ko durust karen guftagu sunid ke zariye se. is se zyada kisi ko koi haq nahi. koi maulana, isi se related aik aur sawal kiya gaya hai. مس نغمہ صدیقی نے دلی سے، انہوں نے لکھا ہے: "On what basis was the door to ijtihad
1:28:35
closed by the ulama? how can muslims be made to understand the importance of ijtihad now? khud sakhta aik aik khud sakhta mafroza, khud supposition ke kahin ghalti na ho jaye. yeh jo dor band kiya gaya, is khud sakht h mufrudha ko le kar ke kaheen ghalti na ho jaye.
1:28:57
Bhai, ghalti ho jaye, tab bhi to sawab mile ga. To kis ko? Yani yeh logon ne jo kiya, apne haq se aage ja kar kiya. Jo darwaza Rasool Allah ne band nahi kiya, woh aap kon hotay ho band karnay walay? Kon hotay ho band karnay walay? Aap ko aik khadsha ko le kar ke ke sahib, kaheen ghalti na ho jaye.
1:29:14
Ghalti ho, tab bhi to sawab bataya gaya hai. To mein dekh, is hadith se sabit hota hai ke har haal mein ijtihad karo. Albatta yeh shart rahe gi sath sath ke apne correction ke tayyar raho.
1:29:33
Agar koi aadmi tum ko toka hai to woh ghalti ko bataya, to foran maan lo, "I was wrong." Ijtihad sach pooche to ijtihad asal farq yeh hai. Yaad rakhiye, is aadmi ke liye ijtihad ain sawab hai jo is ke liye tayyar rehta ho ke is ki ghalti batayi jaye, to woh keh de, "I was wrong." Aur jo
1:29:53
aadmi ka haal yeh ho ke ijtihad karnay ke baad ghalti na manay, sarkashi kare, us ki to poori zindagi gunah hai. Ijtihad kiya? Is ko kuch bhi karnay ka haq nahi hai. Phir mein repeat karunga ke aik aadmi ijtihad kare aur woh ghalti kare, aur jab uth toka
1:30:13
jaye to na manay, woh apni sarkashi dikhanay lage, to us ke liye sartaapa is ki zindagi gunah hai. Ijtihad yeh nahi hai, sab kuch is ka gunah hai kyunke s arkashi maaf nahi hogi is ki. Lekin jo aadmi ijtihad kare aur is ke sath tayyar ho ke jab bhi is ko ghalti batayi
1:30:32
jaye gi, daleel se, daleel se to foran maan le ga, keh de ga, "I was wrong." To is ke liye ain sawab hai ijtihad. To aap ijtihad darwaza band karnay ka koi haq nahi rakhtay. sirf yeh kehna chahiye aap ko ke tum ijtihad karo, lekin is ke liye bhi tayyar raho ke
1:30:49
jab tum ko ghalti batai jaye, tum maan lo apni ghalati. yani etiraf, etiraf ka jazba bhi apne andar develop karo. bas. molana asrar khatib ne chennai se likha hai ke ijtihad ke liye kya shariat hai? molana aap ne abhi bataya, lekin woh yeh bhi janna chahte hain ke is ke liye kya quran aur hadith ka ilm zaroori hai ya nahi? ijtihad ko ek ajeeb o ghareeb maani panah diye gaye hain. har cheez mein ijtihad hai. farz kijiye ke aap aate hain yahan class mein shirkat karne ke liye. aap aate hain to farz kijiye ek darwaza band hai. darwaza band hai jahan se aap enter hote hain. to wahan pe ijtihad hai ke ek to yeh hai ke aap darwaza band hai, woh loot gaye wapas. ek hai ke darwaza band hai, socha aap ne ke kya karna chahiye? to woh mobile uthaya. is ke baad hamare kisi aadmi ko aap ne telephone kar diya, mister rajat ko, kisi ko ke bhai aaj kya, aaj kya baat hai? yeh ijtihad ho gaya.
1:31:57
to ijtihad to ek aisi cheez hai jo har waqt jari rehta hai. har waqt jari rehta hai. ab yeh pani hai, farz kijiye ke pani thanda hai aur mera gale ka masla paida hua to thande pani se to main sochun ke mujhe thanda pani nahi peena chahiye, mujhe garam pani peena chahiye.
1:32:12
to main kahun, mujhe kehna chahiye ke bhai garam pani lao. yeh bhi ijtihad hai. ijtihad ko logon ne ajeeb o ghareeb ek cheez samajh liya hai. ijtihad ka taalluq yaad rakhiye zindagi ke har masle se aur isi tarah se deeni masle se bhi hai, dawat
1:32:27
ke masle se bhi hai. Allah taala ne duniya ko jab is tarah banaya hai ke har lamha halaat badalte hain, nai situation create hoti hai, naye naye tajrube hote hain. Allah taala ne isi bani duniya banai hai.
1:32:42
to is ke baad ijtihad zaroori ho gaya. to zaroori hoga ijtihad. ab aap farz kijiye aap gaye اسٹی aur train chhoot gayi, woh bhi ijtihad hai ke wapas jaon ghar ya agli train ka intezar karun? to kaun hai darwaza band kare ijtihad ka? kis ko haq hai? jabke Allah taala ke kaise planning mein shamil hai ke ijtihad karo, ijtihad karo? to main nahi samajhta ke yeh yeh is ka koi bhi maaqool sabab koi bata sakta hai. molana
1:33:23
gala sawal kya hai? Mr Shakeel Ahmed ne Delhi se, unhon ne likha hai: jaisa ke Islam sab
All questions he answeredThe whole lecture, from this momentWatch on YouTube

Machine transcription. These are his recorded words, written down by software from the Urdu he speaks — so a line may carry a misheard word. Every timestamp above opens the video at that second: one tap and you can hear him say it. Quote it as speech, and link to the moment.