Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Is dawah work the highest good?

“Can we say that dawah work is the summum bonum?”Asked by Mehtab Ali Nandro, Dhamapur

He answers at 49:22 in The Deeper Meaning of The Quran · 2 min 55 sec

His answer, in his own words
49:22
Maulana, agla sawal Dhampur se Mehtab Ali Nandro Sahab ne kiya hai. unhon ne aap se poocha hai keh kya hum yeh keh sakte hain keh dawah work is summum bonum? nahi, yeh sahi term nahi hai. aap yun kahiye keh Islam jis tarah se, Islam mein jis tarah follow karna farz hai, aise hi is ko spread karna bhi farz hai. yaani jis tarah Islam par amal karna farz hai, is tarah Islam ko phailana bhi farz hai. is tarah kahiye. Maulana, agla comment bheja hai Maulana Israr Khatib Sahab ne Chennai se. unhon ne likha hai: "Malana, aaj aap ka article jo Times of India mein aaya hai, us ko parh kar mujhe laga keh aap hi ek Islamic scholar hain jo Kashmir ke baray mein hopeful aur positive hain,
50:26
jab keh saari ummat is ko le kar ek khauf mein hai. aap ne is article mein Kashmiriyon ko jo guidance di hai, us ko agar Kashmiri aur Muslim qabool karein toh un ke liye yeh guidance dunya aur akhirat ki kamyabi ka kamyabi ka zameen hoga, Insha Allah. Insha Allah. Maulana, agla comment bheja hai Maulana Iqbal Umri ne A Chennai se. unhon ne likha hai: "Arabi zabaan ki fazilat ke tasawwur ki wajah se madhu ki zabaan mein sahi dawati kaam nahi ho saka." Okay, we will end
51:18
this session now. thank you.
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