Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Return to Religion June 13, 2009

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Mark 12:17
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 7052
Kanzul Ummal, Hadith no. 12362 Al-Bayhaqi - Shu'ab al-Iman Hadith no. 1763
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 181
Quran 3:64 · Aal-Imran
Sirat Ibn Hisham, vol.2, p. 497
Quran 5:21 · Al-Ma'idah
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 16023
Quran 4:171 · An-Nisa
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 3248
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4 min 51 sec
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Thesis: religious revival is form only, not spirit
“Recently a media person asked me a question”
1 min 2 sec
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Form versus spirit of religion, the real distinction
“I said that no, I don't subscribe to this notion”
25 sec
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Religion's form is returning, its spirit is not
“I said no, I don't subscribe to this notion”
4 min 46 sec
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Negative return to religion, duty vs rights consciousness
“This return to religion is negative, not positive”
1 min 59 sec
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Modern tension drives a negative, self-interested return to religion
“This return to religion is negative, not positive”
22 sec
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Religion begins from the mind, not from stress
“Religion begins from mind, not from tension and stress”
19 sec
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Intellectual awakening is where true religion starts
“Intellectual awakening is the starting point of religion”
2 min 8 sec
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Rights-conscious movements versus true duty-conscious religion
“So many movements today are based on rights, not duty”
49 sec
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Religion demands duty consciousness, not rights consciousness
“Religion wants to make people duty conscious, not rights conscious”
1 min 11 sec
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Hadith foretelling hollow, form-only religious return
“Is there a hadith about this return-to-form phenomenon?”
2 min 8 sec
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Paradise's greatest joy: a glimpse of God's presence
“Should a believer desire to see God in the hereafter?”
26 sec
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Paradise's greatest happiness is a glimpse of God
“When people enter paradise, they'll be very, very happy”
4 min 45 sec
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Dawah two-point formula: talif qalb then da'wah
“Dawah is a two-point formula, two-tier formula”
4 min 57 sec
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Talif qalb in practice: salam history and Umar debate
“In today's time, we can't give them goats and money”
29 sec
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Everything is lawful when your intention is good
“According to my history of Islam, everything is lawful”
19 sec
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Prophet never smashed idols at the Kaaba himself
“Prophet visited Kaaba when there were 360 idols”
1 min 12 sec
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Story of extremists attacking Shia visitors at Fatima's grave
“In Mecca there's a graveyard called Jannat al-Baqi”
4 min 35 sec
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Defining Wahhabi extremism versus militancy, per Qur'an and hadith
“Do Wahhabis follow correct Islam? Yes, but extremely”
2 min 3 sec
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Extremist Wahhabis versus militant jihadi groups, defined
“Do Wahhabis follow correct Islam? Yes, but extremely”
1 min 7 sec
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Qur'an and hadith both forbid religious extremism
“You can find this prohibition in Qur'an and hadith”
35 sec
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Airport story: patience over anger at a stranger drinking
“Once I was at an airport in Frankfurt, Germany”
1 min 54 sec
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Bulldozing the Prophet's historic house at Khadija's home
“There was a great historical monument in Mecca”
49 sec
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Deobandi and Wahhabi share theory, differ in extremism
“There's no basic difference between Deobandi and Wahhabi in principle”