Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Status differences among Muslim groups?

“Is there any difference of status or rank among the Sayyids, Sheikhs, Pathans, Ansaris, or Malik according to the Hadith?”Asked by پروین سلطانہ, دلی

He answers at 1:18:13 in Islam in A New Age · 1 min 17 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:18:13
aur yeh hum chahte hain ke hamare sathiyon mein yeh mizaj aaye. Maulana, agla sawal Dilli se hai, aah Miss Parveen Sultana ka. unhon ne aapse poocha hai: Maulana, is there any difference of status or rank or anything among the Sayyids, Sheikhs, Pathans, Ansaris or Malik according to the Hadith? kya phir se parhiye? Is there any difference of status or rank among the Sayyids, Sheikhs, Pathans, Ansaris or Maliks according to the Hadith?
1:18:50
nahin, nahin, yeh sab kuch nahin. yeh to Musalman ne bana rakha hai. yeh sab aur ziyada tar yeh Indian subcontinent ka qissa hai, yeh sab hai ziyada tar. aur mulkon mein ab bhi yeh sab baatein nahin hain. yeh to yeh to sach poochhen to jo yahan India mein jo zaat system tha, caste system, is caste system ke asar se yeh baatein paida hui hain. abhi bhi yani Indian subcontinent jo hai, is ke bahar yeh baat abhi bhi nahin kehte. aap chahiye Arab mein chalen, yeh sab kuch nahin. to yeh India mein caste system tha, is ko Musalmanon ne Islamize kar liya.
1:19:28
bas. is ka Islam se koi talluq nahin, yeh Musalmanon ka yani apne mahol se asar le kar ke aisa hua hai. Maulana, agla sawal bhi Dilli se hai, Miss Nida Malik ka.
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