Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Need for secular education in madrasas

“Mawlana, is secular education necessary in madrasas or not? What is your opinion about this? Please explain.”Asked by ابرار صاحب, دلی

He answers at 1:17:44 in Importance of Patience · 1 min 40 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:17:44
. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai abrar sahab ka, aur unhone likha hai: "maulana, madaris mein secular education ki zaroorat hai ya nahi? aap ki kya rai hai is ke bare mein bataen?" yeh madaris ke nisaab mein main nahi kehta ke secular education zaroorat hai, lekin madaris mein yeh haal hai ke log kharji kitabon ko padhne se mana karte hain. yeh yeh bahut galat riwayat hai ke bas woh jo, yaani jis ko kehte hain mutoon, bas mutoon ko padho. to yeh to bilkul galat tareeqa hai. aap mutoon ko padhaiye, lekin talib ilm ko aazadi ho ke doosri cheezen padhe. woh aap aap ke haan jo library hai, jaise collegeon, institute, libraryan hoti hain, har qism ki kitaben wahan hoti hain.
1:18:36
to aap ki is mein bhi har qism ki kitaben hon. to kharji matlab mein har cheez padhna chahiye, lekin jahan tak syllabus ki baat hai, to syllabus mein mujhe koi aitraaz nahi hai. mujhe aitraaz is par hai ke madaris mein yeh mahaul hai ke kuch aur mat padho, kuch aur mat padho. yeh mahaul bahut hi galat hai. is ki wajah se logon ke andar stagnation aata hai, duniya se bekhabar rehte hain,
1:19:07
aur is kuch kuch jante nahi ke duniya mein kya ho raha hai, kis age mein hain, woh us se bekhabar rehte hain. to main jo chahta hoon, woh us ko kharji matlab ke aitbar se hai, nisaab ke aitbar se nahi hai. maulana, agla sawal kya hai faisal sahab ne bhopal se, aur unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, you always emphasize on doing conversion, that is converting negativity to positivity.
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