Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Do I need religion to be a good human?

“Do I need to follow a religion to be a good human being? What are the similarities in all religions? What does it take to be a good human being? Kindly comment.”Asked by مسٹر پارتھس راتھی, دلی

He answers at 1:21:17 in Islam & Prophet of Islam 21 Oct, 2012 · 2 min 4 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:21:17
maulana, agla sawal Dilli se hai Mr. Partha Rathi ka. unhone likha hai: "do i need to follow a religion to be a good human being? what are the similarities in all religions? what does it take to be a good human being? kindly comment." dekhiye, asal masla good human being ka nahi hai. good human being to ek relative term hai. relative. aap ke zehn mein kuch hoga, mere zehn mein kuch hoga. woh ek relative term hai. sahi soch yeh hai ke aap yeh sochen ke jo jis ne is duniya ko banaya hai, jo creator hai, us ki scheme of things kya hai?
1:22:04
aur us ke mutabiq mujhe kaisa banna hai? good human being relative term hai, uska koi aap accepted definition nahi pa sakte aap is ka. isi liye jo akhlaq par jo kitaben likhi gayi hain, ethics par, bohat is mein ikhtilaf hai. to maine jo samjha hai, woh yeh hai ke sab se pehle aap ko janna pare ga ke creator ki scheme of things kya hai? us ke nazdeek jo creation plan hai, woh kya hai? aur phir aap apne ko us ke mutabiq dhalen. kyunke dekhiye, har ek ko marna hai. maut se koi bach nahi sakta. maut ke baad jo hai, hum ko isi creator se samna pesh aye ga. mere baap jo the, woh kaha karte the ke Khuda ka munh dikhana hai.
1:22:55
hamare baap jo the, woh kehte the Khuda ka munh dikhana hai. to har aadmi aakhir kar to wahin pohnche ga jahan Khuda se us ko samna pesh aye ga. to Allah ki marzi ko janna, creator ki marzi ko janna, yeh asal cheez hai. us ko pata hai, apne ko mold karna. good human being ka jo criterion hai, woh ek ek relative criterion hai. maulana, agla sawal Dilli se hai Naveed Ahmed sahib ka. unhone likha hai: "how could you say Islamic government was not established at the time of Prophet Muhammad?
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