Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Meaning of religious zeal in Islam

“دینی غیرت کے کیا معنی ہیں؟ اس کے بارے میں بتائیں۔”Asked by مولانا عنایت اللہ عمری صاحب, بنگلور

He answers at 1:17:14 in Don't Be Angry Culture · 1 min 6 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:17:14
aap do kitabein parh lijiye, is mein sari baatein wazeh ho jayengi, inshallah. agla sawal bangalore se aya hai aur maulana inayat ullah umri sahib ne kiya hai. unhon ne poocha hai ke deeni ghairat ke kya maani hain? is ke baray mein batayen. deen ghairat koi cheez nahin hai, nothing hai Islam mein. kuch nahin. deen ghairat ek jahiliyat hai, yeh jahiliyat ki cheez hai. quran mein kaha gaya hai "hamiyatul jahiliyah" jis ko kaha gaya, wohi deen ghairat hai. kuch nahin, deen ghairat kya cheez hai?
1:17:56
yani yeh lafz "hadith" mein aaya hai quran mein aur is ko itna bara darja de rakha hai. yaad rakhiye, deen ghairat ka lafz na quran mein hai na hadith mein hai. neki sahabi ne is lafz ko bhi istemal kiya. main is ko hamiyat jahiliyah manta hoon, is ko koi haqeeqat is ki nahin. agla sawal kya hai Maulana Iqbal Umri ne Tamil Nadu se
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