Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why elites do not turn to Islam

“Why don't intelligent people, the wealthy, and those who have attained position or fame turn towards Islam?”Asked by Samia Latif, Karachi, Pakistan

He answers at 1:27:25 in The Character of a Dayee · 3 min 25 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:27:25
jhoota badnaam karna, yeh bilashuba haram se bhi ziyada buri cheez hai. is mein koi shakk nahi. Maulana, agla sawal Karachi Pakistan se Miss Samia Latif ka hai. unhon ne poocha hai: "aaj logon mein jo zeheen tabqa hai, ya woh log jin ke paas maal aur daulat hai, ya woh log jo uhda ya shohrat paye hue hain, Maulana sahib, is qism ke log deen Islam ki satah, deen Islam ki taraf rukh kyun nahi karte? kya deen Islam in ko apne zehni satah ke mutabiq nazar nahi aata, ya woh khud, ya woh Khuda ke
1:28:12
creation plan se nawaqif hain?" is ke baray mein batayen. dekhen, is ke do pehlu hain. aik yeh hai ke un ka mutawajjah na hona deen ki taraf, yeh un ki ghalti hai. aur bilashuba har ghalti par insan pakra jayega, illa yeh ke tauba kare. lekin doosra pehlu yeh hai ke hamare jo ulama hain, woh mukammal taur par nakaam sabit hue hain is mamle mein ke jadeed tabqe ke liye Islam ko is ke understandable andaaz mein pesh karen, jo un ka mind address kare.
1:28:55
is mein koi shakk nahi hai. to 50 feesad zimmedari un logon par hai jo zeheen aur taleem yafta hon, jo hain, hain aur Islam se door ho rahe hain. 50 feesad un logon ki zimmedari hai jin ko ke unhein batana tha ke Islam kya hai, jo madarason mein parhai jati hai, parhai parhai jati hai, isi liye parhai jati hai. log batayen, parh parh ke logon ko. lekin un ke paas fatway ki zuban hai. sirf aaj kal fatwa activities bohat chala hua hai. fatwa activities Islam mein nahi hai, bilkul nahi hai.
1:29:31
Islam mein naseehat activities mein hai. aur naseehat ka tareeqa yeh hai ke kal fi nafs qaul baligha kaho un se, dil kaho un se baat is tareeqay se jo un ke mind ko address karne wali ho. to kuch kar hi nahi raha koi shakhs. jitne ulama hain, sab fatwa bazi ki zuban bol rahe hain. to yeh mein samajhta hoon ke bohat ziyada sochna chahiye dono tabqe ko. aik tabqa agar is baat ka, yani zimmedar hai ke woh deen se phira hua hai, doosra tabqa is ka zimmedar hai ke woh un logon ko,
1:30:19
un ko is is andaz mein islam nahi pesh kar kar raha hai jo un ke mind ko address karay. is ke liye ulma ko tayari karni chahiye. madarison mein jo taleem hoti hai, woh hargiz kafi nahi hai ke aap yeh kaam kar saken. hargiz nahi. aur mazeed un ko parh tayar karna hai apne aap ko. to mazeed koi tayari karta nahi. to beharhal yeh do tarafah zimmedari mere nazdeek hai.
1:30:51
maulana, agla sawal tamil nadu se hai maulana iqbal umri sahib ka. unhon ne poocha hai: "baaz ulma aql ke istemal ko deen mein bilkul ghair zaroori samajhte hain, aur baaz aql ke istemal ko zaroori qarar de kar jo cheez deen ki aql mein nahi aati, us ko inkar karte hain, jaise angels ka inkar waghera."
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