Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Political Interpretation of Hukm ad-Din

“A great scholar who is a leader of the political interpretation of Islam, I asked him: Where in the Quran is it said that you should establish a political system in the world? He referred to the verse 'Hukm ad-Din'. Please explain this verse. I consider it a sin to interpret 'Hukm ad-Din' in the sense of establishing a government.”

He answers at 1:24:00 in The Companions and the Hadith Scholars · 3 min 14 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:24:00
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? unhon ne ayat Hakeemuddin ka hawala diya. Maulana, is ayat ko aap explain k arein. dekhen, yeh bohat bari, mein is ko gunah samajhta hoon ke Hakeemuddin ko iqamat-e-hukumat ke mani mein liya jaye. kuch aur log hain jo Hakeem-us-Salah ke mani lete hain, iqamat-e-nizam. ya'ni social nizam qaim karna samajhte hain ke is mein Hakeem-us-Salah ka alfaaz hukum diya gaya hai.
1:24:45
Hakeemuddin ke mani har giz yeh nahin hain ke iqamat-e-hukumat. is par mein ne likhi hai Ta'beeri Ghalti, bohat lambi bahs ki hai, us ko aap parh lijiyey. Hakeemuddin ke mani hain ghair siyasi dayray mein deen ke jo taqazay hain, jis ko ke har fard bila rukawat ikhtiyar kar sakta hai, us ko, us ko is par qaim hona. ya'ni tauheed, ikhlas, ibadat, akhlaq, aur Allah se mohabbat, Allah se khauf, yeh sab cheezen is se murad hain. is ka hukumat se kuch bhi talluq nahin hai. is par mein ne likha hua hai, mein ne yeh bhi likha hai is mein ke sare hi mufassireen mutafiq hain ke is mani mein siyasat shamil nahin hai. yeh jo aaj kal ke nikle hain siyasi ta'beer karne walay, yeh to bohat hi ziyada jisarat karte hain aur ke koi saboot nahin hai, aur phir bhi is ko dohrata chale ja rahe hain.
1:25:48
ya'ni na to lughat mein saboot hai, na Quran mein saboot hai, na tafseeron mein se koi aik bhi mufassir is ke haq mein hai. mein aap ko aik waqia arz karta hoon ke jab mein ne kitab likhi, Ta'beeri Ghalti, to is fiqh ke jo aima hain, baray baray top ke log, un ko mein ne chhapnay se pehle yeh kitab di thi. to is mein yeh likha hua tha ke kisi bhi mufassir ne Hakeemuddin ke amal nahin liye. to unhon ne aik hawala diya ke falan mufassir ne liya hai. halankay hawala bilkul galat tha. ya'ni woh is mein idhar udhar kar ke sabit kiya gaya tha ke mufassir ne liya hai.
1:26:30
phir is ko tajziya kiya mein ne. aap parh lijiyey, be-kitab tha, be-Ghalti mein. yeh top ke aalim thay is halqay ke jinhon ne yeh kaam kiya tha ke galat hawala de kar ke sabit karna chaha tha ke aik mufassir is ko manta hai. halankay aur yeh bhi nahin manta. woh bhi nahin manta. hata ke mein ne likha tha ke Sawat-ul-Ilham jo hai, be-nuqtah tafseer hai. aik aik tafseer hai jo poori tafseer hai, jis mein nuqtah walay lafz nahin istemal kiye gaye hain. is tafseer ke naam hai Sawat-ul-Ilham. to mein ne kaha tha ke is mein bhi yeh mafhoom nahin hai jo aap lete hain. to aap is ko dekh lijiyey meri kitab mein, Ta'beeri Ghalti mein.
1:27:15
Maulana, agla sawal Karachi Pakistan se hai, Miss Saira Latif ka. unhon ne likha hai: "aik Muslim khatoon scholar hain jo parde par bohat ziyada zor deti hain.
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