Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Explanation of hadith on praising

“Imam Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawood, and Ibn Majah have collected a hadith where it is mentioned: 'Do not praise your friend, Allah knows best about him.' Maulana, he wants you to explain this hadith.”Asked by Maulana Zakariya Nadwi, New Delhi

He answers at 1:06:10 in Divine Ideology of Life I · 1 min 21 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:06:10
Maulana, agla sawal Maulana Zakariya Nadvi ne kiya hai New Delhi se. An Al Bukhari Muslim Abu Dawood and Ibn Majah has collected a hadith where it is mentioned: "Do not praise your friend, Allah knows best about him." Maulana, he wants you to explain this hadith. dekhiye, aik hai praise yani tareef karna, aik hai qadr-dani. to qadr-dani ka talluq hai etraf se, acknowledge karne se. agar kisi mein koi khoobi ho to us ko acknowledge kijiye. jo acknowledge na kare, woh bakheel hai.
1:06:56
lekin praise to koi na beta bari karna chahiye, na kisi karna chahiye. praise to koi achi cheez nahi, matlab woh to koi achi cheez nahi. lekin acknowledge zaroor karna chahiye aadmi ko. kisi mein aap koi koi khoobi paen, koi waqai to us ko etraf kijiye, us ko acknowledge kijiye, us ko due respect dijiye. yeh karna hai.
1:07:25
It is nothing. Maulana, agla sawal kya hai? Sati Malhotra ne Delhi se. She has written: "Maulana, you always say that one should save oneself from the cheap test.
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