Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Shariat: Definition, Origin, and Sacredness

“What is Shariat? How did it come into being? Is it considered as sacred as the Hadith and Quran Sharif?”Asked by Dhiraj Bakshi, Delhi

He answers at 1:30:11 in Divine Ideology of Life I · 1 min 54 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:30:11
Maulana, agla sawal kya hai? aah, Mr. Dheeraj Bakshi ne Delhi se. unho ne likha hai ke "What is Shariat? How did it come into being? Is it considered as sacred as the Hadith and Quran Sharif?" yeh shariat aur tauheed ko hum la kehte hain, la. qanoon. aik hai deen, aik hai shariat. deen ka matlab hai fundamentals. principles. to fundamental principles jo hain, woh deen hain. aur jo law bante hain, law.
1:30:49
is ko kehte hain shariat. It's not something to do with customs which have become law. aisa to nahi hai ke customs which have become law . Maulana, jo customs hain, woh keh rahe hain ke jo customs hain, woh isi ko to nahi? nahi, nahi. Customs is nothing. Islam mein customs is nothing. Customs to musalmanon ne pakad rakha hai. yeh sab musalmanon ke tareeqe hain. yeh sab jitna aap dekhte hain, woh sab customs hain musalmanon ka. apna banaya hua. woh shariat se koi talluq is ka nahi hai.
1:31:23
to shariat to woh hai jo Quran mein bhi shariat hai, Hadith mein bhi shariat hai. woh law. yaani law wala part jo hai, us ko shariat kahenge. aur jo part hai principles wala, us ko deen kahenge. bas. bhai, customs, rituals to musalmanon ka apna banaya hua hai. is ka Islam se koi talluq nahi hai. aik aur. jaise misaal ke taur par burqa hai. burqa koi shariat thodi hai. burqa to customs hai. Rasool Allah ke jab zamane mein auratein thin, koi burqa nahi pehanta tha, koi bhi.
1:31:56
musalmanon ka customs hai yeh. woh sahi ya galat mein nahi kehta. sahi galat aik alag cheez hai. lekin behal woh Zulfiqar duaon mein nahi tha. baat ko as a customs yeh araij hua. mein nahi keh raha hoon ke sahi galat, woh alag cheez hai. Maulana, agla sawal kya hai?
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