Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why did people politically interpret religion?

“Why did people give a political interpretation to religion? What is the real reason behind this? Please explain.”Asked by Shariq Hussain, Delhi

He answers at 1:22:53 in The Companions and the Hadith Scholars · 1 min 7 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:22:53
maulana, agla sawal ah dilli se hai, maulana sharq hussain sahib ka. unhon nay likha hai: "logon nay deen ki siyasi taabeer kyun ki? is ki asal wajah kya hai? is ke baray mein batayen." masla siyasi ta'beer ka nahin hai, masla siyasi fakhr ka hai. poori poori ummat siyasi fakhr mein jee rahi hai. mujhe koi bhi exception nahin maloom is waqt CPS ke. sab siyasi fakhr mein. ya'ni matlab Usmani ko jo daur tareekh guzra hai, us ko le kar fakhr.
1:23:29
to isi ko, isi ko revive karna, isi ko regain karna, isi ko phir duniya mein lana. to yeh yeh mizaj sab ka hai. isi ne yeh siyasi ta'beer, siyasi ta'beer ka mein is ko fitna samajhta hoon, paida kiya. yeh tareekhi fakhr ko dobara hasil karo, dobara qaim karo, isi ka naam hai siyasi ta'beer. is ka Islam se koi talluq nahin. Maulana, in ka aik aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai ke aik baray aalim jo Islam ke political interpretation ke leader hain, mein ne un se poocha ke Quran ki ayat mein kahan kaha gaya hai ke tum duniya mein political system ko qaim karo?
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