Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Criteria to Differentiate Social and Faith Issues

“What is the criterion for differentiating social issues from issues of faith?”Asked by Dr. Safina Tabassum, Ajmer

He answers at 51:11 in The Lesson of History · 5 min 56 sec

His answer, in his own words
51:11
maulana, agla sawal ajmer se kya hai doctor safina tabassum ne aur woh aap se yeh janna chahti hain ke What is the criteria of differentiating social issues with the issues of faith? is ke bare mein batayein. dekhein, criteria to bohat asaan hai. dawat work, jo is ko hum kehte hain, is ka taluq tamam tar akhirat se hai. quran mein hai ke inzar aur tafsir, yani inzar ka matlab hai aise kaam na karo jis ki wajah se tum jahannum mein chale jao.
51:51
tafsir ka matlab hai woh kaam karo jo tum ko jann at mein pahunchaye. isi ka naam dawat hai. aur yeh so called social, kya kehte hain? social service? kya hai? social issues aur haan, social issues to ek ledri hai. maine social issues se aaj tak kuch hua hai. main is ko ledri samajhta hoon. ek hi kaam karne ka hai, woh education. baqi social issues kuch bhi nahi. main is ko nahi manta.
52:23
social issues, yani kuch kuch sawal nikal nikal ke, kuch negative point nikal nikal ke, is ledri karna hai. ek sath se baat hui jo social activist the, woh bohat bohat dinon se. to unhone kaha ke maine social activist tha, mujhe ab chhod diya. maine, maine kaha kyun? unhone kaha ke maine jab dekha to maine samjha ke main to social activist nahi hoon, social critic hoon. khud unhone kaha, aap chahein to un ka naam bata sakta hoon, main un ka telephone number de sakta hoon aap ko. unhone kaha ke maine jab ghor kiya to maine kaha ke main itne dinon se kaam kar raha hoon, aap ne social activist kehta hoon, lekin kya kiya maine?
53:09
social critic bana hua hoon main. to saare jo yeh is line mein hain, woh social critic hain. woh mah az ek jo ek hi kaam karne ka hai, education, jo india mein hai nahi. kyunke india mein dekhein, aala standard ki education hai hi nahi. abhi akhbar mein aaya tha ke dunya ki behtareen universityon ki ek list banayi gayi, so dunya ki so achhi aala universityan, us mein ek bhi india ki university nahi hai. dunya ke top hundred universityon mein se ek bhi india ki university nahi hai. to india to talib-e-naukhair hai. to kya social activist ka yeh activist, woh activist, yeh saare activist ko bhaad mein daalo aur india mein aala darje ki education lao.
54:05
aur mein aap ko ek aur baat arz karoon ke india mein education kyun nahi hai? abhi ek sab mujhe maloom hua ke ek sahab aaye thay, ek ek lady aayi thi america se, professor, ek amriki professor aayi thi india mein ek university mein. abhi ek do haftay ki baat thi. to ek muslim student un se milay, unhon ne kaha ke mein america mein jata hoon parhnay ke liye, mujhe wahan par admission dilwaiye. yeh sacha qissa bata raha hoon aap ko
54:41
ke yaani lady professor hain, woh american hain, woh america mein parhati hain, india mein aayi theen, ek university mein lecture tha un ka. to ek muslim student ne un se kaha ke mein america jana chahta hoon parhnay ke liye, to mujhe wahan admission dilwaiye. to us ne bohat seriously kaha ke mere bhai, america india nahi hai. america mein saari cheez merit par hoti hai. merit par. wahan aise safai safai kar ke admission nahi milta wahan par. agar aap merit par honge to aap zaroor mil jayega, nahi to nahi milne wale.
55:19
aap ko president of america bhi aap ko admission nahi dila sakta. to india mein sab se bari museebat thi ke reservation, riayatein, aur yeh us jo chala india mein, is ne tabah kar diya yahan ke nizaam ko. aur america mein kyun behtareen education hoti hai? wahan sab kuch merit par hai. competitor perish. mein bohat ziyada is ka wakil hoon ke yeh jo formula hai, competitor perish, yahi india mein hona chahiye aur isi tarah ki hoti hai. competitor perish. to is liye american lady ne kaha ke wahan par yeh sab nahi hota jo aap india mein sochtay honge ke koi safai kar de to aap ko admission mil jayega, safai kar de to aap ko service mil jayegi.
56:08
wahan na to service milegi safai se, na admission. sab kuch merit par hota hai wahan. wahan ka usool hai competitor perish. to india mein mein samajhta hoon ke sab se bari jo ghalti hui hai, woh yeh hai ke unhon ne american model, jo fitri model hai, natural model, is ko nahi liya aur Russian model ko le liya. Russian model ko. roos bhi tabah hai, india bhi tabah hai. ek hi principle, fitri principle hai, competitor perish. mein is ko islami samajhta hoon aur america ne is ko qabool kiya to woh itni taraqqi ho gayi.
56:49
magar aur india mein Russian model le liya unhon ne. to roos bhi tabah hai aur india bhi tabah hai. beh-haal yeh meri soch hai. ab aap log is par ghor kijiye. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai. maulana farhad ahmed sahab ka. aur unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke kya rethinking ka matlab tauba karna ho sakta hai?
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