Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why scholars don't practice martyrdom fatwas

“Why don't Muslims think that when scholars give a fatwa to do shahadat (martyrdom), then the scholars should themselves do shahadat first to set an example, rather than instigating people to go for it? What is the reason for Muslims becoming close-minded?”Asked by Miss Tuti, Delhi

He answers at 1:10:57 in The Issues of Islam in the Present World · 2 min 14 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:10:57
Maulana, agla sawal Dilli se hai Miss Tuti ne kiya hai, unhon ne likha hai: "Why don't Muslims think that when Ulama has given fatwa to do shahadat, then the Ulama should himself do shahadat first to set an example, rather than instigating people to go for it? What is the reason for Muslims becoming close-minded?" Main khud yeh yeh sochta hoon, aksar logon se poochta bhi hoon ke jo log tum ko marwa rahe hain, woh khud un ke bete kyun nahi marte? Yeh baat bohat se logon ne poocha.
1:11:34
Main ne un ka koi jawab nahi hota un ke paas. Har jagah qissa hai yahi, yeh Kashmir mein hai, yeh Palestine mein hai. Khud apne beton ko log settle kiye hue hain America, Europe mein. Aur doosra kehte hain ke bomb maro, gun maro. Yeh ajeeb o ghareeb qism ki baat hai. Yani double, yani yeh log in ke upar dohra zimmedari hai. Allah taala ki double pakar ho gayi hai aise logon ki ke apne bachon ke liye tum jante the ke un ko bahar bhej kar education dilwao, aur doosre bachon ke liye marwate the.
1:12:14
Lekin logon ne apne fatwon aur taqwon se logon ko itna zyada bharka rakha hai, itna bharka rakha hai, andha dhund bana diya hai. Andha to soch nahi paate ke un ke bete kyun nahi marte hamare sath? un ke bete europe, america mein ja ke parhte kyon hain? yeh soch nahin paate andhe pan ki wajah se. lekin ab aql aa rahi hai, ab inshallah. mislan kashmir mein dekhiye, inhi logon ke baaton se main aa kar kashmirion ne military chalai thi. ek lakh hadi mar gaye, ab kashmirion ki aql aa gayi hai. ab woh abhi aap ne parha hoga akhbaron mein ke britain, france aur germany ne apne haan ban laga rakha tha ke woh koi kashmir na jaye tourism ke liye.
1:13:02
ab unhon ne utha liya ban, kehte hain ke ab woh halaat badal gaye hain. aise hi inshallah har jagah hoga. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai miss naghma siddiqui ne kiya hai, unhon ne likha hai: "muslims of today admit that quran and sunnah are source books, but are not ready to leave later books and interpretations.
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