Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Correct understanding of religious zeal

“Is it correct that religious zeal should be about peaceful reform, and that violence and hate in the name of religion is irreligion?”

He answers at 1:09:50 in Life after Death I 22nd · 3 min 45 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:09:50
jitna zyada ummat dawat e Allah par khadi hogi, utne zyada ikhtilaf apne aap mit jayenge. is mein koi shaq nahin hai. Maulana, inka ek aur sawal hai, inhone likha hai: deeni ghairat ya deeni jazba yeh hai ke aadmi achhai aur burai ke muamle mein hassas ho. woh burai ko dekh kar uski islaah ke liye peaceful andaaz mein dua aur koshish kare. deeni ghairat ke naam par violence aur hate ka culture chalana deen ke naam par sirf bedini hai. kya yeh baat durust hai? hmm, bilkul sahi hai. galat ka lafz bidat, bidat. galat koi cheez nahin Islam mein.
1:10:34
kahin bhi aap Quran o Hadees mein iske saboot nahin dekhte. kai lafz hain, mere paas abhi kal parson kuch log aaye ke yeh shan e Rasool ka mamla hai. yeh shan e Rasool kahan likha hua hai? maine unse poocha, bataiye. woh aalim the. abhi jo Musalman dhoom macha rahe the Jaipur wale mamle mein. to unhone kaha yeh to shan e Rasool ka mamla hai. to maine poocha, ek bande ne kaha Quran mein kahan likha hai? Hadees mein kahan likha hai? aisi ghairat bhi kahan likha hai? kahin likha nahin. bahut se lafz logon ne khud bana liye hain. aur isko is tarah bolte hain jaise ke yeh deen ka taqaza hai.
1:11:14
dekhiye, yaad rakhiye. koi bhi baat, koi bhi rai banane se pehle sabse pehle pehle Quran o Sunnat ko dekhiye. jaise Imam Abu Hanifa ke bare mein kaha tha ke woh kehte the ke 'ateeni shay'an min kitabil lahi hatta aqal' jo tum keh rahe ho, usko pehle Quran se uska hawala do. tab main usko manunga, nahin to nahin manunga. to har cheez ka hawala Quran mein hona chahiye. Rasool Allah ke Hadees mein hona chahiye. agar nahin hawala hai to phir besaleeqa hai, bebuniyad hai woh.
1:11:50
woh bidat hai. 'man ataa fi amrina hadha ma laysa minhu' to radd hai woh. to aisi hamakat hum kyun karein ke hum akhirat mein pahunchenge Rasool Allah ke samne to Rasool Allah yeh keh dein ke tumne kahan deen nikal liya tha? maine to nahin kaha tha aisa deen. to aap bataiye ke Rasool ke naam par aap nikale hue hain aur Rasool keh dein ke yeh to woh disown karein usko. ke kahan tumne nikala shan e Rasool? aap ghaur kijiye, kitna kanpne ki baat hai. jis Rasool ke naam par aap shan e Rasool ke hangame kar ke hue hain, woh Rasool keh de akhirat mein ke bhai maine to kabhi nahin kaha tha ke tum shan e Rasool ka jhanda uthao.
1:12:32
kyun uthaya tumne jhanda? aap bataiye kaun si duniya humein jagah degi? kaun si zameen o aasman humko jagah dega? bahut sochne ki baat hai. yeh log to hain jo Hadees mein aata hai ke kuch logon ko farishte pakad kar le aayenge jahannum mein. to Rasool Allah dekh ke kahenge yeh yeh to meri ummat ke log hain. to peghambar kahenge woh farishte kahenge yeh to badal dala aap ke baad deen ko inhone. to aap kahenge 'fasuqun fasuqun' door ho door ho. to darna chahiye logon ko. ke aap shan e Rasool ka jhanda uthaye hue hain.
1:13:12
shan e Rasool ke upar hangama khada kiye hue hain. aur marne ke baad jab pahunchenge aap akhirat mein, wahan Rasool Allah honge. woh kahenge tumne kahan se deen nikal liya yeh? kahan maine kaha tha ke shan e Rasool ka jhanda uthao. to bataiye ke kya kya haal hoga hamara? kaun sa zameen o aasman humko jagah denge? maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, miss naghma siddiqi ka. unhon ne poocha hai Death is man's biggest reality.
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