Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Reasons for political interpretation of religion

“Why did people give a political interpretation to religion? What is the real reason for this? Please explain.”Asked by Maulana Shariq Hussain, Delhi

He answers at 1:28:53 in Sahaba and Muhaddithin 24th · 1 min 10 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:28:53
maulana, agla sawal ah dili se hai, maulana sharq hussain sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "logon ne deen ki siyasi taabeer kyun ki? is ki asal wajah kya hai? is ke bare mein batayen." masla siyasi taabeer ka nahi hai, masla siyasi fakhr ka hai. poori poori ummat siyasi fakhr mein jee rahi hai. mujhe koi bhi exception nahi maloom is bare mein. cps ke sab siyasi fakhr mein, yani matlab usmani kuch daur tareekh guzra hai, is ko le kar fakhr
1:29:31
to isi ko, isi ko revive karna, isi ko regain karna, isi ko phir dunya mein lana to yeh yeh mizaj sab ka hai. isi ne yeh siyasi ta'beer, siyasi ta'beer ka mein is ko fitna samajhta hoon, paida kiya. yeh tareekhi fakhr ko dobara hasil karo, dobara qaim karo, isi ka naam hai siyasi ta'beer. is ka Islam se koi talluq nahin. Maulana, un ka ek aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai ke ek baray aalim jo Islam ke political interpretation ke leader hain, mein ne un se poocha ke Quran ki ayat mein kahan
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