Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Defining defensive war in Islam

“Please tell me, how can we define defensive war in Islam?”Asked by مس شائستہ, دلی

He answers at 51:33 in Q&A · 1 min 35 sec

His answer, in his own words
51:33
maulana, agla sawal Dilli se hai Miss Shaishta ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke "please tell me, how can we define defensive war in Islam?" dekhen, defensive war ka talluq pehli baat yeh hai ke awam se nahi hai, NGOs se nahi hai. aaj kal jo idhar udhar musalman lad rahe hain defense ke naam par, woh defense nahi hai. woh to woh to anarchy hai. anarchy sarkashi hai. dekhen, defensive war ka matlab kya hai? aik established state hai, established government hai,
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