Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Muslims' negative perception of openness

“Why do Muslims take 'openness' in a negative sense? They only understand openness as unveiling (lack of hijab).”Asked by Maulana Iqbal Umri, Mumbai

He answers at 46:19 in Divine Crusades · 2 min 17 sec

His answer, in his own words
46:19
mera agla sawal Maulana Iqbal Umri ka hai, jo abhi Mumbai mein hain aur yeh program dekh rahe hain. aur unhon ne yeh sawal yeh kiya hai ke Maulana, openness ko musalman manfi maani mein kyun lete hain? Openness ke maani sirf be pardagi samajhte hain. yeh to blindness hai. Blindness hai.
46:43
Rasool Allah sal Allah alaihi wasallam ke zamane mein Makka mein jo aswaaq hote the, us mein yahi sab hota tha. auratein gaati bajati thin, circus hota tha, tamashe hote the. to Rasool Allah ne kyun nahin samjha ke yeh to be pardagi hai? Yeh to wahan jaate the
47:07
aap, ja kar Quran sunate the. kuch cheezon ko dekh ke problem ke roop mein dekhna, yeh blindness hai, blindness. aur cheezon ko opposition ke roop mein dekhna, yeh is se Hazrat Akbar aap aankh wale hain. to jo musalman openness ko samajhte hain, be pardagi, woh to blind hain.
47:31
is mein jo pehlu hai, opposition ka, is se be khabar hain. They are blind. dunya mein kabhi bhi aisa nahi hoga ke khair jo hai, pure shakal mein hoga. impossible hai. hamesha khair ke sath kuch na kuch shar mila raha hai, mila rahega.
47:54
musalman jo shar ko dekh paate hain, khair ko nahi dekh paate. yeh toh blindness hai. hazrat umar ne kaha tha ke aqalmand woh hai jo yeh jaane ke shar mein khair kya hai. allazi ya'rifu khaira ash-sharrain balkeh yeh kaha do shar dunya mein hain, us mein se lisar shar kaun
48:15
sa hai, yeh jaane. yeh yeh hai islam ka mayar. aaj kal ke jo musalman hain, jo bas be pardagi, duty, perseverance jante hain, woh toh bilkul blind log hain, blind.
48:36
maulana, agla sawal doctor safina ne kiya hai, ajmer se.
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