Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Should Religion Be More Liberal?

“Should religion limit itself to traditional style and become more liberal? What is your comment on this?”Asked by Zafar, Mumbai

He answers at 1:09:09 in Quran for All Mankind · 1 min 25 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:09:09
maulana, agla sawal mister zafar sahib ka hai, mumbai se. unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke "should religion limit itself to traditional style or become more liberal?" what is your comment on this? kya kya? " should religion limit itself to traditional style or become more liberal?" na liberal, na dono lafz galat hain. traditional wala bhi ek be matlab lafz hai, woh liberal bhi abhi bhi be matlab hai. pehli baat yeh hai ke aap daryaft karen ke mazhab kya hai.
1:09:52
meri daryaft yeh hai ke mazhab ka authentic jo book hai, woh quran hai. yeh meri daryaft hai. to agar aap yahan tak pohnche to aap quran mein kya likha hai, is ko dekhiye. inhain liberal ko dekhna hai, na traditional ko dekhna hai. Quran mein kya likha hai, is ko janna hai. meri jo daryaft hai, kyunke maine bohat si kitabein parhin, aakhir mein yahan tak pohncha ke Quran hi wahid kitab hai jo ath entic hai. jo authentic hai, to isi par bharosa kar sakte hain. to is mein kya likha hai, is ko janne ki koshish kijiye. yeh sab to a a a relative baatein hain ke liberal ho ke kya kya hai, woh ji is ka koi, is se to koi talluq nahin. Maulana, agla sawal Lucknow se hai, Mr Adnan sahab ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke "how should we thank God?" is ke baray mein bataein.
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