Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why are non-Muslims banned from Kaaba?

“Why are non-Muslims not allowed inside Kaaba? Many people sincerely want to see it.”Asked by Raj Malik, Delhi

He answers at 1:09:58 in Paradise as A Goal · 5 min

His answer, in his own words
1:09:58
Maulana, yeh agla sawal aaya hai Mr. Raj Malik ka Delhi se. Maulana, hamare ek Hindu dost keh rahe the ke Ka'aba ke andar Musalmanon ke ilawa doosre dharam ke logon ko kyun nahi jaane dete? Bohat se log aise hote hain jo sachay dil se darshan karna chahte hain. Dekhein, is se pehle maine yeh baat batai hai ke shuru mein aisa nahi tha. Shuru mein har ek wahan aata tha,
1:10:33
lekin hua yeh ke koi aaya wahan to us ne logon ko but parasti ki baat shuru kar di ke yahan but bhi hona chahiye. Dheere dheere dheere dheere wahan ek but rakh diya gaya. Log thoda is se is ke influence ho gaye. Yahan hote hote 360 but is pe ho gaye. Rasool Allah ke zamane mein 360 but is ke andar rakhe hue the. Tab yeh aisa hua ke band kar diya gaya ke yahan par koi but parast dakhil nahi hoga, koi mushrik dakhil nahi hoga. Is tajrube ki bina par ke log itne zyada ghair zimmedar hote hain, yeh nahi ke ja kar wahan dekha aur chale aayein.
1:11:16
Wahan woh chahein ke but bhi rakh dein. Warna is se pehle nahi tha. Yeh matlab awwal din se aisa nahi tha. Yeh baad ko aisa hua. To main samajhta hoon ke quite reasonably yeh baat hai ke aage bhi kisi ko, yani koi aisa kar sakta hai, kyunke log to bohat insincere hote hain. Logon mein maine paya hai ke sab se kam jo cheez sincerity hai, to ab kya kiya jayega? Woh ek tauheed ka ghar hai, sirf Allah wahid ki ibadat ka markaz hai, to is ko bahar bachana padega. Humein woh koi tourist center to hai nahi.
1:11:55
Tourist center mein is tarah ki cheezon ki zaroorat nahi hoti. Tourist center mein jo bhi chahe jaye, wahan koi bhi baat hai ke chahe kare, lekin woh to ek ek, yani oneness of God ka center hai. Woh to kaise bardasht kiya jayega wahan us ko? Jabke tajruba yeh hai ke insaan insincere hai, wahan yeh safar karta karta ja kar ke. Maulana, yeh agla question kiya hai Mr. Khan ne. Unhon ne apni location mention nahi ki hai. Maulana sahib, the non Muslims who are doing good things in society and are also doing the tazkiyah. waat wel heppen to dem? dekhiye, yeh unhi ki baat nahi hai. musalman apne ko safe side pe samajhta hai.
1:12:51
koi safe side pe nahi hai. yeh allah ke ilm mein hai ke kis ke sath kya muamla hoga. rasool allah ne khud apne bare mein kaha: "mai fooli bi wala bikam". mujhe kuch nahi pata ke mere sath kya hoga, tumhare sath kya hoga. to musalman aam taur par samajhte hain ke hum to safe side pe hain. safe side mein yaad rakhein, koi bhi nahi hai, koi bhi nahi hai. yeh yeh allah ke domain ki baat hai ke woh kis ke liye kya
1:13:22
faisla kare, kyunke woh dil ka haal janta hai aur uska talluq dil dil se hai. dil mein insan kaisa hai, us par yani intention kaisi hai, us ki us se uska faisla hoga. to matlab yeh yeh sawal jo hai, aksar log karte hain, lekin yeh sawal irrelevant sawal hai. woh kisi ke bare mein bhi yahi baat aa sakti hai, chahe woh musalman kyun na ho, ke kya mera anjam hoga wahan? jab rasool allah ne keh diya ke mujhe nahi pata ke tumhara kya anjam hoga, yeh allah ko pata hai, to aap musalman kaise yeh yani yeh aqeedah bana liya hai ke hum safe side mein hain? kaise right hai un ko ke yeh aqeedah banayein?
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