Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How Scholars Adopted Political Interpretation of Islam

“If the political interpretation of Islam is not derived from Qur'an and Hadith, then how did Muslim scholars become involved in it even though they had knowledge of the Qur'an as well as Hadith?”Asked by Naghma Siddiqui, Delhi

He answers at 1:11:19 in Islam and Politics · 3 min 26 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:11:19
maulana agla sawal dilli se kya hai miss naghma siddiqui ne unhon ne likha hai if political interpretation of islam is not derived from quran and hadith then how did muslim scholars got involved in it even though they had knowledge of quran as well as hadith dekhein is tarah ka jo kaam hota hai woh gradual tor par hota hai aur dheere dheere aap ke zehn mein bichhaya jata hai aap ko khabar bhi nahi hoti ke maine yani kis ghalati mein phans gaya hoon mein dekhein hua yeh yeh ke is zamane mein yani yeh zamana jo jis ko hum naya zamana kehte hain to
1:12:13
maghribi taaqatein ubhren mislan yani france ubhra britania ubhra aur doosre mulk maghribi mulk ubhre unhon ne dunya mein apna domination qaim karna chaha kyunke woh nayi taaqaton se musallah ho ch ke the unhon ne steam power daryaft kiya tha modern industry daryaft ki thi woh modern andaaz mein unhon ne apni foujon ko munazzam kiya tha to nayi taaqat se ubhre woh to us waqt jo unhon ne domination karna chaha to us waqt musalmano ne jagah jagah musalmano ki hukoomatein theen to turkon ki hukoomat mughal hukoomat to un ki zad mein yahi hukoomatein aain yeh hukoomatein to africa mein aur europe mein muslim hukoomaton ko khatm kar ke unhon ne yani khatm to nahi kiya matlab un ko dominate kar ke apna apna suttra qaim kiya to ab shuru shuru mein is ke khilaaf reaction hua log ladne ke liye khade hogaye phir dheere dheere yahi log jo is mein aaye the yani ladai ke maidan mein apne is ladai ke ah ladai ki is tehreek ko justify karne ke liye musalmano ko mazeed apne saath lene ke liye unhon ne yeh kiya ke political interpretation dena shuru kiya isi ki hi ka isi sequence mein aaya hai
1:13:44
yani unnisveen sadi ke aaghaz mein colonial powers ke khilaaf jo ladai shuru ki gayi thi isi ke sequence mein baad ko aisa hua ke us ko unhon ne ek nazariye ki shakal de di ek political justification is ka karne karne lage to unhon ne kaha ke ji yeh islam ka yeh aqide ka masla bana diya yani pehle daur mein yeh aqide ka masla nahi tha woh sirf yeh tha ke unhon ne hum hum se chheena hai to hum use wapas lenge pehle daur mein jo mamla tha woh yeh tha ke hum se political power unhon ne chheena hai to hum use wapas karenge chheenenge un se dobara lad kar ke yeh tha lekin baad ko unhon ne aqide ka masla bana diya ke yeh hamare aqide ka mamla hamara farz hai hamare upar ke hum dobara islami hukoomat qaim karein to main samajhta hoon isi sequence ka culmination tha yeh ke islam ka political interpretation diya gaya hai maulana agla sawal jaipur se kya hai firoz sahab ne unhon ne likha hai maulana if there is no system being given in quran then how come all over the muslim world there is so much noise about creating the islamic system plea
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