Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to answer claims Islam spread by sword?

“Many people say that Islam spread by wars, first during the Prophet and Sahaba time and later in the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties, and the source for these wars and territorial expansion was Quran and Hadith. Please tell us how to address such questions, especially when our non-Muslim brothers put this to us.”Asked by Zubair, Moradabad

He answers at 52:05 in Purpose of Creation · 2 min 20 sec

His answer, in his own words
52:05
molana agla sawal kya hai zuber sahib ne murad abad se molana mini peoples se dat islam spread by wars first during prophet and sahaba time and then later on umiyat and abbasid dynasty the source they say for these wars and territorial expansion was quran and hadith please tell us how do we address such questions especially when our non muslim brothers put this to us dekhiye islam jo hai talwar se phaila yeh toh myth khatam ho chuka hai yeh purana myth tha bohat pehle is par bohat hi yani zabardast work kiya hai inhon ne professor t w arnold ne in ki kitab chhapi thi 1898 mein the preachership of islam toh poori history se inhon ne bataya ke kis tarah se islam peaceful tareeqe se phaila hai aur talwar se nahi phaila hai aise hi Swami Vivekanand ne apni kitab mein likha hai ke it is it is a nonsense
53:26
to say that Hindus were converted to Islam by force to ye to ye ye to ek ye ek phaila hua myth hai bas ye log baghair mutale ke sab kaha karte hain is par to bahut kaafi kaam kaam ho chuka hai aur is ko
53:47
poori tarah se sabit ho chuka hai ke Islam talwaron ke zor se nahi phaila a khud India mein aap dekhiye India mein kis ne Islam phailaya kya Mughlon ne phailaya hai Mughlon ko to koi Islam se koi matlab hi nahi tha Sufiyon ne phailaya hai
54:07
hum aap jo duniya mein hain wo Sufiyon ki wajah se hain kisi badshah ki talwar se nahi hai to ye to ye but to khatm ho chuka aap kitaben padhiye jo is mauzu par likhi gayi hain molana dilli se agla sawal kya hai mateen tahir sahib ne aur inhon ne likha hai ke kitab marifat mein aap ne likha hai ke khuda ki marifat yani khuda ke wajood ko shaoor ki satah par daryaft karna is ko thoda wazeh kar dein bhai is ko dobara padhiye toh wazeh ho jayega aap ne shayad kitab ko ek hi baar padha hai
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