Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari · Hadith 7352

Cited in 10 lectures · 13 mentions

Narrated 'Amr bin Al-'As: That he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "If a judge gives a verdict according to the best of his knowledge and his verdict is correct (i.e. agrees with Allah and His Apostle's verdict) he will receive a double reward, and if he gives a verdict according to the best of his knowledge and his verdict is wrong, (i.e. against that of Allah and His Apostle) even then he will get a reward

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Ijtihad mistakes still earn reward per hadith
“They say: don't do ijtihad, just follow — that's very wrong.”
“gayi hai aur sirf yeh bataye ga ke agar tum ijtihad karo aur ghalti ho jaye to aadha”
origins of ijtihad through early companion examples
“Rasulullah ne ek baar, aisi clear misalein hain ke ek aurat aayi”
“is zamane ki thinking jo ke empire ke zamane mein bani thi us ko us ko us ko chodiye us ko deshon kijiye yeh hai ijtihad is zamane mein is zamane ka ijtihad yeh hai to mein yeh kahunga ke ijtihad islam mein bohat hi bohat bari cheez hai isi liye dekhiye hadith mein bohat zabardast baat kahi gayi hai ke al musht hai to yakhtib”
“yani is se bari baat kya ho sakti hai ke hadith bukhari mein hai ke tum ijtihad karo, agar tumhara ijtihad sahi ho jayega to tum ko double reward milega, ghalat ho jayega tab bhi ek reward milega.”
Full argument for ijtihad from the hadith of ambiguous matters
“Al-halalu bayyin wal-haramu bayyin — hadith of the unclear middle”
“aise hi mein arz karunga ke mein aik ijtihadi meri rai hai yeh. aur chounkay hadees mein hai ke ijtihadi ghalti ka ja, tab bhi yani niyat durust hai to is par sawab milay ga.”
“lo ijtahada al hakimu fa inna khata'a faluhu ajrun wa inna asaba faluhu ajrun hadith iska makot toh woh hai Maulana ke kaam ko ijtihad kehti hai aur Quran isko istinbat kehta hai agar Maulana ne aisi koi ghalati ki hoti”
Ijtihad is rewarded even when the conclusion turns out wrong
“Sahi ijtihad par double ajr, ghalat par bhi ajr”
Hadith: even a wrong ijtihad still earns reward
“A hadith says a correct ijtihad earns double reward”
Hadith on ijtihad reward and closed door
“Dekhiye, Bukhari mein ek riwayat hai ijtihad ke bare mein.”
“to rasool Allah ne goya ke ek encourage kiya tha ke ijtehad karte raho taake kabhi aisa na ho ke tum tumhara qafila jo hai kahin blind ali ja ke phans ke reh jae.”
“this question is from anwar hussain hmm this situations and times are changing hence is it necessary to change the interpretation of islam also bilashuba accordingly bilashuba sahih bukhari mein riwayat hai ke ijtihad karo yani ijtihad ko interpretation ko phir se re interpretation ya kuch bhi karna yeh to sawab ka kaam hai sahih bukhari mein riwayat hai ke ijtihad”