Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Scholarship of unqualified Islam writers

“Nowadays, people have emerged who are writing and publishing articles and books on Islam. These people neither possess the required scholarship related to Islam nor do they know what is called the art of writing. What would you say about such people?”

He answers at 1:41:35 in Life After Death · 2 min 7 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:41:35
Maulana, in ka aik aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai: "aajkal aisay log uthe hain jo Islam par articles aur kitabein likh kar chhaap rahe hain. yeh log na Islam ki nisbat se matloob scholarship rakhte hain aur na woh is cheez ko jante hain jis ko art of writing kaha jata hai. aisay logon ke baray mein aap kya farmayein ge? bhai, hum kya kahein ge? yeh to azaadi hai. aadmi kuch bhi karega, hum kya kar sakte hain is ko? koi koi rasta to rok nahin sakte aap. waqai ke un ki jo kitabein hain
1:42:13
aur dead ho jati hain, aisay log jo art of writing nahin jante hon, woh woh chhaapte hain, chhaap kar doston ko free mein baant'te hain. main aksar logon se kehta hoon, mere paas aayein ge aadmi, aik kitaab, aik gift karega apni. to main kehta hoon, aakhir paisa west kiya aap ne? jo kitaab marketable na ho, us ko chhaapna bhi nahin chahiye. bas free mein baant'te hain doston ke ke main bhi musannif hoon. aik martaba main ne aik mazmoon likha, isi tarah ke trending se mazmoon likha tha. to main ne kaha tha ke aaj kal jo articles chhapte hain, jo kitabein chhap'ti hain, un ka aik hi title hona chahiye. aik hi title: "main writer hoon". bas. yaani apne writer hone ka ailaan kar rahe hain. baqi baat kuch bhi is ke andar nahin hoti.
1:43:06
to batane ke liye ke main bhi writer hoon, main bhi musannif hoon, main bhi author hoon, chhaapte hain kitabein to apne doston ko woh free mein baant'te hain. koi parhta uṛta hai nahin in ko. ab kya kiya jaye? azaadi hai to aadmi karega. lekin law of nature khud hi is ko, yaani woh maslay ko hal kar raha hai. kyunke woh kitabein aati hain aur raddi mein chali jati hain. koi parhta nahin hai is ko. aap ab survey kar lijiyay. is tarah ki kitabein koi parhta parhta nahin.
1:43:38
woh sab raddi mein jati hain. Maulana Naseerullah ka Bangalore se sawal hai. unhon ne poocha hai Maulana ke kya log jahannum mein bhi hamesha rahenge?
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