Dargah culture origin and status in Islam
“I went to the dargah of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer. I was extremely surprised to see that Muslims who believe in one God were prostrating to Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaz. My question is: How did the dargah culture originate in India? And what is the status of dargahs and saints in Islam?”Asked by Shah Imran Hasan, Delhi
He answers at 1:14:26 in The Issues of Islam in the Present World · 2 min 27 sec
1:14:26maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai shah imran hasan sahib ka , unhon ne likha hai: "main ek saptah ajmer khwaja moinuddin chishti ki dargah par gaya. mujhe yeh dekh kar atyant aashcharya hua ke ek khuda ko manane wale musalman khwaja garib nawaz ko sajda kar rahe hain. mera poochna yeh hai ke bharat mein dargah culture ki sthapna kis tarah hui? tatha islam dharm mein dargah aur auliya ka kya maqam hai? kripa karke is sandarbh mein apna vichar vyakt karen." dekhiye, yeh hinduized islam hai. yeh
1:15:06wahi phenomenon yahan hua jo maine arz kiya ke arab mein ke hindu jo convert hue, india mein dekhiye, mass conversion hua. aap jante hain, sufiyon ke zamane mein india mein mass conversion hua to un ki tibbat kuch hui nahin. is liye mindset ke sath woh musalmanon mein dakhil ho gaye. to isi ko unhon ne yaani hindu rivajon ko unhon ne islamize kar ke yahan raij kar diya. main ek martaba gaya tha wahan par yaani rishikesh to ek sahib mujhe dikha rahe the to yeh jagah bahut se khade hue the deewaron ke paas, aise but aise hi bithaye hue the.
1:15:53to is ko dekh kar unhon ne hanste hue kaha ke dekhiye, musalmanon mein hinduo mein kya farq hai? hum khada kar poochte hain, aap lita kar poochte hain. matlab qabr, darg, dargah mein jo qabr hai, wahan buddhu leta hua hai, us ko aap pooch rahe hain. to unhon ne kaha ke hum khada kar pooch rahe hain, aap lita kar poochte hain. to yeh yeh islam nahin hai. yeh converted jo hindu the, unhon ne aa kar ke pichhle mindset ke mutabiq kiya, wahi sab chala diya. aur un logon ki tarbiyat thi nahin. sufiyon ke haan ka tarbiyat, tarbiyat, tarbiyat koi nizam nahin tha.
1:16:30sufiyon ke zariye se mass conversion hua, phir sufiyon ne un ki taleem, tarbiyat ka koi intezam kiya nahin. to is ke aaj tak is ke hum bhagat rahe hain. is ko isi liye mein education pe zor deta hoon, siwa education ke aur koi hamare paas starting point nahi hai. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai muhammad ans sahib