Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Are all people the Prophet's ummah?

“After the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) came into the world, are all people his ummah? Then what is the difference between Muslim and non-Muslim? Does a Muslim need to highlight this?”Asked by Giresh Jwal, Delhi

He answers at 1:05:33 in Importance of Creative Thinking · 2 min 13 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:05:33
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai mr. gresh jwal ka dilli se . unhon ne likha hai: "kya hazrat Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam ke dunya mein aanay ke baad sabhi un ki ummat hain? phir muslim aur ghair muslim mein kya farq hai? kya muslim ko usay uagar karne ki zaroorat hai?" dekhen, jo baat hai woh muslim ghair muslim mein nahi hai. muslim to aik qom hai jo doosri qomen hain.
1:06:06
asal asal yeh farq nahi hai. humein phir se sachai ko discover karna hai, har musalman ko phir se sachai ko discover karna hai. aisa nahi ke paida ho gaye to un ko islam mil gaya, aisa nahi hai. yani islam jo hota hai woh bas se nahi milta, choice se milta hai. jaise main ne islam ko phir se parha, agarche main paida hua tha aik muslim family mein, lekin main ne islam ko phir se parha. parhte parhte mujhe discovery hui. to yeh har har har har aik ke liye yeh hona chahiye.
1:06:44
yeh koi Allah taala ke haan qomen nahi ke aik qom muslim ki, aik qom non muslim ki, aisi kuch baat nahi hai. jo Allah taala ke haan jo mamla hai woh sirf yeh hai ke woh kon hai jo apne yani apni zindagi ko khud dhal, yani woh sachai ko khud discover karta hai, phir us par apni zindagi ko dhalta hai, us ke mutabiq amal karta hai. Allah ke haan faisla jo hoga kuch community wise nahi hoga, yeh community jahannum mein, woh community jannat mein, aisa kuch bhi nahi hai. individual wise hoga,
1:07:21
aik aik aik aik individual ko dekha jaye ke us ka apna record kya hai. aisa nahi ke jis yeh aik qom hai, yeh sab jannat mein, woh doosri qom hai jahannum mein, aisa kuch bhi nahi hai. aik aik individual ke record ko jaancha jayega aur aik aik individual apne record ka aitbar se jis tarah sabit hoga, waisa us ke sath mamla kiya jayega. maulana, agla sawal aaya hai mr. amjad ahmed ka dilli se. unhon ne likha hai: "every religious person or all the religions oppose cloning as per Islamic view.
All questions he answeredThe whole lecture, from this momentWatch on YouTube

Machine transcription. These are his recorded words, written down by software from the Urdu he speaks — so a line may carry a misheard word. Every timestamp above opens the video at that second: one tap and you can hear him say it. Quote it as speech, and link to the moment.