Reassessing what constitutes a Muslim

Maulana, agla sawal kya hai? Mr. John Butt ne Afghanistan se. unhon ne poocha hai ke "quite often one sees that Islamic principles and values are being better observed by non-Muslims than by Muslims. at the same time, some Muslims have abandoned the principles of Islam while claiming allegiance to the religion of the Prophet. is it time for us to reassess what constitutes a Muslim? should we not consider a Muslim as one who adheres to Islamic values rather than one who claims allegiance to Islam while contravening its principles?" kindly comment.

agar main sahi samajhta hoon, samjha hoon is question ko to is ka matlab غالباً yeh hai ke hum declare karein ke yeh Musalman jo hai, Islam se door ho gaya. غالباً yeh matlab hai. Maulana, jo Islam ko adhere kar raha hai, ji, us ko kahein ke bhai yeh true Muslim hai. jo hat gaya, us ko declare karein ke Islam se hat gaya. yeh matlab hai. maulana, deklair ka word nahin aaya, but jo aap matlab yahi hai, matlab yahi hai. haan, dekhen, yeh islam ki taleem nahin hai. islam mein dekhiye, ek hai ideal, ek hai practical. ek hai ideal, ek hai practical.

to ideal situation agar yani achievable na ho to hamein practical par raazi hona padta hai. to ideal to wahi hai ke main saare musalman islam ko follow kar rahe hon, woh achhi baat hai. lekin islam ko agar follow na karen, un mein barbaricity aa jaye, tab hamein kya karna hai? hamein samjhana hai, preaching karna hai, fatwa nahin dena hai. fatwa activism islam mein hai nahin. aaj kal jo fatwa active chala hua hai na, islam mein nahin hai. yeh

sab galat hai. misaal ke taur par dekhiye, ek firqa hai, us ko ahmadi firqa kehte hain, kuch log qadiyani kehte hain is ko. is ke baad khoob fatwa activism chalaya gaya. yeh mere nazdeek sar-ta-pa galat tha bilkul. yani agar kisi ne aisa yani baat kahi thi jo aap ke nazdeek islam ke khilaaf hai to aap samjhaiye bujhayein is ko. fatwa dene ka matlab kya hai? yeh kafir hain, yeh islam se nikal gaye hain, yeh islam mein hai hi nahin.

imam muslim ne likha hai, mere paas maujood hai kitab ke woh "la yukaffir ahadun min ahl al-qibla" yani jo qibla rukh par namaz padhaye, us ki takfeer nahin ki jayegi. ab aap jaiye, agar qadiyaniyon ko dekhiye, ahmadi logon ko dekhen to qibla ki taraf namaz padhte hain. woh un ka, woh namaz padhte hain, un ka, un ka, un ka kaba, un ka qibla bhi kaba hai. to aap ne takfeer kyun ki hai in ki? to yeh jo saare ulama mashghool the, yani qadiyaniyon ya ahmadiyon ki takfeer bhi, yeh bilkul galat kaam kiya unhone.

aap ko dawat karna hai, aap ko samjhana hai, aap ko yeh right hai nahin ke takfeer karen. aap deklair karen ke yeh kafir hai, yeh phir jindiq hai, yeh falaan hai. aap ko, aap ko "you have no right to declare such fatwa". "you have no right to issue such fatwa". to chahe qadiyani ka masla ho, chahe ahmadi ka masla ho, chahe brelvi ka masla ho, koi bhi masla mein aap ko ikhtilaf ho sakta hai, lekin aap fatwa dene ka haq nahin hai. aap ko samjhaiye, islaah kijiye, tablegh kijiye, dawat kijiye. to yeh bahut, yeh, yeh, yeh is ko kehte hain "ghulu extremism". extremism islam mein hai nahin. "la ghuluwa fil islam".

yeh dars fatwa dete hain to qadiyaniyon ke muamle mein ya ahmadiyon ke muamle mein jo ulama ne kiya, woh sab ghulu tha. ghulu dars fatwa de diya ke yeh kafir hain, aur halanke un mein se kisi ne jahan tak main jaanta hoon, yeh nahin kiya ke woh logon se mile, humdardi ke sath, khirqa ke sath samjhaye ke tumhara aqeedah kya hai. samjhe is ko ke aqeedah ko kya waqai tum daawa karte ho ke main nabi hoon ya kuch aur tum kehte ho, us ko samjho. aur phir agar tumhare nazdeek woh galat un ka aqeedah hai to us ko samjhao, un ke aqeedah ko durust karo. bas fatwa dena jaiz nahin, aur marna kaata aur bhi najaaiz hai.

aaj kal kya hai? maarne kaatne shuru kar dete hain, yaqtul al-had shuru ho jata hai. yeh sab bilkul islam ke khilaaf hai. sirf hamare liye ek hi option hai, woh hai dawat, islaah, tafheem. bas "we have no option other than this". yeh mein poore, yaani poore conviction se keh raha hoon ke yahi Islam hai, aur is ke khilaaf jo baat log kehte hain, woh Islam nahi hai, woh un ke apne ghar banaya hua Islam hai.

Maulana, yeh sawal kiya hai Maulana Abdul Basit ne Doha, Qatar se. Unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana Hazrat Ali ka ek waqia maine padha tha ke kisi jang mein jab Hazrat Ali ne ek mushrik par qaboo paaya