Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Clarity on idol-breaking and Babri Masjid

“The Prophet broke all idols, while Mahmud Ghazni broke idols for wealth. How can this be used to justify the Babri Masjid demolition, given that Mughal rulers granted lands for temples? Please provide clarity.”Asked by Razzaq Memon, Mumbai

He answers at 51:57 in Understanding the Quran · 2 min 49 sec

His answer, in his own words
51:57
molana, agla sawal lete hain. yeh Mumbai se bheja hai Razzaq Memon sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "Nabi sallallahu alaihi wasallam ne tamam buton ko tod diya tha. Mahmood Ghaznavi ne daulat hasil karne ke liye but tode honge. is ko Babri Masjid girane ki wajah nahin bataya ja sakta. Mughal hukmaran ne mandir ke liye jaageerein ataa ki theen. molana, is pe clarity dein." theek kaha aap ne. is mein clarity to hai hi. aap hi ke batane mein phir clear ho jata hai.
52:37
sahi kaha aap ne. Professor Najma Siddiqui ne dilli se comment bheja hai. unhon ne likha hai: "Molana, today you have given an important meaning to disjointed letters of the Quran and helped us to learn to apply Quran in new situations and make it a living Quran. Jazak Allah." Mashallah. Faraz Khan sahib ne dilli se likha hai: "Molana, today I learned that theright due of Quran is not to cram it, but to extract the wisdom out of it. To read it through an ijtihadi angle. The disjointed words of Quran represent this revolutionary spirit of Quran.
53:26
We have to reapply, reinterpret Quran. Prophet Muhammad's method of using idols in Kaaba as assets as compared to Prophet Ibrahim, who destroyed them, is a direct example of reinterpretation of God's message." Sehi hai. Okay, so we will end this session now. Thank you.
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