Zakir Naik – Following the Established Truths in Hinduism Makes one a Muslim
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A customer is impressed with a lecture on the similarities between Islam and apologizes for not answering a question about their religion. They ask the agent if they follow the established truths of the Bible and if they believe in one God. The agent explains that the definition of Islam is based on geographical definition and that individuals living in the land of the busiest civilization in the world should be considered Muslims. The customer asks the agent to see if they follow the Bible and the agent advises them to do so.
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The next question, Assalamualaikum and Namaste Dr Zakir
Naik, I recently watched your lecture on the
similarities of Islam and Hinduism.
It was so beautiful and I am so
impressed with your knowledge on both religions and
the scriptures.
I have one question if you could please
answer.
In the lecture time 2 hours 32 minutes
and 9 seconds, an individual asked you that
you have said that there are so many
similarities between Islam and Hinduism, does that mean
that according to Islam a person can be
a Hindu?
In response you have said that if you
mean by the term Hindu, a person who
follows the religious scriptures of Hinduism, then I
have got no objection as long as that
Hindu strictly follows the established truths of the
scriptures of Hinduism.
Established truths means those truths mentioned in the
Hindu scripture which have been confirmed by the
last and final revelation of God that is
the glorious Quran and I am referring to
Vedas and the Quran which are mentioned in
my lectures.
Both of them they believe that there is
one God, they believe in the messengers, they
believe the last messenger is Prophet Muhammad peace
be upon him, they believe in the hereafter.
If they believe in all these established facts,
I have got no objection, MashaAllah.
The revert has repeated my answer in detail
MashaAllah.
If this is exactly what a Hindu believes,
then what makes them different from a Muslim?
Is the word religion just a term at
the point, at this point?
Can a Muslim and Hindu get married?
If not, then why not?
I would really appreciate your answer on this,
thank you.
In the ending, the question has posed that
if she follows the truth or if that
Hindu follows the truth in the Hindu scripture
which is established by the Quran and the
Sahih Hadith meaning if you follow those Hindu
scriptures which are established by the teachings of
the Quran and Sahih Hadith, then what is
the difference?
Correct, you are right.
If the person follows the established teachings in
the Hindu scripture which is mentioned in the
Quran and Sahih Hadith, then he becomes a
Muslim.
He has to become a Muslim.
He has to believe there is one God.
He has to believe Prophet Muhammad is the
last and final messenger of God and this
is mentioned in the Hindu scripture and I
have proven in my lecture that even the
Hindus believe in one true God who has
no image etc.
and they believe also that in the last
and final messenger Prophet Muhammad peace be upon
him and these two are the most important
criteria for anyone to accept Islam.
So, my answer was very clear that if
they are really a true practicing Muslim based
on the teachings of the Hindu scripture which
match with the Quran, then they are Muslims.
What is the difference?
The difference is that Hindu, as I mentioned
in my talk, is a geographical definition.
Those people living in the land of the
Indus Valley civilization or those people living in
India, they are called as Hindu, it is
a geographical definition, it is not a religious
definition.
The right word should be Vedantist, according to
Swami Vivekananda, a person who follows the Vedas
should be called a Vedantist and not a
Hindu.
A Hindu is a Vishnuma.
So, in that context, I am from India,
I live in India, I am a Hindu
by geographical definition but the real Muslim is
a person submissive to Allah subhanahu wa ta
'ala.
So, if a person who believes in the
Hindu scripture, they match the Quran and they
believe that there is one God and they
believe that Prophet Muhammad is the messenger of
God, they are Muslims.
So, they become Muslims.
The right word is Muslim.
So, inshallah, we pray to Allah subhanahu wa
ta'ala that may your father and your
mother and your brothers and sisters, inshallah, they
become Muslims, they follow Allah and his Rasul,
they worship only one God and though there
are many facility that is there, but if
you believe in one God and believe in
the last and final revelation of Allah subhanahu
wa ta'ala, then you are a Muslim,
you enter the fold of Islam and according
to me, you should not delay because you
don't know how long a person will live,
whether you are going to see tomorrow or
not, we don't know.
So, my request to you would be do
it and see to it that you follow
the Quran and the Sahih Hadith.
Hope that answers your question.