Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Protesting small issues to protect prayers

“Many Muslims say that if we do not protest on small issues, then our prayers and fasting will also be objected to.”Asked by Dr. Safina Tabassum, Ajmer

He answers at 43:11 in Spirit of the Age · 2 min 36 sec

His answer, in his own words
43:11
maulana, agla sawal doctor safina tabassum ne bheja hai ajmer se, aur unhon ne likha hai, maulana, maulana sahib, bohat musalmanon ka yeh kehna hai ke agar hum choti choti baton par protest nahi karenge to hamare namaz roze par bhi eteraz hone lagega. un logon ko kya kaha jaye, is ke bare mein bataein.
43:35
yeh to ek jhoota, ek jhoota, yani jhoota doubt hai, baseless doubt hai. yeh yehi to mein keh raha hoon bar bar ke musalmanon ki ghalti hai ke wo isi spirit of age ko jante nahi. kabhi namumkin hai ke aap ki namaz roze par record dali jaye.
43:56
duniya mein kahin bhi record nahi hai. record jo hai, aap ke nuisance par hai, aap ke virus par hai ke masjidon mein is kya aaj kal ho raha hai ke juma ke din ekatha hote hain to wo masjidon mein nafrat ki taqreerein hoti hain ke dushman hain, yani hamein, yani hum yeh karna hai, wo karna hai.
44:21
to yeh cheez buri hai. nafrat namaz nahi buri hai. koi duniya mein aisa nahi hai jo namaz ko roke. jo rokega, wohi ke aap aisi baat karte hain jo zamane ke khilaf ho, yani tashaddud ki
44:38
baat, nafrat ki baat. yeh bilkul jhoota hai, sarapa jhoota hai. yeh kehna ke namaz ko rokenge, is ki koi asal nahi hai. bilkul jhooti baat hai.
44:50
mein ne kitni bar gaya hoon, mein church mein gaya hoon, mandir mein gaya hoon, namaz ka waqt hoga, logon ne khoob kaha, aaj namaz padhiye. khade khade hote hain ehteram ke liye. ek baar tha, qissa likha tha maine risale mein ke paruram shastri ka program tha chapati par
45:11
bombay mein, aur bahut bada majma tha wahan. to bahut ooncha pandal laga hua tha. to maghrib ka waqt ho gaya. to maine kaha ke maghrib ka waqt ho gaya hai.
45:25
to unhone kaha ke aap yahin padhiye, is yahin padhiye, pandal par. to unhone apni taqreer rok di. aur maine sab ke saamne, lakhon aadmi the, aur pandal, ooncha pandal tha, woh khade ho kar namaz padhi.
45:43
yeh jhooti baat hai, yeh yeh to jhooti baat hai. maulana, agla sawal jamshedpur se bheja hai abdul sahib ne, aur unhone likha hai, maulana sahib,
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