Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Dawah Work vs Establishing Caliphate

“You say that our real work is dawah work, while others are of the opinion that our real work is to establish an Islamic caliphate, and they also give references from the Quran and Hadith. My question is, whom should an ordinary Muslim follow?”Asked by شاہ عمران حسن صاحب, دلی

He answers at 53:53 in Spiritual Light of The Believers (Itmam-E-Noor ) · 1 min 58 sec

His answer, in his own words
53:53
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, shah imran hassan sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "aap kehte hain ke hamara asal kaam dawah work hai, jabke doosre ki rai yeh hai ke hamara asal kaam islami khilafat qaim karna hai, aur woh log bhi quran aur hadith se reference dete hain. mera sawal yeh hai ke aaya aik aam musalman kis ki baat ko maane?" is ko explain karein. dekhiye, aam musalman ko chahiye ke woh quran ko parhe.
54:24
khilafat ka jo log kehte hain ke woh mission batate hain, woh kahein sari quran mein hadith to hai hi nahin. quran mein aisi koi ayat nahin hai jin mein kaha gaya hai ke "ae musalmano! tum ko sari dunya mein khilafat qaim karna hai. khilafat qaim karo!" yeh kahan hai? kahin koi nahin hai. aur dawah to ki baat se to sara quran bhara hua hai. rasool Allah ne farmaya tehajjud al wida ke mauqe par sahaba ko khitab karte hue ke "Allah ne mujhe sari dunya ke liye bheja hai. in Allah buwasal al kaffa nas to sab tak pahuncha do." aur phir aap ne abhi kaha ke "falagh shahid al ghaib" jo yahan hai, woh un ko bataye jo yahan maujood nahin hain.
55:16
to dawah ka hukum to quran o hadith mein maujood hai. yeh kahan maujood hai ke khilafat qaim karo? yeh to kahin hai hi nahin. logon ke apne dimaghon mein hai, aur quran mein apne dimag se baat karna yeh to haram hai, yeh jaiz hi nahin hai. jo log aisa kehte hain, un se poochein ke koi single ayat batao jahan yeh likha hua ho ke "ae musalmano! tumhara farz hai ke sari dunya mein tum khilafat qaim karo." kahan yeh hai? kahin hai hi nahin. maulana, agla sawal bangalore se hai, bilal sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana! aap aksar simple lifestyle pe zor dete hain, aur aap yeh kehte hain ke luxurious lifestyle ko avoid karein.
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