Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why Intelligent and Wealthy Avoid Islam

“Why do the intelligent class, the wealthy, and the famous not turn to Islam? Does Islam not appear to them at their intellectual level, or are they unaware of God's creation plan?”Asked by Samia Latif, Karachi, Pakistan

He answers at 24:37 in Q&A · 3 min 9 sec

His answer, in his own words
24:37
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 creation plan se nawaqif hain? is ke baray mein batayen."
25:21
dekhiye, is ke do pehlu hain. aik yeh hai ke un ka mutawajjah na hona deen ki taraf, yeh un ki ghalati hai. aur bilashuba har ghalati par insan pakra jayega, illa yeh ke woh toba 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. is mein koi shaq 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.
26:07
50 feesad un logon pe zimmedari hai jin ko ke unhein batana tha ke Islam kya hai, jo madarson mein parhai aai ho, 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 activism bohat chala hua hai. fatwa activism Islam mein nahi hai, bilkul nahi hai. Islam mein naseehat activism hai. aur naseehat ka tareeqa yeh hai ke kal fi anfus qaul baligha kaho un se, dil kaho un se baat is tareeqay se jo un ke mind ko address karne wali ho.
26:46
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 sochana chahiye dono tabqe ko. ek tabqa agar is baat ka, yaani zimmedaar hai ke woh deen se phira hua hai, doosra tabqa is ka zimmedaar hai ke woh in logon ko, in ko is is andaaz mein islam nahi pesh kar kar raha hai jo un ke mind ko address karay. is ke liye ulma ko tayyari karni chahiye. madarison mein jo taleem hoti hai, woh hargiz kaafi nahi hai ke aap yeh kaam kar saken.
27:29
hargiz nahi. aur mazeed in ko parh tayyar karna hai apne aap ko. to mazeed koi tayyari karta nahi. to behal yeh do tarafah zimmedari mere nazdeek hai. 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 inkaar karte hain, jaise angels ka inkaar waghera." Maulana sahib, is mein sahi baat ki wazahat farmayen.
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