Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Response to satanic verses and cartoons

“How should Muslims have responded to satanic verses and the cartoon issue? What are the best two methods we can use?”Asked by اظہر صدیقی, گوالیئر

He answers at 50:36 in The Issue of Shatm-e-Rasool (Abuse of the Prophet) Prof. Farida Khanam · 1 min 46 sec

His answer, in his own words
50:36
ah, apa agla sawal ah, main leta hoon, ah, yeh Azhar Siddiqui sahib ka hai Gwalior se. ah, unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke how should Muslims have responded to satanic verses and the cartoon issue? is qism ke jo mamle hote hain, is par jo ah, behtareen tareeqa do tareeqe hum use kar sakte hain. ek to Maulana is ko barah-e-rast zikr karte rehte hain ke imt al-batil bahjri ya bitarki. ah, Hazrat Umar ka qaul zikr karte hain ke Allah ke bande hain jo ah, batil ko dabaate hain, maarte hain, is ko is ko avoid karte hain, is ka zikr nahi karte hain. aam taur se aisa hota hai ke ek choti si kahin par kisi ne kuch keh diya, is ko hungama kar ke saari duniya mein kar dete hain, to yeh aur zyada phail jata hai. to hum ko is ko zikr nahi karna hai, is par koi ihtijaj nahi karna, yeh nek logon ka tareeqa hai.
51:30
Hazrat Umar ne yeh kaha. doosra yeh ke agar kisi ke paas hai, jante hain ke ilmi taur par is ne kuch kaha hai, to is ka jawab yeh hai ke jaisa ah, is zamane mein shair ka shair se jawab diya jata tha, ab kitab ka kitab se jawab dijiye. kitab ka kitab se jawab dijiye. Rasool Allah salallahu alaihi wasallam Masjid Nabwi mein mimbar par Hazrat Hassan ko khada kar ke kehte the ke un ka jawab do jo unhon ne kaha hai. mere bare mein haj goi ki hai. haj goi ka matlab kya hai? badzamani karna Rasool Allah salallahu alaihi wasallam ke bare mein. to un ka ek shair hai: "ajawt Muhammad fajat anhu wa ind Allah fi dhak al-jaza". tum ne Muhammad ki haj goi ki badzamani ki Muhammad ke bare mein. main tum ko shair ke zariye jawab deta hoon aur Allah ke nazdeek un ka badla hai.
52:15
to yahi do tareeqe hain: ya to tark karein, aur agar ilmi taur par karna hai to is ki kitab likhein. yeh is ke ilawa to koi tareeqa nahi hai. apa yeh sawal Bangalore se Miss Saima Khan ne bheja hai. woh aap se janna chahti hain ke what should be the main priority of Muslims today?
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