Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Should a da'ee remove or modernize his beard?

“In today's era, the beard has become a symbol of extremism. So should a da'ee (caller to Islam) remove his beard or make it a modern beard?”Asked by Abdul Latif, Karachi

He answers at 1:10:09 in Islam and Prophet of Islam 21st · 1 min 58 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:10:09
maulana, agla sawal karachi pakistan se aya hai miss abdul lateef ka. unhon ne likha hai: "aaj ke daur mein darhi cutter pan ki aik alamat ban chuki hai. to kya aik daai apni darhi khatam kar de ya usay modern darhi bana de?" is ke bare mein aap batayen.
1:10:30
mein darhi rakhta hoon, dekhiye, mein kabhi kaat ta hi nahin. yani pachas baras ho gaye hon ge be darhi, kachi nahin lagaya maine. to mujhe to koi cutter nahin sochta. cutter pan aap ke rawaiye, aap ke apne rawaiye se cutter pan bante hain, aap ki boli se
1:10:51
cutter pan bante hain, darhi se nahin. yeh galat khayal hai ke darhi hai to cutter pan ho gaya. yeh jo log hain jo cutter pan ki boli bolte hain, matlab nafrat ki boli, we and they ka concept le ke chalte hain ke doosre log ghair hain, hum aur yeh hamare apne hain.
1:11:14
to yeh sab cheezen jo log chalte hain, is se cutter pan aata hai, is se hate paida hoti hai. darhi se nahin. mein isi darhi ke sath dunya bhar mein jata hoon aur mujhe koi cutter nahin sochta kyunke wohi
1:11:33
boli jo hai, us mein mohabbat hoti hai, khair khwahi hoti hai. asal cheez aap ke dil mein, aap insanon ke liye wishful thinking, shayad insanon ke liye khair khwah baniye, shayad dunya ke liye, yani aap ke dil mein pyar ho to phir aap ki boli mein pyar hoga, aap ke har cheez mein pyar ka andaz jhal ke ga.
1:11:59
to koi cutter nahin samjhe ga aap ko, chahe darhi ho ya darhi na ho. yeh bilkul aik galat tasawwur hai. maulana, agla sawal kashmir se hai hamidullah hameed sahib ka.
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