Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Purpose of Dawah: conversion or not?

“Maulana, is Dawah to be done for conversion or through Dawah to convert? Maulana, here also the opposition mindset can come, how to avoid it? Please clarify.”Asked by مولانا اقبال عمری, تمل ناڈو

He answers at 51:53 in Root Cause of Terrorism · 1 min 16 sec

His answer, in his own words
51:53
maulana, agla sawal kiya hai Tamil Nadu se Maulana Iqbal Umri ne, aur inhone likha hai ke: "maulana, dawah ko convey karna hai ya dawah ke zariye convert karna hai?" Maulana, yahan bhi imposition ka zehan aa sakta hai, is se kaise bacha jaye? is ko clear karen. phir conversion Islam mein hai hi nahin, yani mazhab badalwana Islam mein hai hi nahin.
52:20
islam mein jo hai, woh yaani ab jis baat ko aap sahi samajhte hain, woh kahiye. baqi islam ke mutaliq dekhen ke mazhab ek personal choice ka naam hai, koi doosra aap ja ke aap badalwave, yeh is ka talluq islam se hai hi nahin. personal choice, faman shaa'a falyu'min, faman shaa'a falyakfur.
52:43
allah ta'ala ka jo creation plan hai, us ke mutabiq mazhab har aadmi ka personal choice hai, bas koi doosra ja kar ke us ko badalwave, mazhab yeh islam mein hai hi nahin. kai aayaten quran mein aisi hain: "la ikraaha fid deen, faman shaa'a falyu'min, faman shaa'a falyakfur". yeh sab batati hain ke is mazhab har aadmi ka personal choice hai.
53:10
maulana, agla sawal dilli se kiya hai mister ajay dravidi ne, aur unhon ne likha hai ke: "can
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