Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Prayer for Repaying Debts

“A person has taken loans from people. Later, that person became associated with the Al-Risala Mission and reformed his life. Now that person prays like this: 'O Allah! Make my circumstances in this world such that I am able to repay the debts of people.'”Asked by Ms. Sairah Latif, Karachi

He answers at 1:01:57 in Materialism and Intellectual Dwarfism 29th · 1 min 50 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:01:57
Maulana, agla sawal abhi Karachi se hai Miss Saira Latif ka. unhon ne likha hai: "aik shakhs ne logon se qarz le rakha hai, baad mein woh shakhs Al-Risala mission se wabasta ho gaya aur apni zindagi ki islaah kar li. ab woh shakhs is tarah dua mangne laga : aye Allah! is dunya mein mere halaat is tarah bana de aur mujhe tofeeq de ke mein logon ka qarz ada karoon. aur agar mein qarz ki adai se pehle mar gaya to aye Allah! tu meri taraf se meri talafi kar dena." sawal yeh hai ke kya Allah taala aik bande ki taraf se us ke qarz ki talafi kar dega?
1:02:45
nahi, yeh sahi baat nahi hai. is qarz ki talafi sirf wohi aadmi kar sakta hai jis se aap ne qarz liya hai. jo log, jis aadmi ne kisi se qarz liya hai, ya to woh qarz ada kare ya us se insaan ja ke kahe ke mujhe maaf kar do. agar insaan, us insaan ne maaf kar diya to maaf ho jayega. baqi yeh is tarah ki dua jo hai, yeh sahi tareeqa nahi hai. yeh sahi tareeqa nahi hai. qarz ke muamle mein dekhiye, yeh hai shariat ka masla ke qarz maaf nahi hota. ya to aap qarz ada karein ya usi insaan se ja kar kahein ke bhai, mein mein is haal mein nahi hoon ke tum ko de sakoon qarz, to mujhe maaf kar do.
1:03:32
dua se yeh masla khatam nahi ho sakta hai. usi insaan se miliye, us insaan se kahiye, agar woh insaan maaf kar de to maaf ho jayega. Maulana, agla sawal hai Mr Ashish Tiwari ka. unhon ne Kanpur se likha hai. unhon ne sawal mein yeh likha hai: "Maulana! ke Man is a spiritual being undergoing a brief material experience.
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