Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Practical lessons from Prophet Yusuf's life

“آپا اگلا سوال میں پوچھنا چاہوں گا پرافٹ یوسف کی زندگی سے کیونکہ ایک قرآن میں ایک پورا چیپٹر ہی ان کے اوپر آیا ہے۔ تو ان کی زندگی جب ہم دیکھتے ہیں آپا تو ہمیں بہت پریکٹیکل لیسنز ملتے ہیں۔ تو میں چاہوں گا کہ کوئی ایگزیمپل ان کی زندگی سے لے کر بھی آپ ہمیں سمجھائیں وزڈم کے بارے میں۔”Asked by آپا

He answers at 42:47 in How to Develop Pratical Wisdom · 21 min 30 sec

His answer, in his own words
42:47
. apa agla sawal mein poochna chahunga Prophet Yusuf ki zindagi se kyunke ek Quran mein ek poora chapter hi un ke upar aaya hai. to un ki zindagi jab hum dekhte hain apa to hamein bohat practical lessons milte hain. to mein chahunga ke koi example un ki zindagi se le kar bhi aap hamein samjhayein wisdom ke bare mein. yeh bohat hi ajeeb baat hai ke ek hi chapter Quran mein aisa aya hai jo poora ka poora ek paighambar ke upar hai. ji nahi to bare bare paighambar hain jaise Hazrat Musa to chand matlab kuch kuch hissa un ke upar rahega, phir doosri doosri baatein hongi.
43:28
lekin yeh poori jo hai kahani ek is mein aayi hai aur is ko best story bhi kaha gaya hai, husn ul qasas kaha gaya hai. ji ji to yeh yeh jo hai na practical wisdom ki bohat behtareen misaal hai. ji ji kyunke dekhiye itna bara zulm kiya bhaiyon ne, soteli bhaiyon ne. al unhone koi react nahi kiya, koi unhone react kiya hota to Quran mein is ka zikr hota. na negative hue, na unhone apne bhaiyon se nafrat ki aur sirf sabr aur bardasht se kaam liya. Allah se duaein keen unhone aur jab un ko mauqa mila kaam karne ka to badshah jo hai wahan ka woh mushrik badshah tha. to woh aap ki personality se bohat zyada mutasir hua. to us ne woh ek lambi kahani hai, khwab waghera ki to mutasir ho gaya aur us ne aap ko rakh liya ke jo us zamane mein ek hi minister hota tha, us ko aap chahe chief minister kahiye, chahe food minister kahiye, agriculture sab kuch hota tha.
44:29
to poora ka poora ikhtiyar badshah ne aap ko de diya kyunke wahan pehle zamane mein qahat waghera bohat parhte rehte thay na. to unhone itna zabardast tareeqe se jab qahat pada, intezam kar kiya tha unhone ke door door se log ghalla lene ke liye un ke paas aaye. to unhone ab in ke bhai bhi aaye, bhai ki unhone respect kiya, un ko ghalla diya aur un ke ghalla, un ki jo is ka payment bhi unhone wapas kar diya. to poori izzat ke sath un se, un ko unhone dealing kari.
45:05
to is ke matlab hai ke kitne zyada un ke andar wisdom thi ke agar jo wisdom jis ke andar hogi, wahi react nahi karega. to unhone kuch bhi react nahi kiya kyunke woh to future ko dekhta hai ke aindah hamare sath kuch behtar hone wala hai, Allah taala hamari madad farmaye ga. to unhone kuch bhi react nahi kiya. to is tareeqe se unhone yeh dikhaya ke hum ke maafii kitni bari cheez hai aur unhone sab ko maaf kar diya. aur jo hai Quran mein aya hai ke samajhdar logon ke liye is qisse mein bohat si learning ki baatein hain. to yahi hai ke jo rehnuma usool thay, us ko poora ka poora unhone apni zindagi par apply kiya.
45:51
mushrik badshah ke under mein poori wafadari ke sath unhone kaam kiya, zabardast tareeqe se khazane ko unhone manage kiya aur phir us ke baad apne bhaiyon ko maaf kar diya aur sab ko wahan Misr mein bulaya. baqayda yeh log wahan bas gaye aur kai so saal tak woh wahan rahe yahan tak ke Firon ka zamana aaya aur Firon ne zulm karna shuru kiya. is ke baad aap jo hain, Allah taala ne madad farmayi, Hazrat Musa alaihi salam ko bheja aur Bani Israel ko wahan se nikala. to yeh hamare liye is mein bohat zyada sabak hai Hazrat Yusuf alaihi salam ki qisse mein.
46:36
ji jazak Allah apaa. apa ek comment aur sawal aya hai, is ke baad phir mein aaj ke session ka aakhri sawal aap se poochna chahunga. yeh comment bheja hai Miss Shaheen Feroz ne Jammu Kashmir se. unhone likha hai people are living in reactionary lifestyle and don't know the concept of practical wisdom. present clerics are not talking of this wisdom. Alhamdulillah Maulana and now his team are doing a wonderful job. Sometimes there are varied situations where decision making becomes difficult.
47:12
How can one take decisions in such situations? Moreover, how can one convince a person who is always over reactive? to is ke bare mein batayein. ab is ko aap samjha hi sakte hain. ab is dunya mein Allah taala ne sab ko azadi di hai. ab hum zabardasti to kisi ke sath kuch kar nahi sakte. ji samjha sakte hain is ko, literature dijiye parhne ke liye aur ho sakta hai ke kabhi is ko samajh mein aa jaye.
47:48
wait wait and watch wali jo policy hoti hai, woh karen. ji sabar karen, bardasht karen kyunke agar aap sabar karte hain tab bhi aap ko sawab milega. kyunke ek bar Maulana se kisi ne poocha ke sabar kab tak? to Maulana ne kaha ke aap ne kabhi kaha ke namaz kab tak aur roza kab tak? to sabar bhi isi tarike se rewardable act hai, balke bohat zyada is mein bohat zyada be hisab reward hai. to agar woh mamla hal nahi hota hai to aap sabar kijiye, is ka aap ko reward milega. ga. Islam ki to yeh khoobi hai ke har halat mein har act hamara rewardable act ho jata hai agar hum Khuda ke liye karen. ji aur apa ek cheez yeh bhi hai ke pe Maulana bohat hum logon ko advice kiya karte the.
48:35
woh kehte the ke Islam ka yeh principle hai ke aap result ko dekh kar action len. agar aap ko lagta hai ke aap sahi hain lekin aap jo action lene ja rahe hain us se result ek dam opposite niklega to practical wisdom yeh kahe gi ke aap woh action na len. aap pehle result ko dekhen, aap phir action ko len. aur apa abhi jo aap ne example diya Prophet Yusuf ka, woh itna behtareen example hai aur isi liye Quran mein shayad best story bhi kaha gaya ke unhon ne bhi apne bhaiyon ko badal diya, un ke dil badal gaye. to sabar, lekin unhon ne sabar kiya. to jaise unhon ne bhi yeh poocha ke how can we convince a person who is always over reactive? to sabar karna aur kai bar taking no action is also an action. action. to yeh bohat important hai ke aap result ko dekhen, aap sabar karen, dua karen. to result bhi positive aayega aur inshallah woh insan bhi badal jayega jis ke liye aap dua kar rahe hain.
49:33
aur maan lijiye agar woh insan sincere nahi hai to kam se kam aap complex free ho jayenge, jo ke bohat important hai from the point of your entry into paradise. to Maulana kehte the khud ko bachaiye, to humein apne aap ko bachana hai. save yourself. save yourself. apa aap ne Prophet Yusuf ki zindagi se abhi bohat hi acha example diya. aakhri sawal, Rasool Allah ki zindagi to poori wisdom se bhari hui hai aur woh yeh bhi unhon ne kaha ek martaba ke how nice is that gathering where words of wisdom are spoken and that there is no better gift than words of wisdom.
50:15
wisdom. to apa mein chahunga ke aakhri sawal aap isi jawab par khatam karen ke hum un ki zindagi se practical wisdom ko le kar kya sabak le sakte hain? is ke bare mein aap hum sab ko batayen. Rasool Allah sal Allah alayhi wasallam ki zindagi to full of practical wisdom hai. asal mein logon ne is tarike se biography likhi nahi. yeh to pehli bar Maulana ne is tarike ki kitaben likhin ke is se humein kya wisdom milta hai. logon ke nazdeek to Prophet hero hain, hamare liye is mein koi example nahi hai, hamare liye koi sabak nahi hai. bas bas humein ishq Rasool mein natein padhni hain.
50:55
to yeh hai. to yeh pehli bar humein sare rahinuma usool humein mile aur is mein jo jo kitab, jo January mein ne bataya tha 2018 ka Al-Risala jo hai, woh khusoosi shumarah hai. woh is ka naam hi hai Paighambaraana Hikmat. to is ko logon ko chahiye ke zaroor is ko padhen aur inshallah is ki koshish karte hain ke woh English mein bhi aa jaye. woh inshallah. to is se Paighambar Islam jo hain, woh ek bohat hi ba hikmat insan the, wise man the. Maulana ne mutala kiya seerat ki kitabon ka to wahan koi hikmat ki tareef nahi mili.
51:34
to woh hikmat ki baaten to thi lekin hikmat kya hai? woh sare waqiat to recorded the lekin wisdom aur practical wisdom ke angle se recorded nahi the. to unhon ne phir aap ke is role ko dekha, aap ki practice ko dekha ke jab aap ba hikmat insan the to aap ki practice mein woh hikmat zaroor reflect hui hogi. to is tarike se is mein unhon ne yeh likha aur bohat sari aur doosri bhi kitaben hain. to sab se pehle to sab se pehle to jab aap ko prophet hood nahi mili thi, tab bhi aap isi tareeqay se wise person thay.
52:17
prophet hood ke baad is mein aur jala mili is ko aur ziyada nikhaar aaya. to jab dekhiye hajar aswad ka qissa hua to log jo hain bilkul larne ki matlab aisi jang jari honay wali thi, khana jangi jis ko kehte hain. to log keh rahe thay ke hajar aswad har tribal chief chahta tha ke hamein yeh izaz mile ke hum is ko jab wohi kaba jab gir gaya tha na ji to woh utha rahe thay. jab deewar oonchi tak aa gayi jahan tak hajar aswad hai, to jab hajar aswad ko wahan rakhnay ka moqa aaya to to saray tribes walay jo hain larne lagay ke hamaray tribal chief ko hamaray is ko moqa milna chahiye. to phir aik buzurg ne kaha ke kal subah sawere jo aadmi aye ga to usi ko hum salis bana dein gay, wohi faisla karega.
53:07
saray log raat bhar wahan baithe rahay to dekha to pehla shakhs jo aaya woh prophet is waqt prophet nahi thay, to to umar 40 saal par aap ko prophet hood mili na to woh Muhammad thay. to to woh jo hain sab ne kaha ke yeh to al-ameen hai, al-ameen hai, in ke faislay par hum raazi hain. to aap ne kitna hikmat bhara faisla kiya ke aik safed saaf chadar le aayi jaye aur chadar ke beech mein aap ne khud woh pathar utha ke rakha aur saray chief se kaha, saray sardaron se kaha ke tum kinare, charon kinare is ko pakar ke wahan par us jagah par le chalo jahan is ko nasb karna tha. phir aap ne apne hath se woh nasb kar diya. to is tareeqay se itna bara masla hal hua ke wahan to jangain hoti theen, to jang khatam honay ka naam hi nahi leti theen. to woh is ke baad jab hum aap ko wahi mili aur aap ko bataya gaya ke aap ko yeh paigham logon tak pohanchana hai to aap ne dekha ke wahan to toheed ka paigham tha.
54:13
dekha ke kaba mein to saray but rakhe hue hain, ab koi bhi aik hota to kehta ke ab is buton mein hum toheed ka paigham kaise pohanchayein? to aap ne wohi jo relevant aur irrelevant ka bohat hi acute sense tha aap ke andar, to aap ne kaha ke woh to woh alag cheez hai, is ko alag kiya aur is buton ki wajah se jo wahan gathering hoti thi, us gathering ko istemal karein ge Khuda ka paigham pohanchane ke li ye. to is tareeqay se unhon ne woh relevant ko irrelevant se alag kar liya. phir aap taif ka dekhiye, itna ziyada zulm kiya in logon ne magar aap ne koi react nahi kiya. aap ne kaha ke hamari nazar jo hai mustaqbil par hai aur is se malik al-jibal se farishtay, jab paharon ke farishtay se kaha ke nahi, hum agli nasal se umeed rakhte hain ke woh Khuda ki koi ibadat karein gay.
55:16
to is tareeqay se aur baat umeed sahi bhi hui. to is tareeqay se kabhi dekhiye, practical wisdom mein kabhi kuch dekhna parta hai, kabhi kuch dekhna parta hai, kabhi wait karna parta hai agli generation tak, kabhi nayi planning karni parti hai. makkah mein jab bohat ziyada mukhalifat honay lagi to wahan par aur koi kuch kuch opportunity nahi thi mazeed kuch kaam karne ki. to aap khamoshi se makkah chhod kar madina chalay gaye aur wahan madine mein bilkul low profile mein kaam karna shuru kar diya, bilkul peaceful tareeqay se.
55:55
to agar aik planning aap ki kamyab nahi ho rahi hai to aap re-planning karein. is par Maulana ne aik pamphlet bhi hai re-planning par. to re-planning jo hai woh mukammal taur par kamyab hui. to isi tareeqay se jab aap madina gaye to wahan yahoodi aik sizable un ka group tha aur woh log jo hain un ke paas hi saray paighambar atay thay. to awam jo hai un ko lagta tha ke yahi sachai par hain aur unhi ko woh follow karte thay bohat sari baton mein.
56:30
to woh log jo hain bait ul maqdis un ka qibla tha. to itna bara aap ne kaam kiya ke un ki taaleef qalb yani softening of the heart, un ki taaleef qalb ke liye aap ne qibla badal diya. to taqreeban 16-17 mahine tak yahoodiyon ka jo qibla tha bait ul maqdis usi ki taraf kar ke namaz parhte rahay. to jab tab bhi dekha ke in logon par is ka kuch asar nahi ho raha, un ke heart jo hain woh saaf nahi ho rahe,
57:03
phir hukum hua ke apna kabe ki taraf qibla karne ka. to is tarike se unhon ne poori koshish ki aap ne ke mo'tedil halaat mein, normal halaat mein apna kaam karen. kyunke agar woh qibla isi waqt agar qibla na badla hota to woh log kehte hain ke yeh pata nahin kaun log hain, un ka qibla kuch aur hai. abhi tak saare paighambar jo hain un ka qibla bait ul maqdis hota tha. isi tarike se usool Hudaibiyah hai. baar baar jangain hoti rahin, jangon se koi nateeja nahin nikla, sirf barbadi aur tabaahi aai. to phir finally aap ne enemy ki tamam sharaait ko le kar ke aap ne sulah kar li, jis ko hum treaty of Hudaibiyah kehte hain.
57:52
to us waqt mutalliq pehlu, ghair mutalliq pehlu yeh tha ke woh log bohat zyada pareshan kar rahe the aur chahte hi nahin the sulah, balkeh woh jang hi chahte the. to jab mu'ahida likha jaane laga to us par likha Hazrat Ali ne Rasool Allah ki taraf se. to us par bhi unhon ne hungama machaya ke Rasool Allah ko agar hum Rasool Allah maante to hum hum yeh jang hi kyun karte? to woh Rasool Allah ka lafz mittwaya, woh bhi aap ne mita diya kyunke woh ghair mutalliq, irrelevant expect tha ke jo relevant tha woh yeh tha ke kisi na kisi tarah peace qaim ho jaye. kyun
58:33
ke peace qaim ho jayega to phir tamam jo hai jo peaceful activities hain, da'wa work hai, woh tamam jaari ho jayengi. aur bilkul wahi hua ke peace qaim ho gaya to bilkul normal situation ho gayi aur saara kaam hone laga aur bohat jald jo hai Makka fateh ho gaya. phir ek rehnuma usool hai practical wisdom ka, potential friend aur actual friend. ab hum log jo hain yahi jaante the ke yeh hamara dost hai, yeh hamara dushman hai. to pehli baar yeh saari rehnuma usoolon ko Maulana ne nikala Quran se, Hadees se, Prophet ke sunnaton se,
59:16
practices se, aur phir us ke us par likha. to is mein bataya ke jo potential friend aur actual friend hai, to ab hum jab burai ka jawab bhalaai se denge na to to wahi potential friend jo hai woh actual friend ban jayega. to is tarike se Quran mein aaya hai chapter 41 mein verse 34. to aur sab yahi hua, tamam jo log saare Makka wale, Arab wale, itne zabardast dushman the aap ke, aap ne sab ko maaf karte rahe, maaf karte rahe, jab fateh Makka ke baad sab ko maaf kar diya, sab dost ban gaye. to isi tarike se doosra ek rehnuma usool hai ke jo problems hain un ko ignore karo, yani problems jo hain na woh irrelevant aspect hain aur opportunities jo hain woh relevant aspect hain.
1:00:09
to problems ko ignore karo aur opportunities ko avail karo. to aur hum log hamesha masail se takrate rehte hain, problems se takrate rehte hain, milta kuch bhi nahin hai. aur agar hum opportunities ko discover karen aur us par kaam karen to hum bohat zyada kamyabi hasil kar sakte hain. to doosri woh hai ke woh to bohat zyada maine thode se usool liye hain ke result oriented action. to jab wahan bohat zyada zulm badh gaya aur Hazrat Umar bhi Islam le aaye to Hazrat Umar to pehelwan the, unhon ne kaha hum kab tak zulm ko bardasht karenge? to aap ne kaha nahin, aap ne dekha ke nateeja kya niklega? to aap ne kaha ya Umar inna qaleel, hum bohat thode hain, to humein to thode hain, to humein bardasht
1:00:57
karna hai. to baqi un ka zulm, zulm jo hai woh us ko sabr o bardasht ke zariye se hum sahenge. to hamare andar jitni taqat hai utna kaam karna chahiye, tabhi hum koi bhi nateeja khez amal, result oriented amal kar sakte hain. to isi tarike se lesser evil aur greater evil. to bohat sari cheezain jo hoti hain na lesser evil hoti hain. agar hum lesser evil ko bardasht nahin karte to humein greater evil ka saamna karna padta hai. to is liye humein jaise farz kariye raaste mein koi woh ho jata hai, gaadi chala rahe hain, koi accident ho gaya, thoda sa koi chot lag gayi, kisi ne kuch keh diya. jab mein gaadi chala rahi thi to shuru shuru mein to kuch na kuch karti thi. to ek aadmi ne kaha why can't you drive properly?
1:01:51
bohat ghusse mein kaha. to is tareeqay say bohat kuch hota hai. to phir hum agar isi waqt is ko bardasht kar lain, kuch log bardasht nahi karte, phir nikal ke larna shuru kar dete hain. to hamare aik colleague thay, un ke bhai ne larna shuru kar diya, yahan tak ke bohat zabardast jang ladaai hui aur police case ban gaya. bohat dinon tak woh jail mein rahe. to yahi woh lesser evil tha aur lesser evil ko bardasht na karne se phir woh greater evil ko bardasht karna parta hai.
1:02:23
to yeh hai ke dekhiye, is sab se bari baat yeh hai ke is dunya mein Allah ne sab ko azadi di hai. ab azadi di hai to yeh sab hoga ji, to is ko humein bardasht karna parhe ga. agar hum bardasht nahi karein ge to aur bari museebat mein par jayen ge. to is tareeqay say Rasool Allah Sal Allahu Alaihi Wa Sallam ki poori zindagi jo hai, is mein aap ko saare guiding principles practical wisdom ke milte hain. bas yeh hai ke is angle say aap ko dekhna hai
1:02:53
kyun ke hum is angle say nahi dekhte. hum to dekhte hain ke bas yeh prophet ka life hai, un ki teachings hain, bas wisdom aur practical wisdom ke angle say nahi dekhte. is liye hum samajhte nahi hain. ji, thank you apa for doing a very important session today. jazak Allah. so with this, we will end today's session and we will be back next Sunday at 10:30 AM. thank you.
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