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Roza A Spiritual Jihad August 28, 2011 Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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1 min 40 sec
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friend's long journey inspires idea of spiritual jihad
“Suddenly it came to mind: are you a spiritual mujahid?”
4 min 24 sec
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a friend's devotion sparks the idea of fasting as spiritual jihad
“Suddenly it came to mind: are you a spiritual mujahid?”
1 min 30 sec
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Quran and hadith define fasting as fighting one's own self
“Quran says fasting is so that you become muttaqi”
22 sec
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true jihad is fighting your own self, not others
“People think jihad means fighting others — never”
2 min 4 sec
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fasting trains need-based living over comfort and luxury
“Roza is not giving up food, it's reducing food”
24 sec
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fasting redefined as reduction not renunciation of food
“Roza kya hai? It is not renouncing food”
5 min 30 sec
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fasting as training in reduced needs, root cause of world unrest
“Roza is not giving up food, it's reducing food”
2 min 37 sec
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dissatisfaction, not hunger, drives global protest movements
“The secret of today's global upheaval is dissatisfaction”
23 sec
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fasting is a lesson in being content with less
“Fasting is a lesson to be satisfied with less”
5 min 22 sec
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why humans are idealists who never get an ideal world
“The mind, by nature, is an idealist”
1 min 58 sec
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man is idealistic by nature but world gives less
“Man, by nature, is an idealist-seeking animal”
1 min 15 sec
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Alexander the Great died frustrated despite conquering everything
“Alexander the Great — history's proof dissatisfaction never ends”
22 sec
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the one formula for a successful life is contentment
“A successful life has only one formula: contentment”
1 min 17 sec
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American Ramadan story: fasters who gain instead of lose weight
“In America, I said fasting is about eating less”
46 sec
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wanting more versus contentment, two opposite mindsets
“One mindset is always wanting more, more, more”
1 min 7 sec
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itikaf explained as retreat from distraction, not from sin
“Itikaf's 'sin' actually means distraction, not wine or vice”
1 min 35 sec
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the greatest worship is solitary thinking, illustrated by two stories
“Abu Darda's greatest worship? Sitting alone and thinking”
31 sec
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keep thinking until a new idea is born
“Think, think, think — there must be a better way”
31 sec
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contentment is the biggest principle of life, taught by Ramadan
“Life's biggest principle is contentment, and Ramadan trains it”
1 min 41 sec
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God placed a longing for paradise in every human
“Every human is born wanting paradise — but not here”
3 min 56 sec
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why the Quran deliberately leaves things half-mentioned to force reflection
“Nothing in Islam is mysterious — everything is well defined”
36 sec
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nothing in Islam is mysterious or undefined
“Nothing in Islam is mysterious — every night is bright as day”
34 sec
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the Quran's style itself is an invitation to reflect
“Why is it half-mentioned? So that you think”
2 min 9 sec
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two life paths: full-time mission or fifty-fifty mission
“Life has two ways: a 1-1-1 mission or 1-1-2”
3 min 47 sec
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dawah is every individual's duty, with no excuse before God
“This work of dawah belongs to every single person”
28 sec
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no one carries another's burden before God
“Everyone is responsible for themselves — no one bears another's burden”