Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Addressing Accusations of Being Traitors

“Even though I am an Indian and a proud one, still it pains me when our non-Muslim brothers mistrust us and call us traitors. How should people like me address such accusations?”Asked by Gufran, Kanpur

He answers at 50:00 in The Prophet An Example of Modesty · 2 min 43 sec

His answer, in his own words
50:00
jazak Allah. Maulana, agla sawal bheja hai gufran sahab ne kanpur se, unhone likha hai, "Maulana sahab, even though I am an Indian and a proud one, still it pains me when our non-Muslim brothers mistrust us aur call us traitors. How should people like me address such accusations?" Dekhiye, is sawal ka jawab sirf ek hai. Aap yeh mat dekhiye ke doosre aap ko kya kehte hain. Zindagi bhar maine yahi kiya hai, mere bahut zyada critique hai, bahut zyada.
50:50
Maine kabhi yeh nahin socha ke doosre mujhe kya kehte hain. Maine sirf apne dil mein jhaanka ke main khud kya hoon. Agar maine paaya ke main woh nahin hoon jo log kehte hain to bas that was enough for me. Yeh maine sari zindagi kiya hai. Aap ko pata hai ke maine poori history mein shayad itna zyada critique jitna mujh par kiya hai ke kisi aur par nahin hua. Jaise kal ek sahab ne bataya ke aap to bahut hi zyada galat aadmi hain, aap rasool Allah ko mukammal usmani nahin mante.
51:37
Abhi kal ki baat hai ke ek sahab ne kaha ke aap bahut hi zyada galat aadmi hain kyunke aap rasool Allah ko mukammal usmani nahin mante. To aap yaqeen kijiye ke maine un se koi behas nahin ki, apne dil mein dekha ke kya waqai mein rasool Allah ko mukammal usmani nahin manta. Mere dil ne kaha ke main mukammal se bhi zyada mukammal manta hoon, mukammal se bhi zyada mukammal. To bas that was enough for me. Phir main un se kuch na mere dil mein koi ghussa hai na kuch nahin, koi shikayat hai na koi koi jawab diya maine un ko. To sab se acha jawab jo main apne tajrube se hai woh yahi hai ke doosre kya kehte hain is ko mat dekhiye, aap apne dil mein jhaankiye ke aap khud kya hain, aap ke conscience ke mutabiq.
52:32
agar aap ke conscience ka hai ke aap right track par hain to bas mutmaen ho jaiye. molana, agla sawal lete hain. agla sawal bheja hai doctor safina tabassum ne ajmer se, aur unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke "How should we know that whether I am completely modest or not?" is ke bare mein bataiye.
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