Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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The Importance of Team Work February 5, 2012

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Quran 3:103 · Aal-Imran
Tarikh Ibn Khaldun, vol. 1, p. 190
Sunan al-Nasa'i, Hadith no. 4020
Quran 42:38 · Ash-Shura
Sirat Ibn Hisham, vol. 2, p. 188
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 3667
Quran 61:14 · As-Saff
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 3778
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 4330
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 3668
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2 min 43 sec
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Praising the Prophet vs the graver duty of calling to God
“Hoshdar ke rah bardam te ghasat qadam ra”
2 min 22 sec
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Prophet's command never to clash with unjust rulers
“Rasulullah ne apne aakhri zamane mein ek baat ki bahut takeed ki thi”
5 min 56 sec
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Why the Prophet forbade opposing rulers: full argument
“Rasulullah ne apne aakhri zamane mein ek baat ki bahut takeed ki thi”
2 min 50 sec
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The real political choice: oppressive ruler or anarchy
“Kin do ke beech mein option hai?”
32 sec
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Choose stable government over ideal when ideal unavailable
“Jab ideal government ka option na ho to...”
3 min 43 sec
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Arab Spring proves: stability beats chaotic idealism
“Mazlim jo mumalik hain, har mulk mein siyasat chal rahi hai hukmaranon ke khilaf”
36 sec
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Life's choice is lesser evil vs greater evil, not right vs wrong
“Option right aur wrong ke darmiyan nahi hota”
2 min 2 sec
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Team work's Quranic principle: unity for Allah's sake
“Ab main us mauzu par aata hoon jo maine arz kiya, team ki ahmiyat”
25 sec
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Team work defined as joint effort for one goal
“Joint effort for a single goal”
2 min 24 sec
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Leading role vs supporting role, illustrated by salah
“Team work mein do role hote hain: leading role aur supporting role”
3 min 45 sec
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Persian general Rustam marvels at Muslim discipline in prayer
“Ibn Khaldun ne naqal kiya hai ke jab sahaba Iran mein dakhil hue”
24 sec
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Real goal is Allah's pleasure, never use a good excuse to divide
“Maqsood asli Allah ki raza hoti hai”
1 min 14 sec
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Hadith: Allah's hand is over the team (jama'ah)
“Yad Allahi ala al-jama'ah — jama'at ke maane team”
4 min 9 sec
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Battle of Qadisiyyah: Sa'd commands from a rooftop
“Jab yeh sahaba Iran mein dakhil hue, aakhri marhale mein jang Qadisiyyah”
3 min 36 sec
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Soldier's poem reveals hidden complaints, zero weakness shown
“Ek Muslim faoji ne jeet ke baad kuch ashaar kahe”
37 sec
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No great work possible without team spirit
“Team spirit ke baghair koi bada kaam mumkin nahi”
2 min 56 sec
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Companions stayed silent in shura, waiting for Abu Bakr
“Aaj agar kaha jaye mashwara dijiye, to jaante hain kya hoga?”
28 sec
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Proverb: when 999 fools stay silent, one wise man speaks
“Jab 999 nadaan chup rehte hain...”
6 min 28 sec
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The Ansar's total sacrifice and a promise never fulfilled
“Aaj bhi kuch logon ko Ansar ka role karna hai”
2 min 54 sec
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The Ansar sacrificed everything yet got no reward or role
“Yeh bahut ajeeb baat hai ke Ansar ne qurbaniyan dein”
51 sec
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Team spirit is essential for any great achievement
“Yeh sab cheezein team ko haqiqi team banati hain”
43 sec
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Can't invent religious idioms outside Quran and Hadith
“Lakeer ke faqeer koi Quran hai na Hadith”
1 min 11 sec
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Holding grudges is a satanic weakness, not a natural one
“Yeh fitri kamzori ki baat nahi, yeh shaitani kamzori ki baat hai”
1 min 1 sec
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Letting go of a complaint is a hugely rewardable act
“Shikayat ko khatam karna bahut bada rewardable kaam hai”
2 min 37 sec
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A team leader's duty: self-accountability and goodwill
“Team work ke leader ki zimmedari kya hai?”
2 min 32 sec
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What Milad-un-Nabi actually is and whether it's permissible
“Mowlana, what is Milad-un-Nabi?”
46 sec
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Milad-un-Nabi didn't exist in the Prophet's own era
“Milad-un-Nabi ka lafzi matlab Rasulullah ka janam din”