Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Shirk in saying Vande Mataram or Namaste

“Is saying Vande Mataram (national anthem) or Namaste considered shirk (associating partners with God) nowadays?”Asked by فراز احمد, کلکتہ

He answers at 55:40 in Dars-e-Quran, Chapter 2, Verse 35 · 4 min 1 sec

His answer, in his own words
55:40
maulana agla sawal faraz ahmad sahib ne kiya hai kolkatta se unhon ne likha hai میرا سوال یہ ہے کہ کیا وندے ماترم نیشنل اینتھم یا نمستے کہنا کیا شرک ہے آج کی parastiti mein hum kya karein quran hadith ki hikmat ki roshni mein hamari rehnumai karein
56:06
hargiz shirk nahi hai woh bilkul jo yeh kahe ke woh shirk hai woh na shirk ko janta hai na mad matro ko janta hai dono se bekhabar hai jis ko kehte hain angrezi mein minus marking minus marking ke mustahiq hain woh log minus marking yeh hai ke aapse question kiya jae hawajat
56:28
ke bare mein aur aap jawab dein motor car ka to yeh matlab yeh ke aap dono se bekhabar hain aap nahi jante ke hawajat kya hai motor car kya hai to us ko kehte hain minus marking yani jo number milne wala hota hai cut cut jata hai aisi baat hai jo log kehte hain unhein un ke liye farz hai ke woh chup rahein
56:50
kam az kam chup rahein bolein nahi falqul khair awliya smooth kuch se jante hain log ke bad watrum kya hai aur shirk kya hai bas kuch jazbat mein jeete hain aur phir jazbat ko undelte hain bas
57:19
maulana zakariya sahib ne srinagar se comment bheja hai unhon ne likha hai such a thrilling idea and interpretation in today lecture it will definitely help us individually nationally and internationally maulana such a tremendous lecture it was
57:42
aamir mori sahib ne maulana comment aur question bheja hai srinagar se unhon ne likha hai today lecture was really hopeful and a motivating lecture for me my question is maulana sahib how can a person come to know that he has lost his first chance and how
58:05
can he identify and avail the second chance kindly guide us in this regard is mein koi yani zyada badi aql ki zaroorat nahi hai jab aap jab aap kho dein aap ne ek dhoom machai jaise kashmir mein 47 ke baad hi ek dhoom machai gayi aur mulla k chhi nahi. idea and interpretation kis ko ne first chance khoya gaya yani partition ke baad kashmir ke naam par bahut zyada sacrifice kiya gaya lekin mulla kuch bhi nahi balki kho aur khoya gaya jitni mili hui thi woh bhi chali gayi to yahi to hai ke first chance kho diya ab is ko
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