Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Political status quo versus peaceful da'wah in Libya

“In today's lecture you said accept political status quo but you also mentioned name of one of your associates from Libya who was doing da'wah peacefully but was killed by the government. Recently Libyans visited you and said conditions are better and they have started regrouping for da'wah. My question is: Had the people there not raise their voices against their rulers' tyranny and dethrone him? How could those Libyans...”Asked by Sana, Karachi, Pakistan

He answers at 1:03:48 in Politics and Nation Building · 3 min 19 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:03:48
maulana agla sawal karachi pakistan se aaya hai miss sana ka unho ne likha hai maulana sahib i am a political journalist by profession and have been following your lectures for quite some time now in today lecture you said that accept political status quo ism but you also mentioned name of one of your associate from libya sheikh mohammed qaid who was doing dawa peacefully but was caught and then killed by then government recently few libyans visited you and they said that since conditions in libya are better now hence they have started regrouping for dawa again maulana sahib my question is had the people there not raised their voices against their rulers tyranny and dethroned him how could those libyans even ever thought of regrouping for dawa again under those former conditions when their former ruler was against even their peaceful dawa peaceful work my second question is if you will accept one person as a political imam then what is the point of elections in a democracy lastly i want to say maulana sahib may allah bless you with health and long life you are a pearl of ummah bhai question pakad liya main ap bataein pehla question pehle kya hai pehla wala maul
1:05:25
ana woh status quizm ko le ke unhon ne sawal kiya hai ke ap ne jo aj kaha lecture mein to woh yeh keh rahe hain ke libya mein to logon ne ah violence kara ruler ke khilaf aur dethrone kar diya aur sath hi mein unhon ne yeh bhi kaha ke jo wahan ke log hain jo daawa work kar rahe hain unhon ne regrouping bhi kari aur daawa work jari rakha to is ko le ke unhon ne sawal kiya hai Maulana kya sawal kiya hai kya sawal to samjha nahi mein hmm hain Maulana woh sawal actually is se link nahi ho pa raha hai ah jo unhon ne ah mention kara hai bhai doosre log kya kar rahe hain hmm is mein sawal kya banaya hai unhon ne woh to clear nahi hua na hmm hain ji Maulana jo doosra sawal hai woh ah is ke baray mein ap bata sakte hain ke ah of of you well accept one person as ar political imam hmm then what is the point of elections in a democracy yehi to hai bhai ek imam chun lo yeh to mein ne kaha hmm ke democracy mein jab ek party ya ek shakhs chun liya gaya to us ko maan lijiye ab yeh na shor machai ke rigging hui hui yeh to mein ne kaha hmm ap chale jaiye doosre kaam karne ke liye yani education ki field mein daawa field mein business ki field mein aur logon ke andar lal jhagda khatam karne ki field mein bohat kaam hai sab kijiye woh woh woh to wohi baat hai wahan bhi ji ke election ka result accept kar lijiye yeh mat kahiye ke result ko ap challenge karein wohi to baat hai yaar
1:07:08
Maulana agla sawal lete hain jo Delhi se hai miss Naghma Siddiqui ka unhon ne likha hai development of society needs positive individuals how can one understand this and develop ones personality in positive lines dekhiye khulasa yeh hai ke goal agar ap ka akhirat hai apne ap ap positive ho jayenge goal agar akhirat nahi hai tab hi negative ho jayenge log
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