Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Fasting Training for Discipline August 16, 2009

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Sahih Ibn Khuzayma, Hadith no. 1887
Quran 2:183 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 1:1 · Al-Fatihah
Quran 2:185 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 2:2 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 93:7 · Ad-Duha
Quran 2:185 · Al-Baqarah
Sunan Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith no. 2906
Quran 96:1 · Al-Alaq
Quran 2:185 · Al-Baqarah
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Fasting means training in self-discipline, not just abstaining
“Aaj ka topic roza ke baare mein hai, jise fasting kehte hain”
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Discipline is the secret to real achievement
“Yaad rakhiye, wohi aadmi zyada badi taraqqi karta hai”
3 min 44 sec
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Freedom at Midnight authors lived like hermits to finish their book
“Main ek misaal doon, shayad is se baat clear ho jaye gi”
2 min 12 sec
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Freedom at Midnight authors became hermits to write their book
“India ko azadi mili 15 August 1947 ki raat ko”
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Reciting Quran isn't the same as studying it
“Maine logon se poocha: Quran se kya paya aap ne?”
4 min 19 sec
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The deep meaning of Bismillah brings endless hope
“Quran kholein to sab se pehli aayat kya milti hai?”
2 min 44 sec
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Bismillah's hidden meaning: entering a world of mercy, not darkness
“Ye log padh lete hain, bas padh kar aage badh gaye”
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Entering life without God is a jump into darkness
“Agar aap khuda ko chhod kar duniya mein dakhil hon”
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Hope is the single biggest thing a person needs
“Kitna bada khazana hai ye. Hope sab se badi cheez hai”
5 min 30 sec
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Human complaints are 1%, God's blessings are 99%
“Dunya mein itne problem hain, kaise aadmi hamd karega?”
1 min 44 sec
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True gratitude vs. our tiny share of complaints
“Sacha hamd kaise niklega uske dil se?”
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Live in thrill and gratitude, not complaint
“Insaan se shikayat thi wo to less than one percent thi”
2 min 53 sec
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Guidance from the Quran is only for the sincere seeker
“Quran hidayat hai muttaqiyon ke liye - lekin kyun?”
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Why Quran's guidance is conditional on taqwa
“Ye condition kyun lagi hui hai ke sirf muttaqi ko guidance mile?”
1 min 53 sec
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Family life is today's biggest obstacle to contemplation
“Aaj kal sab se badi museebat jo hai, wo hai family”
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Fasting yet not really fasting
“Roza rakh kar bhi be-rozadaar hain”
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Ramadan sermons obsess over rules, missing the Quran's spirit
“Har Ramadan aata hai to akhbaron mein, taqreeron mein - dhoom machi rehti hai”
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The Quran talks spirit, not fiqh rulings
“Quran mein masail aur fazail ka zikr hi nahin, sirf spirit ka zikr hai”
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Itikaf means living inside the Quran's endless ocean of meaning
“Aitikaf kya hai? Aitikaf Quran mein jeena”
5 min 45 sec
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How revelation turned the Prophet into a preacher of the message
“Seventh century ke first quarter mein Quran utra”
1 min 29 sec
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After the Quran came, the Prophet's life changed - he became a Dai
“Quran milne ke baad Rasulallah ki zindagi mein kya farq aaya?”
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Revelation turned the Prophet into a caller to God
“Quran jab aap ko aa gaya to phir zindagi mein kya change aaya? Aap dai ban gaye”
5 min 22 sec
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A hadith about vanishing water matches modern climate science
“Hadith ki kitabon mein bahut si qayamat ki nishaniyan aayi hain”
2 min 34 sec
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Hadith on water disappearing meets a Quran verse on receding water
“Rasulallah ne farmaya: khatma-e-hayat kaise hogi?”
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"Water everywhere, not a drop to drink" - the coming reality
“Water, water everywhere, not a drop to drink”
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Finishing the Quran's recitation is nothing without studying it
“Yaad rakhiye, khatm-e-Quran is nothing”
2 min 48 sec
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God's blessing hides in every aspect: sight, light, speech, air
“Allah barkat wala hai, sab se acha khaliq”
58 sec
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What "Satan is chained in Ramadan" really means
“Hadith mein hai ke Ramadan mein shayateen baandh diye jaate hain”
5 min 49 sec
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Why Dawah vanished: political hatred after empires fell
“Musalmanon mein ye jo phenomena hai ke dawah se zehen hat gaya”
2 min
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Hatred kills the spirit of inviting others to faith
“Ladai se nafrat aati hai, aur nafrat ke baad dawah khatam ho jaati hai”
29 sec
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You must love people before you can call them to faith
“Mad'u se mohabbat karna padta hai, tab dawah ka aaghaz hota hai”
2 min 10 sec
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Who deserves a human's greatest love? Only God
“Insaan ko sab se zyada mohabbat kis se karni chahiye?”
2 min 44 sec
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Dajjal, Mahdi and Messiah are ordinary humans, not monsters
“Azeem log ye samajhte hain ke Dajjal ya Maseeh anokhi qism ke honge”
2 min 22 sec
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What actually divides Sunni and Shia Muslims
“Bhai, ye to Shia kehte hain un logon ko jo Shiyan-e-Ali the”
25 sec
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The real Sunni-Shia dispute is about who deserved the caliphate
“Asal jhagda usi baat ka hai ke khilafat ka haqdar kaun hai”
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"My whole life is itikaf" - daily seclusion with God
“Main to rozana aitikaf mein rehta hoon”