Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Correcting misconception of Islam by sword

“Time and again I come across the question that Islam is a religion which spread with the power of sword from earliest days till current times. My question is: how should we approach this issue so that the wrong ideas among non-Muslims can be rectified?”Asked by مس آنکھی, دلی

He answers at 1:04:59 in Importance of Patience · 3 min 10 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:04:59
Maulana, agla sawal Dilli se aaya hai Miss Anki ka, aur unhone likha hai: "time and again I come across the question that Islam is a religion which spread with the power of sword from earliest days till current times". maulana sahib, mai question is: "how should we approach this issue so that the wrong ideas among non muslims can be rectified"? dekhen, main is par main ne bohat likha hai. yeh islam, yani sword jo hai ya war jo hai, yeh islam ki koi teaching nahi hai. islam ki teaching ka part nahi hai. jaise islam mein hai ke allah ko ek mano, sach bolo, allah ki ibadat karo,
1:06:00
yeh islam ki teaching ka part hai. lekin yeh jo war hai, yeh islam ki apni teaching ka part nahi hai. yeh hai is ke peechay age factor. us waqt dunya mein tribal culture tha, aur tribes jo hua karte thay, un mein un ka culture hi tha larna phirna. barabar larte phirte rehte thay. woh jahan jahan bhi tribal culture tha, har jagah bas larna phirna, larna phirna. is wajah se jab un ke haan ek rasool allah salallaho alaihi wasallam ne ek ek tauheed ka baat kahi to woh us ko ek nai baat lagi,
1:06:45
aur nai baat ke khilaf ho jatay thay woh log. to is bina par woh larnay shuru kar diya. unhon ne to islam mein dekhiye, jo chand jangain hui hain, woh jangain bhi bohat choti jangain theen. yani woh waqt is ka miss thi, woh war nahi thi. islam mein koi ek bhi full-fledged war nahi. jo chand war hain, woh sab us ke us ka miss hain. woh bhi is liye ke unhon ne attack kiya, unhon ne aggression kiya, aur woh attack bhi is liye ke woh un ka mind set jo tha, tribal mind set tha. ab to main samajhta hoon ke islam mein war ka koi jagah hi nahi hai. ab islam mein ab war ek irrelevant baat ban chuki hai.
1:07:33
aaj ab to islam, ab to dunya mein peace hai, freedom hai, tolerance hai. ab larnay ka koi sawal hi nahi. kon aap se larnay aata hai? hum jo yeh kaam kar rahay hain, kon aap se larnay aata hai? lekin isi kaam ke liye pehlay zamanay mein log larnay aa jatay thay, tod phod karte thay. isi kaam ke liye jo hum kar rahay hain, to woh hai age factor ki wajah se. is ka koi talluq islam ki teaching se nahi hai.
1:08:10
Maulana, agla sawal padhne se pehle ek
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