Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Warning and Punishment May 15, 2008

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Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith no. 2952
Quran 32:21 · As-Sajdah
Quran 6:131 · Al-An'am
Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah by Ibn Kathir, vol.2, p.17
Quran 4:165 · An-Nisa
Quran 6:94 · Al-An'am
Quran 11:65 · Hud
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 6045
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 22016
Al-Adab al-Mufrad by al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 102
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5 min 57 sec
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Full argument: why calling disasters 'God's punishment' is a serious mistake
“Yeh topic hum ne isliye chuna ke jab kahin koi zalzala aaya, koi storm aaya...”
1 min 56 sec
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Earthquakes and storms in the news, and rushing to call it 'azaab'
“Jab kahin koi zalzala aaya, koi storm aaya, koi tabaahi aayi...”
22 sec
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Why calling a disaster 'God's punishment' is dangerous
“Yeh azaab hai — bolna bohot bhaari responsibility hai”
2 min 1 sec
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Two kinds of divine punishment: lower (warning) and greater
“Azaab ke literal meaning hain punishment — Khuda ki taraf se punishment”
5 min 56 sec
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The principle of itmam-e-hujjat and the story of Prophet Yunus
“Khuda kisi basti walon par azaab nahi bhejta jab tak unki bekhabri khatam na kar de”
2 min 3 sec
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Prophet Yunus and why punishment didn't come to Nineveh
“Quran mein ek Prophet ki misaal hai jo Hazrat Yunus thay”
25 sec
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No prophet, no punishment — the principle
“Complete unawareness ko sirf Prophet khatam kar sakta hai”
5 min 58 sec
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Are we complete beings? A meditation on death and dependence on God
“Aparently aisa maloom hota hai ke insaan ek complete hasti hai...”
1 min 50 sec
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A meditation on death: same body, but no light, air, or gravity
“Aaj main soch raha tha ke kaisa ek anokha waqt aane wala hai”
30 sec
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What death actually means
“Maut kya hai? Maut ka matlab hai planet Earth se nikaal diya jaana”
1 min
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Hadith: falsely accusing someone boomerangs on you
“Jab koi kahe tum bure ho, tum munafiq ho, aur woh aisa na ho...”
1 min 46 sec
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Declaring punishment is God's domain — control your tongue
“Yeh Khuda ka domain hai ke bataye ke yeh warning hai ya azaab”
2 min 5 sec
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Misuse of fatwa — the Sania Mirza dress example
“Kal shaam ko ek TV wale aaye — fatwa laga hai ke auratein masjid mein nahi aa sakti”
35 sec
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Hadith: silence brings salvation, think before speaking
“Hadith mein hai: man samata najaa — jo chup raha, usay najaat mili”
2 min 27 sec
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Why you must verify before repeating what you hear
“Kisi ke baare mein aapko ek baat mili to aap kya karenge?”
3 min
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The companions' storm in Medina — take a lesson, not a verdict
“Pehle zamane mein bhi aisa hota tha ke kabhi aandhi aa gayi, kabhi earthquake”
4 min 31 sec
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The Medina storm and the real difference between believers and non-believers
“Pehle zamane mein bhi aisa hota tha ke kabhi aandhi aa gayi, kabhi earthquake”
36 sec
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Hadith definition of a true Muslim
“Al-Muslimu man salima an-naasu min lisaanihi wa yadihi”
2 min 7 sec
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Umar's story — judging character by conduct, not appearance
“Hazrat Umar ka ek waqia hai ke ek aadmi unke paas aaya”
3 min 56 sec
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Musa's people and manna — why we resist simple blessings
“Hazrat Musa ki qaum ko Khuda ne mann-o-salwa utaara”
23 sec
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Why do Muslims split into different schools of thought
“When all Muslims follow one Quran, why so many different schools of thought?”
2 min 21 sec
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Full answer: why different schools of thought exist in Islam
“When all Muslims follow one Quran, why so many different schools of thought?”
2 min 41 sec
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Is truth relative? Answering 'different paths, different prayers'
“They excuse themselves saying 'you have a different way of praying, we have ours'”
36 sec
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God is distinct from His creation, known by inference
“Khuda alag hai aur creation alag hai”
2 min 29 sec
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'Ishq-Mizaj' — more excited about saints than about God
“What is ishq-mizaj? Referred to in Chapter 39, Verse 45 of the Quran”
4 min 30 sec
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Rejecting the 'nazm' theory — how the Quran should really be read
“Is the knowledge of nazm (verse order) important for understanding the Quran?”