Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Is political interpretation of Islam correct?

“What is wrong with political interpretation? Don't you think if Islam becomes a political goal, it will be easier to spread and follow the Quran? The Quran spread at the time of Prophet Muhammad because in Mecca and Medina Islam became a system. So we should follow the same.”Asked by Israr Ahmed, Lucknow

He answers at 42:23 in Problem of Dajjal 29 sept, 2019 · 5 min 16 sec

His answer, in his own words
42:23
maulana, agla comment lene se pehle ek sawal lena chahenge. yeh sawal bheja hai lucknow se israr ahmed sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, what is wrong with political interpretation? don't you think if islam becomes political goal, then it will be easier to spread and follow quran. quran spread at the time of prophet muhammad, because in makkah and madinah islam became a system. so we should follow the same." bilkul galat baat hai yeh. koi ayat pesh kijiye, koi hadith pesh kijiye ke islam mukammal nizam hai aur islam ki hukumat qaim karo aur is is is ko nafiz karo.
43:10
yeh kahan hai bhai? kis ayat mein, kis quran mein hai? yeh to sara false false foot pe khade hue hain yeh log. false foot pe badi badi taqreeren karte hain. haan, padhiye. ah maulana, inka wahi ah phir jo aakhri hissa woh yahi tha ke "what is wrong with this thought and should we not follow this?" wrong yeh hai ke quran mein ya hadith mein koi reference nahi hai. main ne arz kiya ke kahan hai nafsh shariat al-islam? kahan hai hukm dawlat al-islam? jo ayat hai surah shura ki, us se bhi nahi nikalta. main ne paanch sau safhe kitab padhi hai, likhi hai, woh chhap chuki hai. taabeer ki ghalati us ko padh gaya, koi ek bhi is daleel nahi hai.
43:59
yeh khitabat, insha'bardari, bade bade alfaaz is par qaim hain, is liye is ko dajali kaha gaya hai. ah sajid ahmed khan sahib ne comment bheja hai nagpur se. unhon ne likha hai: "this is indeed the only solution for a present age muslims to follow the true islam in their own life. all the problems of present muslim world is due to misinterpretation of islam, to which maulana correctly call dajaliyat. may allah guide us all to rethink, replan and reconstruct the true islam in our own life. may allah bless you maulana for simplifying the facts.
44:41
jazak allah maulana." dekhiye, jo usool hai, usool daleel istidlal ka, usool istidlal ka, usool woh yeh hai ke sab se pehle aap ko yeh prove karna hoga quran se ya hadith se ke islam ek mukammal nizam hai, islam ek mukammal system hai, aur is ko qaim karne ke liye hukumat chahiye. to hukumat, jo log hukumat qaim hain, un se un ki iqtidaar ki kurjiyan chheno, iqtidaar ki kurjiyan chheno, aur iqtidaar qaim karo zameen par taake islam ki hukumat har jagah qaim ho jaye. yeh kahan hai? kaun si hadith hai? kaun si ayat hai? yeh sab khitabat, insha'bardari, bade bade alfaaz bol kar ke yeh baat kahi jati hai.
45:38
logical way mein koi bhi daleel is ki nahi hai. main ne paanch sau safhe kitab likhi hai, taabeer ki ghalati us ko padh lijiye aap. ah maulana faraz khan sahib ne dilli se likha hai: "maulana, thanks for making us aware about the dajaliyat of today age. it is not radicalization, rather islamization of violence. we need to spread the real message of islam. islam hai allah ki rehmat mein dakhil ho jana, allah se darna. islam hai. we have to make this our mission."
46:23
yeh amreeka wale bohat bolte hain, yeh log radicalization, yeh lafzi galat hai, yeh term bhi galat hai. Kar is mein ke clear nahi hai, is se woh asal baat clear nahi hoti. saheeh lafz yeh hai ke tasaddud ko islamize karna, islamized of violence, yeh saheeh lafz hai. aur is ki wajah kya hui ke agar aap yeh kahein ke aye logon, namaz parho to is mein koi aap ko ladne ki zaroorat nahi hai, lekin aap yeh kahein ke islam ek mukammal nizam hai, zindagi ke har shobay mein is ko qaim karna, to bohat se log hain jo apna jhanda gaade hue hain, political jhanda, un se aap ladenge, un ke jhande chhenenge, to from the outset, it becomes violence.
47:23
maulana, agla comment maulana yaqoob umri ne bheja hai lucknow book fair se, aur woh program dekh rahe hain. Unhone kaha hai ke maulana, many students have been visiting our stall, and they have purchased especially your books, and they are aspiring to meet you in delhi. some students have asked me to convey their salam to you. Jazakumullah. Maulana, agla sawal lena chahenge.
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