Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Books to Give for Dawah

“What books should we give to people who come in contact with us to tell them about Islam?”Asked by Nazim Ahmed, Delhi

He answers at 1:09:11 in The Companions and the Hadith Scholars · 6 min 50 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:09:11
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, nazim ahmad sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "jo log hamare sampark mein aate hain, unko islam ke bare mein batane ke liye kaunsi kitabein hum dein?" is ke bare mein bataein. bhai, dekhein, yeh koi yaani yeh koi batane ki baat nahi hai, yeh to aap ke samajhne ki baat hai. kyunke jo aap ke sampark mein aate hain, woh kya hain? to woh tarah tarah ke log ho sakte hain. insaan ki to bohat qismein hain. to aap ko khud kitabein padhna hoga, padh ke khud aap ko tay karna hoga ke un ke mind ko address karne wali kitab kaun si hai.
1:09:56
yeh koi doosra aadmi nahi bata sakta hai. maulana, agla ek comment aaya hai, patna se, bihar se, daniyal sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, pichhle sunday ko main dilli mein tha, maine CPS Hall mein aap ke lecture ko attend kiya, jiska topic tha Political Activism aur Futile Activism. aur aaj main online lecture yeh sun raha hoon, in dono lecture se kai bahut zyada important islam ke aspects clear hue. jis ke baad mere andar thrilling ka ehsas ho raha hai.
1:10:33
jo baatein maine samjhi, wo yeh hain ke hum 200 saal se political empire ko regain karne ki koshish kar rahe hain. halanki, us se bhi zyada bada empire maujood hai, aur wo hai dawah empire. aur dawah empire ke baad kisi aur empire ki zaroorat nahi.
1:10:53
doosri aham baat yeh hai ke quran ke mutabiq hamare liye zimmedari yeh hai ke hum adal ko apnayein, na ke adal ko naafiz karne ke liye pur tashaddud jahad karein. teesri, prophet aur sahaba ke zamane mein religious persecution ka zamana tha. un logon ne jo bhi defensive confrontation kiya, uska asal maqsad religious persecution ko khatm karne ka tha, na ke political power ko gain karne ka. aur unhi ki koshishon ke nateeje mein jo process shuru hua, uska culmination aaj freedom of expression hai.
1:11:33
Maulana sahib, yeh baatein kya maine sahi samjhi? theek, bahut sahi, bilkul sahi hai. bilkul theek hai. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, Miss Nagma Siddiqui ka. unhon ne likha hai: "If ideal cannot be achieved, why has there been efforts throughout history to achieve it?"
1:11:58
dekhiye, insaan jo hai, yaani Ideal Seeking Animal hai. paidaishi taur par us ke mind mein ek mayar hai, ek ideal hai, jisko woh achieve karna chahta hai. to Allah taala ne yeh jo pasand hai insaan ke andar rakhi thi, jannat ke shauk ke liye. shayad bhi duniya mein kam tawajjoh de, duniya mein apne dil na lagaye, yeh samajh kar ke ke bhai, jo ideal mere mind mein hai, woh to jannat mein milega. yahan to bas kuch din rehna hai. lekin aaj is hua yeh ke beshtar insano ne us mayar pasandi ko isi duniya mein transfer karna chaha, jo mayar pasandi thi akhirat ki, jannat ki yaad karne ke liye, us se apne ko ishq lagane ke liye. us mayar pasandi ko chah ke is duniya mein main bana loon. is ke nateeje mein yeh tareekh mein yeh manzar aap ko dikhai de deta hai. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, nafees sahab ne likha hai. unhon ne poocha hai ke kisi waqea ka zikr karte hue aap ne ek hadith ka hawala diya tha, jo is tarah thi: "jab na-ahl log ohdedar banaye jaane lage to qayamat ka intezar karo." is hadith mein kya baat kahi gayi hai,
1:13:32
main use poori tarah se samajh nahi paya hoon. is hadith ke alfaaz hain: "jab ussist al amru bi ghair ahlihi fad aris sa'ah" . jab maamlaat jo hain, na-ahlon ke haath mein jane lage to intezar karo qayamat ka.
1:14:00
samajhta hoon ke yeh jo hadith thi, is ki peshangoi yeh zamane poori ho chuki hai. aaj jis jagah dekhein, na-ahl log baithe hue hain. har seat par ek na-ahl aadmi baitha hua hai. is ka sabab kya hai? kyun aisa hua ke na-ahl log baith gaye? woh ja ja kar ke to is ko aap dhoondhiye. lekin yeh to waqea hai ke is zamane mein jitni seat hai, sab par na-ahl log baithe hue hain.
1:14:33
jahan tak main jaanta hoon, woh yeh hai ke na-ahl log baatein khoob bolte hain, na-ahl aadmi munafiq khoob munafiqat khoob dikhata hai. khoob achhi achhi baatein karega to log samjhen ke yeh bohat mozu hai is uhde ke liye. aur jo aadmi sacha hoga, Allah se darta hoga, barh barh kar baaten nahin bolega. woh language, woh language of understatement istemal karega.
1:15:04
theek hai? ek hai language of overstatement, ek hai language of understatement. to munafiq jo hota hai, woh language of overstatement bolta hai. aur jo sacha aadmi hoga, woh language of understatement bolega. to log tajziya kar nahin paate. to is ki baaton ke dhoke mein aa jaate hain, kehte hain ke yeh hai, is ko seat pe bithao. yeh daur to poora isi ka hai. hadees mein aata hai ke "turfa al-aman". ek zamana aayega jab honesty uth jayegi. honesty uthne ka matlab kya hai?
1:15:42
munafiqat ka daur aa jayega. khoob baaten karenge log. wahi to hai aaj kal. har aadmi baaton ka badshah bana hua hai. to sache log jo hain, woh baaten bana nahin paate. to un ko seat bhi nahin milti. maulana, agla sawal Melbourne, Australia se aaya hai, Mr. Shantanu Mehra ka. unhon ne likha hai: "If ideal society is never possible to achieve, so is it also wrong to compare ongoing situations against the ideal,
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