Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Justification of animal sacrifice

“The meaning of sacrifice is to give comfort to others. Then how justified is it to shed the blood of an animal? The stomach also grows with vegetarian things. Then for the sake of taste, eating meat, killing an animal, how justified is it?”Asked by Raj Vemaksh, Delhi

He answers at 1:14:07 in The Message of Eid Al-Adha · 3 min 25 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:14:07
jo log is tarah qurbani karein, unhone qurbani ki. baqi to qurbaniyan ek rasam hain, sirf rasam. Maulana, agla sawal Mr. Raj Vaimaksh ne kiya hai. Dilli se. unhone likha hai: "qurbani ka matlab hai doosre ko aaram dena. phir janwar ka khoon bahana kitna jaiz hai? pet vegetarian waston se bhi barhta hai. phir sawad ke liye gosht khana, janwar ko marna kitna jaiz hai? is ke bare mein batayein." dekhiye, yeh to bar bar mein keh chuka hoon ke yeh theory bilkul galat hai. aap janwar ko to, yani us ko marne ko bura naam dete hain.
1:14:52
ma'ni nahi. woh jo creation plan hai, us mein to yeh shamil hai. aap pani piyein, tab bhi ab zindagiyaan is mein hoti hain. sabzi khayein, tab bhi zindagiyaan hoti hain. doodh piyein, tab bhi zindagiyaan hoti hain. hatta ke saans lein, tab bhi zindagiyaan hoti hain. is ko marna mat kahein. is ke baghair aap ko, yani food nahi milta, protein nahi milta, zindagi ki jo jeene ke liye jo taqat hai, woh nahi milti aap ko. ab aap gosht na khayein, tab bhi aap khate hain. woh kyunke aap mar jayenge. aap yeh nazariya hi galat hai ke jo gosht khata hai, wahi, yani meat khata hai. sabhi meat kha rahe hain. har aadmi meat eater hai. pani peete hain, ya doodh peete hain, sabzi khate hain, tab bhi is mein
1:15:42
ek ek ek qissa mashhoor hai ke jab dunya mein, jab jab dunya mein microscope nahi tha, tab ki yeh sab baatein hain. microscope jab aaya hai to yeh possible hoga ke jo visible nahi cheezein, woh bhi dekh sakein aap. to ek ek shakhs jo isi tarah ka tha, jo koi nazariya tha ke aadmi ko sirf, yani non-veg food nahi lena chahiye, woh bohat us ko bura samajhta tha. to us ko dikhaya gaya ke doodh to peete ho. us ko kaha haan. to doodh ko dikhaya gaya microscope mein. to us mein bohat si zindagiyaan reh gayi theen. to us ka heart fail ho gaya. kehti hai sari zindagiyaan mein nigal gaya hoon. to yeh to yeh to purana, yani yeh purani theory hai.
1:16:30
yeh pre-scientific age ki baat hai. yeh sab hai. Khuda ne is dunya mein, yani creator ne is dunya mein hamari zindagi ka yeh tareeqa rakha hai. ya to aap ek aur dunya banaiye, ya is dunya banana hai to isi tarah rehna parega aap ko. aap is se bach nahi sakte. Maulana, yeh sawal aaya hai Karachi se. Mr. Ab mein ek baat aur arz kar doon ke mein khud, yani vegetarian hoon.
1:17:02
lekin sawal hai ke vegetarian jo food leta hoon, us mein bhi to woh cheezein hoti hain. koi aisa khana mujhe mere paas nahi hai vegetarian ke siwa. lekin mein khud by by birth vegetarian hoon. lekin mein yeh keh raha hoon ke jo creation plan hai creator ka, woh to wahi hai. aap is se bach nahi sakte. aap ko shakk ho to microscope mein dekh lijiye doodh ko, sabzi ko. Maulana, yeh sawal Mr. Abdul Latif ne kiya hai Karachi Pakistan se. unhone likha hai: "log apni maadi masroofiyat mein itna masroof hain ke kisi ko deen par sanjeedgi se baat karne ka waqt nahi hai." Maulana sahib, is ki kya wajah hai?
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