Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why slavery not abolished in Islam?

“Why was slavery not abolished in Islam, like alcohol consumption and eating pork were declared haram?”

He answers at 1:44:12 in Art of Crisis Management I 3 October, 2010 · 4 min 51 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:44:12
text ko padhein. text ko. hmm, un ka ek sawal aur hai. Maulana, unhone poocha hai: "Why was slavery not abolish in Islam?" Like alcohol. Kya? Why? Why was slavery? hmm, not abolish in Islam? Like alcohol consumption and eating pork was declared haram? Nahi, aisa nahi hai. alcohol bhi dekhiye, achaanak khatam nahi kiya gaya tha. kayi stages mein khatam kiya gaya tha. Islam ka tareeqa yeh nahi hai ke radically aap achaanak elaan kar dein ke sab khatam.
1:44:49
gradual tareeqe se khatam kiya jata hai. to slavery bhi khatam ki gayi gradual tareeqe se. kyunke slavery jo hai, aaj aap samajh nahi paate ke slavery kya cheez hai. slavery us zamane ki employment thi. log samajhte nahi slavery kya cheez hai. is zamane mein jab ke aaj kal ki tarah se industry nahi thi, aaj ki tarah se yeh jo itne saare tareeqe hain kamane kamane ke, woh sab nahi the. to is zamane mein slavery ek ek employment tha.
1:45:21
to achaanak abolish kar diya jaye to bahut saare log be rozgar ho jayenge. is tarah woh kahan khappen ge? woh log achaanak bahut se log be rozgar ho jayenge. is liye islam ne is ko gradual tareeqay se khatam kiya. ek arab ne bohat acha likha hai. ek un ka mein ne parha, un ki ek kitab hai, wo mushkilat al quran. is ka naam hai ke islam ne slavery ke mamlay mein ek form jo usool ikhtiyar kiya, wo yeh tha ke tazeeq al madkhal aur tawsee al makhraj, yaani gradual tor par yeh karna ke naye slave na banen aur pichlay slave jo hain, wo khatam hotay khatam hotay chlay jayen.
1:46:12
mukhtalif cheezon mein, mislan kaffara ada karna, mukhtalif cheezon ko azaad karne ka sawab jo bataya gaya hai waghera. to islam ne yeh tareeqa ikhtiyar kiya ke achaanak khatam na kar ke gradual tor par khatam karna. aur wo tareeqa yeh tha ke nayi slavery to band ki gayi, kar di gayi usi waqt, lekin jo already jo slave thay, un ke liye mukhtalif tareeqon se yeh kiya gaya ke dheeray dheeray, dheeray dheeray wo azaad ho kar society mein absorb hotay chlay jayen. isi ko unhon ne kaha hai ke wo tazeeq al makhraj aur tawsee al madkhal. tawsee al madkhal yeh bohat bohat hi sahi hai. mein samajhta hoon ke is ko to islam mein yeh ho ke naye slave na banaye jayen
1:46:59
aur pichlay jo slave hain, jo goya ke un ka rozgar wahi tha kahin, to un ko dheeray dheeray, dheeray dheeray khatam kiya jaye aur un ko society mein absorb kar diya jaye. aaj koi slave banaye to bilkul haram hoga. wo slave bana ab islam mein jaiz nahi hai. jo thay mazi ke, bas wo thay slave. aaj aap slave banayen to jaiz nahi hai. maulana, yeh sawal kiya hai miss sadia ne new delhi se: "christians and jews, you said according to the law of nature, degenerated. would you say that even today, both jews and christians have failed to regenerate their people?"
1:47:47
haan, un ka wo maslay paida nahi hue. hum logon ka jo mission hai, aisa mission kahin nahi hai. yaad rakhiye, nahi nahi, yahudiyon mein nahi, isaiyon mein. un ke haan wo social social kaam hota hai. sab ke haan, sab ka social kaam hota hai. baqi yeh jo kaam hamare haan ho raha hai, re engineering of mind, yaani is original mazhab ko phir se revive karna, yeh to kahin bhi nahi ho raha hai. yeh to Allah taala ne yeh mission jo khara kiya hai, bohat unique hai. na aisa muslim mission musalmanon mein kahin hai, na yahudiyon mein hai, na isaiyon mein hai. aap logon ko shukr karna chahiye ke aap log is se jure aur aap logon ke zamanay mein yeh mission khara hua.
1:48:33
warna yeh to is ke, is ke, yaani sari muslim dunya mein, ah, jo hai, kuch tha hi nahi, siway andheray, andheray, andheray ke. christian aur yahudiyon ke bhi kuch bhi nahi thi. haan, political tehreekein un ke haan hain aur social kaam hain aur doosray doosray kaam hain. yeh yeh jo revival hai, yeh to yeh to aaj kahin bhi nahi, kahin bhi nahi hai. maulana, yeh sawal kiya hai mister muhammad tauqeer alam ne muzaffarpur se. unhon ne poocha hai: "what is the meaning of masjid?" is ke baray mein batayen.
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