The Hindu Pandits and Scholars agree that the Vedas and other Hindu religions scriptures prohibit
idol worship but initially because the mind may not be matured an idol is required for concentration
while worshipping. After the mind reaches higher consciousness, the idol is not required for
concentration.
Ans:1. If Idol is required for concentration only in the initial stages and not later on when the mind reaches
higher consciousness then I would like to say that the Muslims have already reached the state of
higher consciousness because when we worship Allah Subhan wa ta'ala we do not require any idol or statue.
2. Child asks why does it thunder?
When there was a Swami He said that when our child asks us, why does the sky thunder? We reply that ‘aaee ma chakki pees rahi hai’, the grandmother is grinding flour in the heaven, because he is too young to understand, similarly in the initial stages people require idol for concentration.
In Islam we don’t believe in talking a lie even if it’s a while lie. I will never give such wrong answer to my child because later on where he goes to school and learns that the thundering sound after lightening is due to the expansion of rapid heated air, he will either think that the teacher is lying or later on when he understand the fact he will conclude that the father is a liar. If you feel that the child may not understand certain difficult they you should simplify the answer but never give a wrong fictitious reply. If you, yourself do not know the answer, you should have the guts to be truthful and
say ‘I don’t know’. Many children will not be satisfied with such a simple but yet truthful and if this answer is given to my son, he will say ‘Abba why you don’t know answer, that it will compel you to
do your homework and thus educate yourself as well as your child'.
3. Those in standard one require idol for concentration 2+2=4 will remain same in standard one and ten Some pandits while trying to convince me regarding idol worship said that in standard one the student is initially taught to worship God by concentrating with the help of an idol but later on when he graduates he no longer requires the idol to concentrate while worshiping the God.
A very important fact to be noted is that only if the fundamentals of any particular subject is strong, then only will he be able to excel in future for e.g. Teacher of mathematics in standard I teaches the students that 2+2=4 irrespective whether the student parses school or does graduation, or does a Ph.D. in mathematics the basics of 2+2=4, will yet remain the same, it will not change to 5 or 6. In higher standards the students, besides addition may learn about Algebra, trigonometry, logarithm etc. but the fundamental of addition will yet remain the same. If the teacher in standard I itself teaches the fundamentals wrong, how can expect the student to excel in future?
It is the fundamental principle of the Vedas regarding the concept of God that he has got no image so how can the scholars even after knowing this fact keep silent at the wrong practice being done by people. Will you tell your son who is in standard I that 2+2=4 is not equal to 4 but 5 or 6 and only confirm the truth after he passes school. In fact if he makes a mistake you will correct him, and say it is 4 and not wait till he graduates if you don’t correct him initial you will his future.
Reference:
“THE MOST FIFTY COMMON QUESTIONS ASK BY THE NON MUSLIMS ABOUT ISLAM
UNVEILED” -by Mohammad Asif Ali
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