Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why Islam blamed for Muslim illiteracy and poverty?

“Many people say that Islam has produced an uneducated society as Muslim community has maximum number of illiterates and as a result poor people. I want to know your opinion on this.”Asked by Javed, Bihar

He answers at 43:42 in Realistic Approach 30 March, 2014 · 3 min 42 sec

His answer, in his own words
43:42
maulana, yeh sawal bihar se aya hai, javed sahib ne kiya hai. unhon ne likha hai: "many peoples say that islam has produced an uneducated society as muslim community has maximum number of illiterates and as a result poor people." Maulana, i want to know your opinion on this. dekhiye, sab se bari ghalati yeh hai ke islam aur musalman ko ek samajhna. jaise yeh kitab jo maine di hai, yeh kitab hai musalmanon ke bare mein. naam is ka hai "is islam". equate karte hain musalmanon ko islam se ke islam aaj bhi waise hi hai jis tarah ke woh seven century mein tha. lekin musalman jo hai, doosri company ki tarah se in par bhi sawal aayega.
44:39
jo hadith mein aayi hai ke "tun sun man kan qablakum". yahan bhi main kahunga ke is ko modern idiom badlie, yani traditional alfaz ko modern idiom badlie. is ka matlab hai ke tum par bhi zawal aayega jis tarah yahood par zawal aya. to musalmanon ko aap samajhte hain ke waise hi musalman aaj bhi hain jo seven century a.d. mein thay? yeh to zawal yafta qom hai. to zawal yafta qom yahi sab hoga. to islam jo hai, as a as a nodology intact hai, lekin musalman to in ka degeneration ho chuka hai, zawal par aa chuka hai.
45:16
is haqeeqat ko manie, tab musalmanon mein koi naya daur shuru hoga. agar aap samjhen ke musalman wahi hain jo hazar saal pehle thay to kabhi koi islaah nahi hogi. islam ko alag kijiye, musalman ko alag kijiye. islam ek ideology hai, is ka ek book hai, is ka ek text hai, woh aaj bhi intact hai, aaj bhi waise hi jis tarah ke pehle tha. lekin musalman jo ek community hain, woh un par chaudah so saal jab beet gaye to generation of generation un ke andar zawal aya, zawal aya, zawal aya.
45:51
ab ab zawal ki aakhri had par hain woh. to is ka matlab nahi ke ke zawal mein aa gaye to hum is zawal hi mein rahen g e. nahi, phir un ki islaah ho sakti hai, lekin islaah kya hogi? jab aap tanqeed ko bura na manen, tanqeed ko islaah samjhen. islaah musalmanon ki sab se bari museebat yeh hai ke woh tanqeed ko bura samajhte hain. ek ek shakhs tanqeed ko bura samajhta hai, mister bhi, maulvi bhi.
46:19
jitna maine tajurba kiya, chahe mister ho ya maulvi ho, tanqeed ko samajhte hain koi buri cheez hai. tanqidi to islaah ka aghaz hai, tanqidi islaah ka aghaz hai. to tanqeed ko taboo mat samjhiye, yeh tanqeed ko sochiye ke is ne kehne wale ne kya kaha. baat par ghor kijiye, yeh na dekhen ke tanqeed hai. sare musalman bhi jeete hain apne aadi maaqaber mein, har ek ne aaqaber bana rakha hai, isi mein jeete hain. sare musalman, mister bhi, maulvi bhi. is se aap log bahar nikaliye, is haqeeqat ko achi tarah jaan lijie ke islam alag hai, musalman alag hai. islam intact hai, musalman zawal ka shikar ho chuke hain, aur musalman ko dobara nikalne ki zaroorat hai ke aap tanqeed karen, un ka tanqidi jaiza len,
47:16
critical study karen, tab hoga naya aghaz. maulana, agla sawal ahmedabad se kiya hai muhammad saleem sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, you always emphasize on developing universal outlook.
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