Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why did Sahaba wage war if war is vicious?

“During earlier times, Sahaba went to war with Persian and Byzantine Empire. I understand that it was to remove the structure where there was no freedom to choose for its people. My question is that why did they not apply the principle that you mentioned today, that war is an unending vicious cycle?”Asked by Mr. Khurram Qureshi, Calicut

He answers at 51:06 in CPS Mission Conference 2023 · 27 min 11 sec

His answer, in his own words
51:06
Doctor Sahab. agla sawal aap se hai, jaise hadith mein aaya hai ke "man and women are two equal half of a single unit". aur Maulana Wahiduddin Khan Sahab bohat ziyada is cheez ko emphasize bhi karte the, aur advice bhi karte the ke "man and women should make one another as intellectual companions". to main chahoon ga ke yeh jo spiritual partnership hai, spiritual partners ka concept hai, jo woh bohat emphasize karte the, us ke baray mein aap kuch hum sab ko batain. Inshallah, kal jo session hua tha CPS ladies ka, woh to bara inspiring tha. ji, bilkul. to already maine bohat hi gehrai se is baat ko samjha hua hai.
51:50
Maulana spiritual partner aur intellectual partner ki baatein karte the. in fact, Doctor Sahab, sorry to interrupt, kal mostly, most of the men were saying ke "women outclass men yesterday". and I agree to that. ab hamein kuch karna hoga. ji, acha. to main kuch misalein leta hoon. sab se achi misal to hamein Ummahat al-Momineen ki milti hai. Hazrat Aisha batati hain ke tahajjud ke waqt Rasool Allah salallahu alaihi wasallam uthte the to namaz parhne ke liye, to agar main jaag rahi hoti thi to mujh se baatein karte the.
52:32
fa kanat mustayqizatan haddathani yeh ab Rasool Allah salallahu alaihi wasallam us waqt spiritual discussion nahi karte honge, intellectual discussion karte rahe honge. is ki wajah se Hazrat Aisha R.A. ne bohat sari aisi cheezein discover keen Rasool Allah ki zindagi se, jis ko istinbat Aisha kaha jata hai, jis ki wajah se yani ummat ko bohat faida hua. aur kai waqiat hain. ek
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khaas cheez yeh hai ke Rasool Allah jo jo prophet ke ghar ki baat thi, yani household kaisa tha, Rasool Allah ke kaise baat cheet hoti thi, ke kya discussion hote the, kis tarah, woh sab cheezein hamein Hazrat Aisha ki hadithon se milte hain. bohat sari baaten. aik baat kehti hain ke rasool Allah kabhi arguments mein nahi parhte thay, behas waghera mein. agar kabhi bohat majboora behas ya arguments mein parhna parta tha to Prophet was the last person to start the argument and the first person to exit from it. yani bohat mushkil se behas waghera karte thay kabhi,
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agar majboora, aur agar ho bhi gayi, arguments ho gaye to foran nikal jatay thay. aik thora dilchasp waqia hai. aik baar Hazrat Aisha R.A. ki aur rasool Allah ki bohat behas ho gayi, khatam hi nahi ho rahi thi baat. to rasool Allah ne kaha ke acha, tum kisi judge ko bula lo, woh ab faisla kar de. to rasool Allah ne kaha ke Hazrat Abu Ubada Ibn Al-Jarah ko bulatay hain. baray Sahabi thay. to unhon ne kaha No, he might favor you. to Hazrat Abu Ubada Ibn Al-Jarah, Ameen Al-Ummah kaha tha rasool Allah ne, the most trusted Sahabi of this community.
54:54
to unhon ne kaha ke nahi, how about my father Abu Bakr? to rasool Allah ne kaha theek hai, ab Hazrat Abu Bakr ko bulatay hain. to Hazrat Abu Bakr aaye, bethe. to Prophet ne kaha Hazrat Aisha se ke acha, tum shuru karo. to Hazrat Aisha ne kaha No, you start aur bolein ke agar aap koi galat baat kahengay to main abhi beech mein I'll stop you and I'll correct you. to is andaaz ki jab baat suni Hazrat Abu Bakr ne to woh khare ho gaye aur ghusay ho gaye ke How can you talk to he is the messenger of Allah? to he was about to slap her pakar liya Hazrat Aisha ko aur aik haath laganay walay thay, tab tak rasool Allah aa gaye, bachaya. to khair, woh baat khatam ho gayi aur Hazrat Abu Bakr chalay gaye. to Prophet ne kaha ke Look, I have saved from you I have saved from this person I have saved you from this person.
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to is tarah ki bhi baaten hoti theen, thoray dilchasp andaaz ki. to yeh matlab rasool Allah ویسے to paighambar thay lekin ghar mein saaray ghar ghar ke kaam karte thay. Hazrat Aisha batati hain, khud apnay kapray silte thay jo phat jatay thay ya apnay sandal waghera khud theek karte thay. household ka kaam jo hota tha, woh bhi karte thay. to yeh yeh yeh sab baaten hamein Hazrat Aisha ki hadithon se milta hai, milti hain. aik aik aik aik parosi tha, Iranian, woh kabhi koi bohat acha soup banata tha to woh Prophet ko invite karta tha. to aik baar woh aaya, kaha Prophet se ke Please come and have some soup with us.
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to Hazrat Aisha bhi theen wahan barabar mein. to rasool Allah ne kaha ke Wahazihi, what about her? Can she also come? Can she also join? to us ne kaha No, only you. to rasool Allah ne kaha ke Then I will not come. I am not coming. to phir us ne insist kiya, Iranian ne, ke Please come, please come have some soup with us. to phir rasool Allah ne kaha Wahazihi, what about her? And she, can she also come? to us ne kaha No, only you. to rasool Allah ne kaha ke No, then I am not come. I am not coming. to teesri baar us Iranian ne phir insist kiya Please come, have some soup.
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Please come inside. Please, please. phir Prophet ne kaha ke Wahazihi, what about her? And can she join? to woh Iranian ne kaha Wahazihi, let her come. to us tareeqay se rasool Allah ka talluq tha. aik aur waqia hai. aik baar rasool Allah so rahay thay aur Hazrat Aisha bhi so rahi theen. to raat ka waqt tha, us waqt charagh waghera bhi nahi hota tha. andheray mein jab un ki aankh khul gayi, Hazrat Aisha ki, to unhon ne aisay kar ke dekha to laga un ko ke Prophet hain nahi.
58:06
unhein unhein yeh guman hua ke shayad bahar chalay gaye, kisi aur ghar mein chalay gaye. to phir aisay aisay kiya to Prophet ke sir pe haath laga. to Prophet uth gaye, bolay ke Has your Saturn come to you? yani woh jo gumaan kar rahi thi. To hazrat aisha ne kaha ke O Messenger of Allah, don't you have a Saturn? To prophet ne kaha ke Yes, I do have a Saturn, but God has given me control over him, and I have made him a Muslim. To thora bohat subtle humor bhi tha rasool Allah ki baaton mein. Aise hi hazrat khadija ke baray mein bhi bohat achi baatein hain.
58:52
Woh to un ke baray mein to aik baar hadith mein aata hai ke prophet cave mein thay aur jibril farishtay bhi aaye hue thay. To farishtay jibril ne kaha ke khadija aa rahi hain. Yani cave aap logon ko pata hai kitnay ooper hai aur hazrat khadija makkah se un ke liye kuch saman le ke aa rahi thi. To jibril ne kaha ke aik vessel un ke hath mein hai jis mein kuch There is some soup and there is some water and there is some food for you. She is bringing that vessel for you.
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To ab woh aap tasawwur karein She was fifty-five years old at that time. Lekin un ka ta'alluq aur dilchaspi aur shauq itna tha ke rasool Allah ke liye khana le ke aa rahi thi aur ooper charh ke aayi. To Jibril farishtay jibril ne kaha ke jab woh aayi to un ko un ke rab ka salam kahiye aur mera bhi salam kahiye. Aur kahiye ke un ke liye aik aisa ghar hoga motiyon ka jis mein na koi shor hoga na koi takleef. La sakhb fiha wa la nasb
1:00:06
Asal mein kya tha ke makkah ke jo shareer log thay na woh aa ke shor machate thay, phainkte thay saman, kooda karkat dalte thay. To hazrat khadija ko takleef pohnchti thi. Isi ki taraf ishara hai ke tumhein aisa ghar Allah de ga jannat mein ke na koi shor hoga na koi takleef hogi. To jab hazrat khadija aayi ooper charh ke saman le ke to prophet ne kaha ke yahan jibril hain, woh dekh nahi sakti thi aur tum ko salam bhej rahi hain. Tum ko Allah ka salam le ke aayi hain. Yani God has sent salam to her. Yeh to shayad koi aur misaal nahi milti. To rasool Allah ne kaha hai ke Allah ka salam tum ko le ke aa rahe hain aur aur woh khud bhi salam kar rahe hain, keh rahe
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hain. To hazrat khadija muskurayi aur boli ke Allah hi salamat ka sar chashma hai aur mera salam jibril ko bhi aur aap ko bhi mera salam aur Allah ki rehmaten. To yeh darja tha hazrat khadija ka aur aur bohat hi achi . Ab jaise aik aik aur waqia aakhri mein leta hoon mukhtasar sa ke jab hudaybiya ka mauqa tha to rasool Allah sal Allah alayh wasallam ne kaha sahaba se ke ab tum log makkah mat jao, qurbani kar lo yahin, wapas chalte hain. To aap ko pata hai ke sahaba ne rasool Allah ki baat nahi mani aur rasool Allah bohat pareshan hue ke koi meri baat nahi sun raha.
1:01:43
To wapas jab tent mein aaye to wahan par us waqt hazrat umm salama thi jo ke bohat hi scholar thi aur bari mudabir khatoon thi. To hazrat umm salama ne kaha ke matlab mashwara diya prophet ko ke aap aisa karein, aap qurbani kar dijiye, baqi phir sahaba sab kar len ge. To aise hi kiya rasool Allah ne aur phir sahaba ne qurbani ki. To yani yeh jo husband wife ka role hai woh yahi hai ke intellectual partner bane, spiritual partner bane taake aik doosre ki spirituality ko jagayein aur yahi goal mere khayal se hona chahiye.
1:02:23
Ji to sab se achi misaal to hamein hazrat aisha ki baaton se milti hai. Ji ji mashallah, bohat achay examples diye doctor sahib, bohat achay se wazih kiya. Maulana kehte thay ke intellectual partnership is very important and it's the highest goal. In fact, he used to say that if there is one word to define its success, it is adjustment. And adjustment is not surrender or submission. It just shows that the person who adjusts is living on a higher intellectual level of thinking. So adjustment comes from a high level of thinking and is a very enjoyable experience. To ab aap jaise mein ne adjustment ki bhi baat ki thi to agla question mein aap se poochna chahta hoon on teamwork and unity.
1:03:16
Dawat ka kaam effective tor pe tabhi ho sakta hai jab hum collectively unity ke saath teamwork ki shakal mein is ko karein . Kyunke is ke baghair individual level pe aap aala darje ka dawat ka kaam nahi kar sakte. Kal hum ne is pe charcha bhi ki thi. To yeh mera aakhri sawal hai aaj ka, is ke baray mein aap kuch batayein. Unity is the most important value in life. Not only for dawat work but also for any
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great work. You cannot perform any great work on an individual level. Individually you can't perform any great work. And dawat work, which is a global task given to Muslim Ummah, so how can you perform without uniting ? Because whenever more than one people join together for a cause, for a mission, there are differences. You know, we think differently. Even brothers and sisters think differently. So but we adjust in our home, so why can't we adjust outside of our homes?
1:04:41
So we must think that, always think that this is something God given. And you cannot go against the planning of God. God has given us freedom, God has given us this thinking ability. Everyone thinks differently. So in, you know, I did my MA in English literature, so there is one paper on criticism.
1:05:19
But in Urdu syllabuses, we don't have such papers on criticism. So criticism is invited. My father used to say that I love being criticized. That is why he never, he was never disturbed of criticism. He said that this creates our thinking, this gives us, hamari thinking ability ko barhata hai, this promotes our thinking ability.
1:06:00
So that is why when we are criticized by anyone, we should not think that he is our enemy or she is our enemy. We just should think that is he making some valid point. If the point is valid, we must be ready to accept it . And if the point is not valid, we can either ignore it or we can explain to the person that that point is not right. This is not the right, this is not right. So but cool mindedly, we should never be disturbed and we should never feel bad about it.
1:06:47
We should never mind if we are being criticized. Because criticism, healthy criticism, is very important for the promotion of our thinking faculty. We must be ever ready to do so. And unless and until we don't accept criticism, we cannot work unitedly for this divine cause of especially dawat work . Now we are a global team. So this is something must for us. Because we can't perform individually.
1:07:32
How can one individual work for this mission which is being done at a global level? So we must understand it, we must read Maulana's literature that criticism is a must, is a sign of one non if we want to do something unitedly and at a global level. Even at home, if we are always disturbed with criticism, there are something or the other always because everyone thinks differently. There is a saying that if everyone thinks alike, no one thinks very much. So this is very, very true that we have to be open to criticism
1:08:32
. And if my father would not have been open to criticism, he would not have worked, he would not have produced all the literature he produced, more than two hundred books. Because he was open to criticism, he was never disturbed. There were so many people who came to him and criticized him on his face. But he did not mind, he just smiled as if nothing serious had happened. So we have learned from him that we should also be open to criticism and this is necessary for performing the dawah work, the mission.
1:09:13
Not only at global level, at national level, at international level, this is must because we are working together. Ji jazak Allah apa, we are actually running behind the schedule, so I will not be able to take more questions or comments. But lastly, I would request Dr. sahib that in the end to share some prayers with all of us. Inshallah, Maulana ka kehna tha ke jo dua hai woh dil ke ehsas ka naam hai, kuch alfaaz ka naam nahi hai. Yani aam taur se hum sunte hain jo log bolne wale hain ke yeh dua aap pachaas baar padh lijiye, yeh subah padh lijiye, yeh shaam ko padh lijiye. Toh yeh yeh koi sahi baat nahi hai. Dua toh dil ki gehrai se nikalti hai, phir woh alfaaz mein dhal jati hai. Yani seene mein aap ke ek samandar jab beh padta hai, samandar moajzan hota hai toh phir woh kuch alfaaz niklte
1:10:16
hain. Toh jo jo paighambaron ki duayein hain Quran mein ya sahaba ki duayein hain ya Rasool Allah salallahu alaihi wasallam ki duayein hain, woh aisi duayein hain ke woh unke ehsasat ki akasi hai. Ab mein ek do dua leta hoon, chuki waqt ab bohat kam hai. Ek dua jo Prophet ko bohat pasand thi aur Maulana bhi aksar usko padhte the, bohat Maulana ko pasand thi. Yeh hai Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyumu bi rahmatika astagheethu O Living God, O Sustaining God, I seek Your Mercy. Mein teri mercy, mein teri rehmat ka mohtaj hoon. Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyumu bi rahmatika astagheethu aur iska agla hissa hai Aslih li shani kulli ke meri sari jo meri Problems hain, usko solve kar d
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e. I seek Your Help in settingright all my affairs. Aslih li shani kulli wa la takilni ila nafsi tarfata aini yeh bohat zabardast hai ke Please do not leave me to myself even for a blink of an eye. Don't leave me alone even for a blink of an eye. La takilni ila nafsi tarfata aini yeh bohat achi dua hai aur Maulana aksar usko padhte the. Aur sahaba bhi kehte hain ke jab koi pareshani hoti thi Rasool Allah, koi News aati thi kahin se toh hum sunne lagte the ke woh ahista ahista padhte the Ya Hayyu Ya Qayyumu bi rahmatika astagheethu aur ek dua jo Rasool Allah ki bohat achi dua hai Quran ke bare mein, bohat hi zabardast dua hai,
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woh hai Allahumma taj al al Qurana rabiyya qalbi O Allah, make the Quran the spring of my heart, and the light of my chest, and the remover of my sadness, and the reliever of my worries. Such a beautiful dua yani Allahumma taj al al Qurana rabiyya qalbi wa noora sadri wa jala huzni wa dhahaba hammi. Kitni zabardast dua hai yeh aur haqeeqat yeh hai ke jab Quran aap padhein, jaise abhi baat hui thi tadabbur ke sath aur gehrai se, toh yeh Quran aap ke dil ki aur aap ke seene ka noor ban jata hai. Noor ka matlab yeh hai, noor woh light wale, yeh light wale noor nahi, balkeh Maulana kehte the ke noor ka matlab jahan bhi noor lafz aaya hai Quran mein, toh woh guidance ke bare mein aaya hai, Khuda ki guidance.
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Yani yeh Quran aap ke liye guide book ban jayegi jab aap gehrai se padhenge. Is liye yeh Allahumma taj al al Qurana rabiyya qalbi wa noora sadri wa jala huzni wa dhahaba hammi. yani jo aap ki takleefein hain, jo pareshaniyan hain, jis mein aap mubtala rehte hain, subah shaam sochte rehte hain, jab quran gehrai se aap padhenge aur us ki jo gehri baatein aap ke dil mein utrengi, to yeh sab jo masail hain, woh aap ke liye bohat halke hote chale jayenge. aur sari jo pareshani hai aur Sadness hai aur takleef hai, aur woh sab cheezein ahista ahista khatam ho jayengi. aur to yeh bohat hi achhi hain paighambaron ki duaein quran mein aati hain. Hazrat Musa (AS) ki dua itni achhi dua hai aur balkeh jo hum log padhte hain Rabbishrah li sadri woh khud bohat hi zabardast dua hai, us mein sari baat aa gayi
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hai. Musa (AS) ne jab dua ki to bohat hi umdah dua hai aur bohat hi achhi dua hai. To ab jaise Rasool Allah ne kaha ke jo Zunun ki dua kare, us ki dua Reject nahi hoti hai. yani Yunus (AS) ki dua jab woh machhli ke pait mein chale gaye to unhone kaha La ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz zalimin ke aye Allah, tu pak hai, main hi maine hi zulm kiya hai. to Allah ne usi waqt qabool ki, machhli ne la ke daal diya aur dua ki taaseer dekhiye ke jab gaye Hazrat Yunus (AS) to jo jo log un ko Reject kar rahe the, woh bhi iman le aaye, ek lakh
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se zyada. To itni zabardast dua hai lekin dua dil se nikalni chahiye. Aur Hazrat Zakariya ki dua bohat hi achhi quran mein Surah Maryam ke bilkul aaghaz mein hai ke Id nadā rabbahu nidā'an kha fiyyan When he called his Lord in low voice yani khafi kehte hain bareek cheez ko ke aisi yani Whisper ke andaaz mein dua ki. kitni zabardast hai ke us ne apne Rab ko Whisper ke andaaz mein pukara. Choonkeh aap jab Allah se dua karte hain to Loudspeaker pe nahi hoti hai, woh bohat hi khamosh dil se nikli hui dua hoti hai.
1:15:42
aur Hazrat Zakariya ne farmaya ke lam akum bidu'aika Rabbi shaqiyyan ke aye mere Rab, tujh se main dua kar ke kabhi mayoos nahi hua, kabhi tune meri dua Reject nahi ki. to yeh jo paighambaron ki duaein hain, woh bohat hi umdah duaein hain, woh hamein batati hain ke kisi khaas mauqe pe un ke dil mein kya ehsasat paida hue, kya un ke dil ki کیفیت thi. to dil ke ehsasat ka naam dua hai. Baqi jo paighambaron ki duaein hain, woh bohat hi achhi hain. Rabbana zalamna anfusana ab yeh dono dua kar rahe hain, Adam and Eve dono dua kar rahe hain Rabbana zalamna anfusana Our Lord, we have wronged our souls, and if you will not forgive us and have mercy on us, we will be among the lost.
1:16:32
Rabbana zalamna anfusana wa in lam taghfir lana wa tarhamna lanakunnana minal khasirin to zabardast dua hai yeh aur sari paighambaron ki duaein jo hain, woh hamein batati hain ke dua ka tareeqa kya hai. To ji, dua behraal dil se honi chahiye aur un ki hamein duaon se hamein ek rasta, ek tareeqa milta hai ke hum kaise dua karein. Thank you Doctor Sahab, aaj ki Sunday class waqai mein bohat special thi. Aa, is ka, is ke, is ka experience, is ke lessons inshallah hum sab ko yaad rahenge. Jazak Allah Doctor Sahab, Jazak Allah Aapa for doing an amazing session today. Thank you.
1:17:18
And with this, we will end this session now.
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