Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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How to Develop Pratical Wisdom May 5, 2024

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Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith no. 4169
Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah, vol.4, p.621
Quran 3:81 · Aal-Imran
Quran 2:269 · Al-Baqarah
Al-Mujalasah wa Jawahir al-'Ilm by Al-Dinawari: 2089
Quran 2:269 · Al-Baqarah
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 3756
Quran 2:269 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 12:2 · Yusuf
Quran 3:190 · Aal-Imran
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Defining wisdom as sorting relevant from irrelevant
“We can say that wisdom is the ability to sort the relevant from the irrelevant.”
2 min 27 sec
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What wisdom really means and why humility matters
“Wisdom really means very deep understanding, deep insight, sound judgment.”
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Hadith: wisdom is the believer's lost property
“Wisdom is the believer's lost property — take it wherever you find it.”
2 min 15 sec
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Why reacting to cruelty backfires — the Prophet's example
“Often what happens is people react — if someone wronged us, we want to wrong them back.”
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Story: the Prophet forgave Ta'if and waited for the next generation
“When the Prophet went to Ta'if, they treated him with great cruelty.”
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Ancient humans had the same intellect as today
“People say man has evolved, but ancient humans had just as much intellect.”
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Plato: true intelligence is knowing you know nothing
“Plato said: I know that I am intelligent because I know that I know nothing.”
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Umar: wisdom is a gift of God, not a product of age
“It's a fallacy that if a person is old, he is automatically wise.”
2 min 48 sec
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Root-cause thinking: how the Prophet handled Mecca's evils
“When the Prophet started his work in Mecca, society was full of every kind of vice.”
4 min 38 sec
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How the Prophet targeted root causes without disrupting society
“When the Prophet started his work in Mecca, society was full of every kind of vice.”
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The wise live in remembrance of God
“A wise person is one who lives in remembrance of God.”
2 min 30 sec
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Patience as practical wisdom, explained through a driving example
“Patience means our approach isn't reactionary, but thought-through and objective.”
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Sincerity as the rarest quality, per Maulana
“Maulana used to tell us: you have to be a sincere person.”
2 min 50 sec
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Prophet Yusuf's practical wisdom toward his brothers
“It's remarkable that an entire chapter of the Quran is devoted to one prophet.”
3 min 49 sec
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The full story of Prophet Yusuf as a lesson in practical wisdom
“It's remarkable that an entire chapter of the Quran is devoted to one prophet.”
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Maulana on patience: 'how long' is the wrong question
“Someone once asked Maulana, patience — until when?”
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The Prophet's life is completely full of practical wisdom
“The Prophet's life is completely full of practical wisdom.”
5 min 25 sec
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Examples of the Prophet's wisdom: the Black Stone dispute and the Qibla change
“Even before prophethood, he was already a wise person.”
4 min 11 sec
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The Treaty of Hudaybiyyah and turning enemies into friends
“Wars kept happening, and nothing came of them but destruction.”
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Turning potential enemies into friends through kindness
“There's a guiding principle: the potential friend and the actual friend.”