Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Reason for emphasizing English learning to Muslims

“Molana, I have observed that you emphasize a lot to Muslims in learning English. What is the reason? Should students graduating from madrasa also learn English?”Asked by Muhammad Hussain, Lucknow

He answers at 56:54 in The Creation Plan · 1 min 13 sec

His answer, in his own words
56:54
maulana, agla sawal lucknow se kiya hai muhammad hussain sahab ne. unhone likha hai: "maulana, i have observed that you emphasize a lot to muslims in learning english language. what is the reason behind this? should students graduating from madrasa also learn english?" is ke bare mein batayein. arey bhai, dekhiye, seerat kitab mein aata hai ke rasool Allah ke katib the zaid ibn ansari. zaid ibn ansari, unhone rasool Allah ke kehne par chah zabanen seekhi thi. to yeh to sunnat rasool hai, sunnat sahaba hai.
57:46
aap seekhein, phir sawab milega, phir sawab milega. yeh zaid ibn sahab tanzali ki sunnat hai aur jo rasool Allah ke kehne ke mutabiq unhone ikhtiyar kiya. ji, maulana, agla sawal lete hain. yeh bhopal se bheja hai fahad khan sahab ne.
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