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Why follow Islam if all religions teach good deeds?

“All religions basically teach followers to do good deeds. Why should a person then only follow Islam?”Asked by Prateek Sharma, Delhi

He answers at 1:03:32 in Islam in A New Age · 2 min 34 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:03:32
Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se aya hai Mr Parteek Sharma ne likha hai. unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke all religions basically teach followers to do good deeds. Why should a person then only follow Islam? dekhiye, agar aap sanjeeda hain, sanjeeda hain to main kahunga ke all religion ka mamla hi nahi hai. yahan all religion ka mamla hi nahin hai. kyunke dosre mazahib jo hain, woh preserve mazahib nahin hain. islami ek mehfooz mazhab hai, preserve mazhab.
1:04:12
to yeh, yaani kai ke darmiyan, ek kai ke darmiyan ka mamla hai nahin, ek ke darmiyan ka mamla hai. tamam scholars jo hain, is par mutafiq hain ke pichle jitne mazhab hain islam se pehle ke, woh koi bhi mehfooz nahin hai, preserve nahin hai. un ka text, un ki history, koi cheez preserve nahin hai. sab mythology hai. pichle mazahib jo mythology par base karte hain, history par nahin base karte. yeh tamam scholars ka yeh, yaani woh hai manna hai ke pichle dosre mazahib jo hain, woh mythology par base karte hain.
1:04:52
islam history par base karta hai. is liye aaj islam jo authentic hai, to islam hi ek authentic version hai khuda ke, yaani religion of God ka. yaani religion of God jo hai, pehle bhi aya lekin woh woh mehfooz nahin rakh saka is zamane ke log. lekin islam jo hai, mehfooz hai. to islam ki hesiyat yeh nahin ke woh superior hai ya afzal hai ya mukammal, yeh sab kuch nahin hai. yeh main nahin manta is ko. islam na superior hai, na afzal hai, na mukammal hai, kuch nahin.
1:05:25
woh allah religion of God ka authentic version hai, bas. aur is ke siwa kuch nahin hai. to jo aadmi waqai sincere hai religion of God ko janne ke liye, to main nahin samajhta ke woh is mein is ki do rai ho sakti hai ke jo authentic version hai, jo jis ki history poori tarah se maloom hai, us ko le na ke un ko le jo ke mythology par base karte hain. yeh hai is mamle mein khalis scientific statement. scientific statement. maulana, un ka ek aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai ke religion should be flexible. Islam is very rigid and has several rules with dos and don'ts.
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