Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Explanation of wisdom hadith

“Maulana, I have read a hadith which is: 'Hikmah (wisdom) is the lost property of the believer. Wherever he finds it, he takes it.' Please explain this hadith.”Asked by Muhammad Anas, Delhi

He answers at 1:00:11 in Realisation of God · 2 min 10 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:00:11
molana, agla sawal dilli se hai muhammad ans sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "molana sahib, mein ne aik hadith parhi hai jo is tarah hai: hikmat momin ka khoya hua سرمایہ hai. woh is ko jahan paye, use le lein." molana, is ki wazahat karein. is ke alfaaz hain: "al hikmat al momin muhaddiseen is ki sanad par woh sawal karte hain kyunke mein is ko sahi samajhta hoon." yani muhaddiseen ke haan yeh hadith jo hai, is pe bohat se sawalat kiye gaye hain.
1:00:52
mein is ko sahi samajhta hoon aur is par bhi mein likh chuka hoon. aap parhiye, aap hamare yani al risala jo hamara nikalta hai, maani yeh sab baatein bar bar is mein aati rehti hain. to behtar hai ke in mazameen ko parh kar sawal kiya jaye. phir zyada acha sawal hoga, zyada acha jawab hoga. molana, yeh sawal zuhaib sahib ne kiya hai mumbai se.
1:01:25
unhon ne likha hai: "molana, how can we find marifat in this negative world? please tell us what is the practical formula for it?" bhai, yahi to yahi to hum lecture mein kehte hain har har hafte aur kitabon mein risala mein yeh baatein kehte hain. mein phir kahoon ga ke aap log kya parh kar hi sawal nahin karte? yeh to hamara mustaqil mozu hai. tazkir-ul-quran mein hai, hamari kitabon mein hai, al risala mein hai, is lecture mein hota hai. to abstract sawal mat kijiye, balkay yeh sawal yeh sawal kar sakte hain aap kay falan falan baat jo aap nay kahi, us mein yeh kami hai, yeh khala hai, is ki nishandahi kijiye. phir mein us ko mazeed wazahat karunga. yeh to mera bohat hi mehboob yani top topic hai, is pe bolta bhi hoon, likhta bhi hoon. is par hamari kitabon mein se bhara hua hai, is yahi sab baatein bhari hui hain.
1:02:21
to parh kar kay is mein jo aap kay nazdeek kami baqi hai, woh us ko us ko point out kijiye aur phir woh us par sawal banaiye aap. Maulana, agla sawal Roorkee se hai Sajid Anwar sahib
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