Sword or Dawah: Following Ibn Taymiyyah
“I asked a certain Umri sahib: 'Do you want to make a claim or do you want enmity?' He said that Ibn Taymiyyah's book 'Al-Sarim al-Maslul' must be followed. Does Islam want to put a sword in every person's hand, or is it the responsibility of dawah? Please explain.”Asked by مولانا فرہاد سلفی صاحب, عمرہ آباد
He answers at 1:02:21 in The Issues of Islam in the Present World · 2 min 57 sec
1:02:21Maulana, agla sawal hai Umarabad se Maulana Farhad Salafi sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, maine ek Umri sahib se sawal kiya ke aap dawa karna chahte hain ya adawat?" toh unhon ne kaha ke Ibn Taymiyyah ki kitab "Al-Sarim al-Maslul" par amal karna hai. Maulana, kya Islam har aadmi ke haath mein talwar dena chahta hai ya dawat ki zimmedari? is ke bare mein batayein. dekhein, Ibn Taymiyyah ki jo kitab hai, jante hain kab likhi thi? unhon ne naujawani ki umar mein likhi thi. bas bata, us waqt un ko kitab likhni nahi chahiye thi.
1:03:09Hazrat Musa ke bare mein aata hai ke jab nubuwwat di gayi toh us mein aata hai ke "thumma jia'ta qadra Musa" tamam nabiyon ko chalis saal mein di gayi hai. nubuwwat chalis saal mein kyun? nubuwwat di jati hai jab aadmi mature ho jaye, maturity ki age ko pahunch jaye. toh Ibn Taymiyyah ne woh kitab likhi jab koi mature the. woh un ke peeron ko ailan karna chahiye ke Ibn Taymiyyah ki kitab us waqt likhi gayi thi jab woh pakhtah hi nahi hue the. is wajah se kitab ko daal do classical literature mein,
1:03:44us ka hawala hi mat do, woh qabil hawala nahi hai. woh ek naujawan kitab kyun likh sakta hai? bahut ajeeb baat hui hai hamare haan ke naujawano ne jo tehrikein shuru kin, usi par log qaim ho gaye. Maulana Abdullah Modudi ne naujawano ko apni kitab likhi "Ali 'Ardh fi al-Islam". isi par chal padi jamaat. al khawar muslimon ke jo bani the, hasan banna, unhon ne 22 saal ki umar mein jab jamaat banai, isi par chal pade log.
1:04:19ibn taimiya ne kitab likhi naujawani ki umar mein, isi ko hawala dete hain log. dekhiye, naujawani ki umar mein koi is qabil hota hi nahin ke woh koi rehnumai de, lead kare. maturity ki age age tak pahunchne se pehle aadmi ko sirf padhna chahiye, mutala karna chahiye, apne ko tayyar karna chahiye. yani chalis saal ke baad hi aadmi ko chahiye ke woh koi aisi tehreek chalaye ya aisi kitab likhe. kyunki tamam paighambaron ko Allah taala ne chalis saal ki umar mein nabuwat di. to ibn taimiya ke jo peeron hain, unko sochna chahiye ke yeh to Allah ki hikmat ke khilaf hai,
1:05:07Allah ki hikmat ke khilaf hai. koi maturity ki age ko pehle pahunche baghair aisi kitab nahin daale, tehrikein chalaye. in logon ko phir se sochna chahiye. Maulana, agla sawal aaya hai tamil nadu se Maulana Iqbal Umri Sah