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PSF Kolkata, Peace & Spirituality Forum, is the Bengal Chapter of CPS International. We are working to promote interfaith dialogue and spiritual values.

18/02/2025

𝑫𝒆𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒍 (𝒌𝒂𝒇𝒊𝒓) 𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒎 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔.
"The current practice of declaring others infidels (takfir) and sinners (tafsiq), which has been prevalent among Muslims for a long time, is entirely baseless and has no connection to Islamic law. This condemnable practice emerged during the Abbasid era and continued for several centuries under the label of 'deviant sects' (firaq-e-dallah). It reached such an extent that, according to these rulings, no one in the Muslim community remained a believer or a Muslim.

Eventually, scholars reached a unanimous decision to put an end to this practice of takfir and tafsiq. With collective agreement, they declared: **"La nukaffiru ahadan min ahl al-qiblah"** (We will not declare as an infidel anyone who prays facing the Qiblah).

This is the correct stance on the matter. There is no evidence of such a practice of excommunication (takfiri activity) in the early blessed generations of Islam. The trend of declaring others infidels originated in ancient Iraq during the Abbasid period, introduced by the theologians (mutakallimun). However, later, the firmly grounded scholars (ulama-e-rasikhin) rejected it and reached a unanimous verdict that under no circumstances should the people of the Qiblah be declared infidels."
(MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN )

13/02/2025

𝑰𝒇 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒉𝒐𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕?
"If a person drinks alcohol, the role of a reformer is not to publicly declare him an alcoholic or issue a decree for his punishment. The reformer’s duty is simply to advise him with sincere goodwill and continue to do so persistently. Similarly, if someone appears to be involved in polytheism, the reformer should explain it to him in a kind and well-intentioned manner. The reformer does not have the right to publicly declare someone a polytheist or issue a decree against him. Such actions fall under extremism ( Ghulu in Arabic) in religious terms, and Islam strictly prohibits extremism."
(MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN)

04/02/2025

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬?
"Seriousness, in essence, is the moral term for the same quality that is referred to as sincerity (Ikhlaas in Arabic) in religious terminology. While there is a difference in degree between seriousness and sincerity, there is no difference in their nature. In fact, sincerity is simply the advanced form of seriousness."
(MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN)

29/01/2025

"𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅'𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉."
"A Muslim’s position is different from that of other nations. They are **"Shuhada Allah fi al-Ard"** (witnesses of Allah on earth). They were appointed to bear witness to problems of the Hereafter, yet they are exerting all their efforts in testifying about worldly problems before people. This misplaced testimony is a serious offense for the Ummah of the last Prophet.
If Muslims do not abandon this approach, there is a fear that they will face humiliation both in this world and the Hereafter. Such actions provoke God's wrath rather than attracting His mercy and support."
(MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN)

27/01/2025

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒅𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒔
"What must we do?" The answer to this question is only one: we must save ourselves and other servants of God from the torment of hellfire. According to the concept of life presented by the Quran, the real issue of life is that a person must safeguard themselves from God's punishment in the Hereafter. Protecting oneself from the hardships of that coming day and advising others to protect themselves from the same is the primary duty of a Muslim."
(MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN)

31/12/2024

"𝗔 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗼𝗱."
(MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN)

28/12/2024

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫
"If a traveler is standing in front of a train at the station and, instead of boarding it, struggles to secure a place on a bench on the platform, everyone would call him a fool. However, in another journey, the entire world is engaged in a similar kind of folly, and no one realizes it. In fact, the person who leaves the "train" and secures a spacious spot on the platform bench is considered fortunate and labeled wise.

This other journey is the journey of death. Every day, millions of people die, teaching us the lesson that the real issue of life is the issue of the Hereafter, and we should prepare for it. Yet, humans are so entangled in the attractions and allurements of this world that they remain oblivious to preparing for the world of the Hereafter."
(MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN)

13/12/2024

𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝑰𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔
"It is a well-known fact that anything can be misused, even things that are proven to be sacred. Misuse does not warrant abandoning something; rather, its use will be corrected."
(MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN)

10/12/2024

𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗧𝗛
" Faith essentially means believing in something without seeing it, which one would be compelled to believe after seeing it. A person who believes only after seeing has, in essence, not truly believed."
(MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN)

02/12/2024

"𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤, 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭."
(MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN)

19/11/2024

𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚'𝒔 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑱𝒆𝒘𝒔
The current state of Muslims resembles the condition mentioned in the Qur'an regarding the Jews: *"They divided themselves into fractions, each group rejoicing in what it had."* ( 23:53)
(MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN)

08/11/2024

𝑰𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒎?
"Whether a worshipper’s prayer is accepted or not is entirely at the discretion of Allah Almighty. Those who pass judgment on the validity of another person's prayer are overstepping their bounds, and overstepping one’s bounds is indeed a grave sin."
(MAULANA WAHIDUDDIN KHAN)

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