Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Essential qualities of a da'i

“What should be the essential qualities of a da'i (caller to Islam)?”Asked by Zaheeruddin, Raichur

He answers at 54:00 in The Concept of Divine Help · 1 min 59 sec

His answer, in his own words
54:00
Maulana, agla sawal Raichur se hai Zaheeruddin sahib ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai keh "What should be the essential qualities of a dai?" us ke baray mein batayein. dekhiye, Quran mein do cheez batayi gayi hain. woh kya hai? "In lakum nasih amin" is ka matlab kya hai? mad'u ke liye yak-tarfa khair khwahi. mad'u ke liye yak-tarfa khair khwahi aur dawat inhi, inhi, isi cheez ki dena jo Allah ki taraf se aaya. apni taraf shamil na karna kuch. maslan, aap debate karein, aap qoumi sahifat ki baatein karein, zulm ki shikayat karein, case aap ne aur cheez shamil kar li,
54:58
doosri cheez shamil kar li. to do hi shart hain: mad'u ke liye yak-tarfa taur par, unilateral taur par aap khair khwah bane rahein, value issuer bane rahein. aur doosri shart yeh hai keh aap wohi karein, dawat isi, isi cheez ki dein jo Quran mein bataya gaya hai. log kya kehte hain? naam lete hain dawat ka aur baatein karte hain kya? fakhr ki, qoumi, qoumi siyasat ki, yeh sab
55:28
baatein karte hain. woh bilashuba Islam mein jaiz nahin hai. to yeh, yeh do, yeh, yeh do cheezein apne andar paida kijiye jo is ayat mein milti hai: nasih hona aur amin hona. nasih hone ke mani hain walosher hona, ameen hone ke mani hain ke bohat hi honest hona is mamle mein ke wahi baat, usi baat ki dawat dena hai jo quran mein bataya gaya hai. kisi aur baat ko shamil nahi karna is mein. maulana, agla sawal hai suhail ahmed sahab ka. unhon ne location nahi likhi hai. un ka sawal hai: "I wanted to ask this question for a long time, which is that Allah speaks all languages in the world, so why is it compulsory to recite namaz and Quran in Arabic?
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