Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Conditions for qital in modern world

“In today's world, are there any conditions in which qital (fighting) is applicable?”Asked by مس نغمہ صدیقی, دلی

He answers at 1:07:15 in Peaceful Islamic Mission · 1 min 38 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:07:15
maulana, agla sawal kya hai miss naghma siddiqui ne dilli se, aur unhon ne aap se poocha hai کہ: "In today's world, are there any conditions in which qital is applicable?" ہرگز نہیں، ہرگز نہیں، بالکل qital ka koi sawal hi nahi hai. main aap ko aik aik baat arz karta hoon ke sare fuqaha jo hain, yeh mante hain ke
1:07:39
jang mein sirf muqattal ko mara jayega, ghair muqattal ko nahi mara jayega. yani combatant ko mara jayega, non combatant ko nahi mara jayega. yeh sare fuqaha kehte hain. تو اس زمانے میں جب زمانہ آیا ہے جس کو کہتے ہیں weapons of mass destruction، اب تو
1:08:03
possible hi nahi raha. آپ، یعنی مقاتل، غیر مقاتل یا combatant اور non-combatant میں فرق کریں، یہ تو possible ہی نہیں رہا۔ ab jab bhi bomb marenge to bohat se ghair muqattal mar jayenge. تو اب تو جنگ، جنگ آپ بالکل میں سمجھتا ہوں کہ irrelevant ہو گئی۔ Irrelevant!
1:08:27
اب peace ہی کا ہمارا، ہمارے آپشن ایک ہی ہے، peace کا آپشن۔ war ka option hi nahi hai. yani weapons of mass destruction ke wajood mein aane ke baad mein samajhta hoon ke war ka option khatam ho chuka hai.
1:08:44
ab sirf peace ka option hai. peaceful, peaceful tareeqe se kaam kijiye aur dua kijiye. yahi option aap ke liye hai. maulana, agla sawal aaya hai tariq ali sahib ka tempa usa se, aur unhone likha
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