Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Peace Among Freedom Misusers: God's Fear or Laws?

“How can peace be established among those who misuse freedom? Through fear of God or through the force of laws?”Asked by Israr Umri, Tamil Nadu

He answers at 1:42:01 in Religion and Democracy · 4 min 10 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:42:01
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai maulana israr umri ka tamil nadu se. unhon ne likha hai: "azaadi ko misuse karne walon ke darmiyan aman kis tarah qaim ho sakta hai? khauf-e-khuda se ya qawaneen ke zor zor se?" dekhen, qanoon ke zor se to kabhi aap nahi kaam sakta. yeh to impossible hai.
1:42:27
qanoon se sirf yeh hota hai ke jo ghalat log hain, woh underground ho kar kaam karne lagte hain. yaani corruption aata hai, tarah tarah ka. qanoon ke zariye se kabhi bhi peace aa sakta. peace to aaye ga logon ke andar. yeh yeh samajh paida ki jaye ke is peace rahe ga to sab ko faida hai. peace hoga to sab ko faida hai. yaani ab chahe business ho ya education ho ya mazhabi sargarmiyan hon, koi bhi family life ho, social life ho, har cheez bohat smooth tareeqe se chale chale gi.
1:43:08
is raaz ko log jaan len ke peace se sab ko faida hai. baghair qanoon se to peace aata nahi. jahan bhi aap ko dictatorship thi, aap dekhiye arab countries mein dictatorship thi, wahan kya hua? kya peace tha? aaya wahan? wahan andar andar sab kuch ho raha tha. ab woh bhadak uthe to aap dekhiye kya aalam hai. to qanoon ke qanoon ke zariye peace qaim karne ki koshish karna yaani aik aur burai paida karna hai, zyada bari burai. to sahi baat yeh hai ke logon ke andar soch laayi jaye, logon ke andar yaani peace ki ahmiyat ko logon ko bata j
1:43:54
aye. jitna zyada log peace ki ahmiyat ko samjhenge, utne zyada woh peaceful bante chale jayenge. Maulana, Quran speaks about many criminal laws like punishment for theft, murder, adultery, etcetera. what is the significance of these descriptions? dekhiye, yeh sab haalaat par depend karta hai. haalaat par yeh nahi ke aap kahein har jagah ja kar ke aap lage logon ko kora maarne hain. jaise haalaat, waisa un ka nafiz. Bukhari mein aik riwayat hai, Khwaja Shah ne farmaya ke Islam mein pehle yaani logon ka mizaj banaya gaya, logon ki soch badli gayi, logon ka character badla gaya.
1:44:44
pehley yeh hua, phir jab yeh sab ho chuka to hukum utra us ke baad ke sharab na piyo aur zina mat karo. to woh kehti hain, Bukhari mein riwayat maujood hai ke agar pehle hi yeh keh diya jata to kehte ke "la nuzool zina abadan, la nuzool khamr abadan". to aap us ke khilaaf ja sakte hain, jo jo rasool Allah ka tareeqa tha, us ke khilaaf ja sakte hain. Aap yaani rasool Allah alehالسلام ne kya ke makkah mein sab naafiz kar dein qanoon.
1:45:17
to aap qanoon ka nafaz yeh yahan se yaani beginning yahan se nahi hoti. Beginning hoti hai zehan banane se, soch banane se, society banane se. masla yeh hai, yeh nahi kar sakte aap hukoomat pe qabza kar lein aur phir lage ko logon ko kode maarne, koda maarne. Jaisa ke baaz countries mein hua, amalan kuch bhi nahi ho saka. hukoomat pe qabza kar ke naafiz nahi hote hudood, balke logon ke zehan ko badalne se hudood naafiz hote hain. Jaisa ke rasool Allah ne kiya. Bukhari ki riwayat aap padh lijiye, Hazrat Aisha ki ke pehle dilon ko badla jata hai, phir hudood naafiz kiye jate hain. Yaani ek hukoomat ko qabza kar lo, us ke baad logon ko koda maar maar ke hudood naafiz karo.
1:46:04
yeh to yeh to woh hai sarkashi hai, yeh Islam nahi hai. Mr Sharukh Hussain Mathi ne Dilli se sawal kiya hai. Unhone likha hai: "Aap ne Al-Risala mein likha hai ke misunderstanding hamesha baseless hoti hai.
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