Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Can obsessed Muslims establish Khilafat in modern age?

“Muslims are still in the obsession of establishing Khilafat. In an age of nationalism and spirit of freedom, is it possible for these obsessed Muslims to translate their dreams into reality?”Asked by Khalid Ansari, Delhi

He answers at 1:09:41 in The Problem of Intellectual Stagnation · 2 min 36 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:09:41
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai mr khalid ansari sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai ke "muslims are still in the obsession of establishing khilafat." Maulana, in an age of nationalism and spirit of freedom, is it possible for these obsessed Muslims to translate their dreams into reality? bilkul hi impossible hai, aakhirat tak impossible hai. dekhen, masla yeh hai ke musalmanon ka mazhab jo hai, it is derived from history and not from the quran. ab jo musalmanon ka mazhab hai, woh tareekh se liya hua hai.
1:10:21
ab musalmanon ke aur islam ke beech mein history hai. quran ka jo daur hai, quran hadith ka jo daur hai, us ke baad tareekh ka zamana aya. to aaj ke musalmanon mein aur quran ke daur mein beech mein history haail hai. to woh history tak pahunch paate hain, us se aage unhein kuch pata nahin. bade bade in ke jo log hain, bade bade top ke log bhi, woh bhi wohi islam jante hain jo history se unhon ne derive kiya hai. yeh ab musalmanon ka problem hai. baqi yeh ke is zamane mein khilafat qaim karna, khilafat ka matlab hai ke muslim empire, yeh namumkin nahin, balke yeh to badness hai.
1:11:04
badness se kam nahin hai. yeh bilkul hi main hairaan hoon ke kaise aisi baatein log bolte hain aur aql se, aql se, reason se, soch se koi talluq nahin hai. bilashuba, yeh badness hai, badness.
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