Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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How to Develop Pratical Wisdom: May 5, 2024

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Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith no. 4169
Hadith: wisdom is the believer's lost property
“Wisdom is the believer's lost property — take it wherever you find it.”
Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah, vol.4, p.621
Story: the Prophet forgave Ta'if and waited for the next generation
“When the Prophet went to Ta'if, they treated him with great cruelty.”
Quran 3:81 · Aal-Imran
“Philosophia ka matlab hota tha "love of wisdom". to isi ko Arabi mein hikmat kaha jata hai. bar bar Quran mein aaya hai ke har peghambar ko hum ne hikmat di, kitab o hikmat di.”
Quran 2:269 · Al-Baqarah
“z to un Plato ne ko ne kaha ke hikmat jo hai, woh ek supreme virtue hai. aur yahi baat Quran mein aaya hai ke sab se bari cheez jo hum ne paida ki, woh aql hai.”
Al-Mujalasah wa Jawahir al-'Ilm by Al-Dinawari: 2089
Umar: wisdom is a gift of God, not a product of age
“It's a fallacy that if a person is old, he is automatically wise.”
Quran 2:269 · Al-Baqarah
Umar: wisdom is a gift of God, not a product of age
“It's a fallacy that if a person is old, he is automatically wise.”
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 3756
“kyunke ek ek hum ko dua milti hai jo Rasool Allah Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam ne Abdullah Ibn Abbas ko apne sine se lagaya aur dua ki ke Allah taala un ko wisdom ata farmaye, hikmat ata farmaye.”
Quran 2:269 · Al-Baqarah
“Surah Baqarah mein aya hai ayat 269 ke Allah jis ko chahta hai hikmat de deta hai, aur jis ko hikmat mili, us ko bari dolat mil gayi, aur naseehat wahi hasil karte hain jo aql wale hain.”
Quran 12:2 · Yusuf
“to is mein surah yusuf mein bhi rasool Allah taala ne farmaya hai ke hum ne is kitab ko arabi quran bana kar utara hai ta ke tum samjho la'allakum ta'qiloon .”
Quran 3:190 · Aal-Imran
“phir al imran mein hai aasman o zameen ki paidaish, raat din ke mukhtalif hone mein nishani hai aqal walon ke liye.”
Musannaf Abdul Razzaq: 21827
“to kisi ne kaha bhi ke he was a philosopher of no philosophy. aur apa Hazrat Mass se bhi attributed hain ke jab woh aakhri dinon mein thay aur log un se knowledge lene ke liye jatay thay, to woh kehte thay ke "save yourself from absurd philosophy or absurd reasoning".”
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 1584
Root-cause thinking: how the Prophet handled Mecca's evils
“When the Prophet started his work in Mecca, society was full of every kind of vice.”
Hilyatul al-Awliya, vol.1, p.164
How the Prophet targeted root causes without disrupting society
“When the Prophet started his work in Mecca, society was full of every kind of vice.”
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 2803
How the Prophet targeted root causes without disrupting society
“When the Prophet started his work in Mecca, society was full of every kind of vice.”
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 2036
“Rasool Allah Salallaho Alaihi Wasallam ne ashaab ko address kiya aur kaha ke mere paigham ko sari dunya mein pohncha do. to yeh to hamari zimmedari hai aur hamein pohnchana hai.”
Metthew, 7:7
“wisdom dekhiye jaise har cheez hai. seeker the seeker kya one who? seekth find bible mein hai shayad. ji ji to har cheez ke liye seeker banna chahiye.”
Quran 12:3 · Yusuf
Prophet Yusuf's practical wisdom toward his brothers
“It's remarkable that an entire chapter of the Quran is devoted to one prophet.”
Shu'ab al-Iman by al-Bayhaqi, Hadith no. 1764
“aakhri sawal, Rasool Allah ki zindagi to poori wisdom se bhari hui hai aur woh yeh bhi unhon ne kaha ek martaba ke how nice is that gathering where words of wisdom are spoken and that there is no better gift than words of wisdom.”
Sirat Ibn Hisham, vol.1, p.182
Examples of the Prophet's wisdom: the Black Stone dispute and the Qibla change
“Even before prophethood, he was already a wise person.”
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 3231
Examples of the Prophet's wisdom: the Black Stone dispute and the Qibla change
“Even before prophethood, he was already a wise person.”
Quran 2:144 · Al-Baqarah
Examples of the Prophet's wisdom: the Black Stone dispute and the Qibla change
“Even before prophethood, he was already a wise person.”
Sirat Ibn Hisham, vol.2, p.317
The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah and turning enemies into friends
“Wars kept happening, and nothing came of them but destruction.”
Quran 41:34 · Fussilat
Turning potential enemies into friends through kindness
“There's a guiding principle: the potential friend and the actual friend.”
Tarikh Dimashq by Ibn Askari, vol.30, p.48
Turning potential enemies into friends through kindness
“There's a guiding principle: the potential friend and the actual friend.”