Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Islam's Permission for Luxurious Lifestyle

“Maulana, you often emphasize a simple lifestyle and say to avoid a luxurious lifestyle. Does Islam not permit a luxurious lifestyle?”Asked by بلال, بنگلور

He answers at 55:51 in Spiritual Light of The Believers (Itmam-E-Noor ) · 2 min 22 sec

His answer, in his own words
55:51
maulana, agla sawal bangalore se hai, bilal sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana! aap aksar simple lifestyle pe zor dete hain, aur aap yeh kehte hain ke luxurious lifestyle ko avoid karein. kya islam luxurious lifestyle ki ijazat nahin deta?" dekhiye, is se pehle main keh chuka hoon ke haram ki do qismein hain: ek muharram haram, ek ghair muharram haram. yaani declared haram aur undeclared haram. to dekhiye, jaise kuch cheezon ko declared taur par haram bataya gaya hai, jaise khanzir ka gosht hai ya sharab hai.
56:36
lekin kuch doosri cheezon ko bhi wahi usi tareeqe se hamein bachna hai. aur woh main is ko main kehta hoon ke woh woh cheezein hain jo aap ko distract karti hain. distract jo distract karti hain. aur yeh baatein main is se pehle keh chuka hoon, aur yahan bhi keh chuka hoon, likh bhi chuka hoon. hadithon se bataya hai maine ke ghair muharram ko haram ka jo concept hai, woh meri zaati nahin hai. aap mere mazameen ko padhiye, maine hawale diye hain ke bohat si cheezein aisi hain jo aap ko distract karti hain, woh bhi ghair muharram haram hai.
57:16
to luxury jo hai, woh mere nazdeek ghair muharram haram hai. simple life mein kya hota hai ke aap distraction se bache rehte hain, aur jab bhi aap aaram aur rahat chahenge to distraction hoga. aur distreshan hoga to aap kahan hain? aap aap ka jo waqt hai, quran ka tadabbur, marifat ka atom dhoondhna, apna spiritual development, yeh sab is ke liye waqt hi nahin rahega aap ke paas. to asal cheez yeh hai ke simple life mein aadmi distreshan se bacha rehta hai, aur jab aaram o rahat ki life raah ko ikhtiyar kare to is mein distreshan mein phans jata hai. woh
58:00
to main yeh nahin kehta ke haram hai woh, lekin woh haram se badtar hai, kyunke aap ko animal bana kar deta hai. animal, animal bana kar deta hai woh. maulana, agla sawal: zulm karne yani ek aisa aadmi jo marifat se khali ho, jo jis ke andar spirituality na ho, jo intellectual development se khali ho, woh worst animal hai.
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