Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Clarification on power as goal or need

“A person said that power is not our goal, it is a need. Please clarify the confusion in this. The confusion is that it is in the Quran and Hadith. If you speak from your mind, it becomes a forbidden act. For example, if you say that prayer is for exercise of the body, then what?”Asked by Muhammad Ilyas, Chennai

He answers at 1:13:19 in Revival of Islam · 2 min 19 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:13:19
maulana, ye sawal aaya hai muhammad ilyas sahab ka chennai se. unhone likha hai: "Maulana, ek sahab ne kaha ke iqtadar hamara maqsad nahi, zarurat hai." Maulana, is mein jo mughalta hai, us ko wazeh karein. mughalta ye hai ke quran mein hai na, hadith mein hai. yahi mughalta hai. ye to mughalta hai. saaf hai. aap apne dimagh se bolein to ye to ek feal haram hua. aap kahein ke namaz is liye hai ke is mein body ko exercise milti hai, to batao. namaz is liye hoti hai ke is se sehat banti hai, to quran mein kahan likha hua hai? kahan likha hua hai quran? batao. to kahan likha hua hai ke hukumat tumhari zarurat hai, hukumat qaim karo?
1:14:10
kahan likha hua hai? yeh to gunah se bari cheez hai yeh ke aap aisi baat kahein jo quran mein nahi hai. yeh gunah se, yeh crime hai, crime. koi aisi ayat nahi hai quran majeed mein jo yeh kehti ho ke aye musalmano, hukumat tumhari zaroorat hai, is liye hukumat qaim karo. jo log hukumat muqabil hain, un ko larr kar ke khatam hatao, un ko. aur tum apni hukumat qaim karo. kahan likha hua hai?
1:14:38
jo log aap se kehte hain ke woh to allah taala ke haan un ki flagging hogi. ke tum ne woh kaam baat kaise kahi jo quran mein likhi hui nahi thi? apne dimagh se.
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