Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Difference between community and secular thinking

“What is the difference between community thinking and secular thinking?”Asked by Maulana Iqbal Umari, Chennai

He answers at 49:14 in The Importance of the Quran · 2 min 44 sec

His answer, in his own words
49:14
maulana, yeh ek comment aaya hai aur sawal bhi hai saath mein jo maulana iqbal umri ne bheja hai chennai se. un ka comment is tarah hai, unhon ne likha hai ke "positive attitude is the only starting point of muslim ummah." it is only al risala mission which is giving such guidelines. we are very thankful to god for this. jazak Allah. my question is that what is the difference between community thinking and secular thinking? please explain the difference. dekhein, dono ek bhi ho sakte hain aur alag alag bhi.
50:04
yani secular thinking ka matlab yeh hai ke ke mazhab ko authentic bana kar sochna ya na ho. secular thinking jo hoti hai, wahi cheez hai. is ko kehte hain reason thinking. secular thinking anti mazhab thinking nahi hai. secular thinking darasal reason thinking ka work hai. yani reason ko har cheez se azaad kar ke sochna. aadmi paband na ho kisi mazhabi kitaab ka.
50:45
to woh secular thinking darasal naam hai doosre alfaaz mein reason thinking ka. baqi jo communal thinking hai, woh to aap apni company ke faide ke liye ya sochna. maslan farz kiye is jagah aap ki company aur doosri company mein fasaad ho gaya, ladai ho gayi to aap apni company ko side le kar bolein. is ka tareeqa aam taur par yeh hota hai ke jo aap ki company mein kiya, us ka zikr hi na karein aur doosri company mein jo retaliate kiya, us ka zikr karein. yani action ka zikr, reaction. action ka zikr na karna aur reaction ko sab kuch bana bana dena.
51:33
to my community right or wrong. is ko aap keh sakte hain ke my community right or wrong. to yeh ta'assub haqeeqat mein yeh ta'assub kaise hai? yeh secular is ko aap nahi kehte ke yeh secularism kaise hai? haqeeqat mein yeh ta'assub kaise hai? maulana, agla sawal bheja hai danish fazal sahib ne lucknow se aur unhon ne likha hai: "you mentioned about one hadith of prophet muhammad saying that i am leaving two things for you: quran and sunnah." maulana, in this hadith what is meant by sunnah
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