Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

War and Conquest in Early Islamic History

“If it is a fact that there is no war and qital in Islam against established governments, then what was in the regime of earlier times of Islam where countries like Egypt and Iran were conquered by the Muslims? Please comment.”Asked by Amir Jan, Kashmir

He answers at 1:10:12 in Age of Democracy · 2 min 8 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:10:12
maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle ek comment padhna chahenge jo mehtab ahmed sahab ne dhampur se bheja hai. unhone likha hai: "maulana, inshallah your new book izhar-e-deen will grow iman and conviction of all the readers." mashallah. maulana, agla sawal kya hai aamir jinn sahab ne kashmir se. unhone likha hai: "if it is a fact that there is no war or qital in islam against established governments, then what was in the regime of earlier times of islam where country like egypt or iran were conquered by the muslims?" please comment karein. dekhiye, yeh baat bahut achhi tarah se tafseel se likh chuka hoon ke woh islam ke rule ko establish karne ke liye nahi hua tha. woh
1:11:10
mein ne arz kiya ke woh ek divine operation tha ke duniya mein kingship ka jo nizam tha, us ne decent ko khatam kar rakha tha. that was against the creation plan of god. khuda ko manzoor hai ke log azaad hon, logon ko freedom of choice ho. to tabhi hoga jab ke decent ki azaadi ho. is ko khatam karne ke liye yeh hua. yeh nahi ke koi qanoon hai, us ko naafiz karna hai. yeh to musalman is zamane mein kuch aise paida hue, kuch aise log yeh nikala hai inhon ne ke islam ke qanoon ko nafiz karne ke liye.
1:11:43
nahi, kingship ne allah ke kisi plan ko moattal karna chaha tha, dissent ko tabu bana kar ke. to woh khatm ho gaya. ab ab dunya mein azadi hai, ab dissent pe koi pabandi nahi hai. to bas ab woh waqt khatm ho gaya. ab ladne ki koi zaroorat hi nahi. ab ladna to yani yani koi is ka koi islamic pehlu se is ko value nahi. is ki koi.
1:12:20
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai. miss priya malik ne kiya hai.
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