Zakir Naik – Following the Established Truths in Hinduism Makes one a Muslim

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.