Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why were there no women prophets?

“Why were there no women prophets?”Asked by Muhammad Bilal, Delhi

He answers at 29:39 in The Role of a Woman · 8 min 11 sec

His answer, in his own words
29:39
Mashallah. Maulana, yeh sawal Delhi se Muhammad Bilal sahib ne bheja hai. Unhon ne aapse poocha hai "Why there were no women prophets? " Is se ziyada bari baat shayad yeh hai ke hum yeh janen ke Rasool Allah ko jab prophethood mili to pehla role jo tha woh ek aurat ko tha, woh Khadijah ka. Dekhen, Khadijah ek khatoon theen jo Rasool Allah ki biwi theen. To jab Ghar-e-Hira se jahan aap ko pehli wahi utri thi, use aap aaye
30:36
to tareekh batati hai ke aap ko kuch ghabraye hue se thay aur aap aaye Khadijah ke ghar mein. Khadijah ke ghar mein rehte thay aap. Zambilooni Zambilooni mujhe chadar orhao, chadar orhao. To dekhen, Hazrat Rasool Allah ko to ek ghabrahat taari ho gayi aur aap ne kaha ke orh kar let jaon. Us waqt Khadijah ne kya kiya?
31:16
Khadijah ne yeh kiya ke Rasool Allah se kaha ke chaliye chalte hain Warqa ke paas. Bajaye litane ke, unhon ne un ko kaha ke hum chalte hain Warqa bin Naufal ke paas. Woh Christian ho gaye thay us daur mein, woh Christian thay aur kafi senior thay Arab society mein. To chunancha woh le gayeen,
31:53
Khadijah le gayeen Rasool Allah ko Warqa bin Naufal ke ghar. Bajaye litane ke, orhaye orha kar ke unhon ne yeh kiya. To Islam mein mein bas bataon ke pehla role jo hai Khadijah ka hai. Jab wahan gayeen woh to unhon ne poocha Rasool Allah ke baray mein ke yeh
32:28
aap ke paas aayen hain, in ko le kar mein aayi hoon aap ke paas. In par ek ek tajurba guzra hai Ghar-e-Hira mein. Yeh Ghar-e-Hira mein thay, wahan par in par ek experience guzra. Aur phir woh bataya unhon ne ke Jibrael aaye, un ka ek khayal. Phir jo aap sab logon ko maloom hai ke jo hua to Warqa ne Rasool Allah se poocha is ki detail to aap ne detail batayi. To Warqa ne jo bohat senior aadmi thay Arab society ke, unhon ne kaha ke
33:20
Ae Muhammad, yeh jo tune dekha woh mere nazdeek wahi naam, wahi Namoos tha, wahi Namoos-e-Akbar ka tha. Ji, Namoos-e-Akbar, wahi Namoos-e-Akbar tha jo aaya tha Musa aur Isa par, yani Jibrael. To is lihaaz se dekha jaye to Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam ki pehli momina, pehlay momin warqa hain, pehlay momin. to is ki baat tasweer aap seerat ki kitabon mein parh sakte hain.
34:04
to yeh kitna bara role hai khatoon ka rasool Allah ki zindagi mein. phir dekhen, Aisha jo aap ki alia theen, woh tamam ulama ke ittefaq se number one khatoon mani jati hain Islam mein. yani jo masail un ke, is ke zariye ummat ko mile hain, woh bohat qeemti hain, bohat qeemti hain. isi liye aik mustaqil kitaab mein likhi gayi hain Aisha ke oopar,
34:46
aap is ko parh sakte hain. Maulana, kuch comments parhna chahenge. yeh comment bheja hai Miss Kausar Izhar ne New Jersey se. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, Maulana sahib, what a wonderful gift for Women's Day! Thank you! You gave an example of Hazrat Hajirah as the greatest woman in history. She was a pioneer and led the humanity from shirk to God worship.
35:20
The present-day women can learn from her. She can lead the present-day humanity from material worship and spiritually starved mindset to spiritually contented personality and true worship of God. I will be in company of intellectual women in New Jersey today and will convey my message to all of them. Thank you ! Azhar Mubarak sahib ne Bhagalpur se likha hai: "Maulana, your book 'Aurat Memar Insaniyat' is a paradigm shift for my conception regarding understanding of the women. It completely changed my vision."
36:00
Sajid Anwar sahib ne Mumbai se likha hai: "Maulana, in my knowledge, CPS is the only mission who has... in my knowledge, CPS is the only mission which has rediscovered the true role of women. Due to this, now women are at the forefront of the mission everywhere and converting their potential into actual. This is nothing less than a historical step in the existing Muslim society. May Allah reward you immensely." Maulana Abdus Salam Umri ne Hyderabad se likha hai: "Aurat ka asal role dawati role hai. is ko aap hi pehle woh shakhs hain jinhon ne aurat ke dawati role ko wazeh kiya hai.
36:44
Jazak Allah Maulana." Okay, we will end this session now. Thank you.
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