Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Is debate right if it produces hatred?

“Muslims hold debates on a high pedestal. The debates are only producing hatred and distance people away from Islam as a result. Is it right to engage in debate seeing the result?”

He answers at 54:20 in Reason and Faith · 1 min 42 sec

His answer, in his own words
54:20
unhon ne likha hai pehle sawal mein Muslims hold debates on a high pedestal. The debates are only producing hatred and distance people away from Islam as a result. Is it right to engage in debate seeing the result? dekhen, debate ka tareeqa bilkul ghalat tareeqa hai.
54:44
is mein engage hone ka koi sawal hi nahi hai kyunke debate hamesha reaction paida karta hai. Debate se kya hai? doosre ko down karna, doosre ko conquer karna, doosre ko ridicule karna. yeh debate mein yeh sab hota hai. jaise maine ab misaal di aap ko, unhon ne likha kufr tod.
55:06
to unhon ne likha ke kufr tod ka bata pod yeh hota hai. aisi is zamane mein ek kitab chhapi thi "daghira rasool". to yeh debate mein yahi sab hota hai, iska koi result nahi hai. to hamein result karne hi nahi hai.
55:29
islam mein hai ji, islam mein jidal asr ka hukum hai. islam mein jo hukum hai, jidal asr. jidaal asr ka matlab yeh hai jis mein khair khwahi ho, jis mein aqli ghore o fikr ke saath kaam kiya jaye, jis mein planning ho, jis mein positive method ho, woh hai jidaal asr.
55:51
wahi karna hai hamein aur inshallah result niklega kyunke result nikalta hai hamesha sahi tareeqa kar se. ghalat tareeqa kar se koi result kabhi nikalta nahi is duniya mein. maulana, isi se related unka doosra sawal hai jo likha hai unhone Once a group of
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