Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Is Religion a Complete System of Life?

“Is it correct to say that religion is a complete system of life?”Asked by Inayat Umari, Bangalore

He answers at 1:11:41 in Age of Peace · 2 min 17 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:11:41
maulana, agla sawal bangalore se hai. maulana inayat umri sahib ka, unhone likha hai: "maulana, kya yeh kehna sahi hai ke deen ek mukammal nizam hayat hai?" is ke bare mein aap batayein. yeh term bilkul galat hai. yeh kahin na quran mein islam hua, na hadith mein istemal hua. yeh to musalmanon ne garh rakha hai. quran ke mutabiq, hadith ke mutabiq, deen ek ideology hai. lehaza hum hayat ka lafz jo hai, sahi nahi hai is ke liye. ideology hai, yani ek soch deta hai, ek thinking deta hai, haan, ek mind banata hai. ek kitab hai, is ko aap parh lijiye: "da mind quran builds".
1:12:29
"da mind quran builds" wahi wahi kal hai, yani mind banaya jaye, yeh islam ka nishana hai. nizam-e-hayat ka tasawwur bilkul liya gaya hai, yeh marxism se. yeh marxism ka tasawwur hai, yeh nizam-e-hayat ka tasawwur. to "da mind quran builds" jo kitab hai, is ko aap parhiye. is mein unhon ne woh ayatein jama ki hain jin se maloom hota hai ke koi quran kis qism ka zehan banana chahta hai.
1:13:01
web thinking kaisi honi chahiye, yeh batata hai. aap ki personality jis se banti hai, woh soch kya hai, woh batata hai. to asal cheez, cheez aisi cheez duniya mein matloob hai, woh hai ke aap ke andar positive personality bane. aap ke andar aisi personality bane jo hate se khali ho, jis ke andar logon ke liye khair khwahi ho, jis ke andar yani accountability ka jazba ho, jo akhirat ko soche, jo jannat ka mushtaq ho. yeh personality bane, yeh target, yeh zabte, mukammal zabte ka jo lafz hai, yeh bilkul bid'at hai. is mein koi shakk nahi hai, is ka koi talluq nahi hai, yani islam se aur quran se
1:13:47
nahi hai. yeh sar-ta-pa hai, ek mubtadaana concept hai. ek mubtadaana matlab innovati, innovati concept, innovative concept. maulana, agla sawal dilli se aya hai. ah, mr prateek sharma ne likha hai, unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke: "maulana, i have heard that in islam listening to music is haram.
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