Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to correct people's focus on the source?

“Generally, the temperament of people is that when they are told something about themselves that is correctable, instead of focusing on the actual issue, they start focusing on who told you this. How can this temperament be corrected?”Asked by Anas, Delhi

He answers at 1:24:00 in Journey of History · 1 min 33 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:24:00
maulana, yeh sawal Delhi se hai Mr. Anas ka. unhon ne likha hai: "aam taur par logon ka mizaj yeh hai ke un ke bare mein jab koi aisi baat batai jaye jo qabil-e-islaah ho to woh asal baat par focus karne ke bajaye us baat par focus karne lagte hain ke yeh baat kis ne aap ko batai. is mizaj ko kaise durust kiya jaye?" yeh durust karne ka hamare bas mein nahi hai. humein hamare bas mein sirf yeh hai ke hum logon ko batayein. durust karna to yeh paighambar ke bas mein bhi nahi tha. aap logon ko bataiye ke yeh yeh soch jo hai yeh bohat hi buri soch hai, munafiqana soch hai. sawal yeh nahi ke kis ne kaha.
1:24:50
sawaal yeh hai ke kya aisa hai ? yaani mere andar agar ek kamzori hai us ki koi shakhs nishandahi karta hai to mujhe yeh nahi poochna chahiye kis ne bataya. mujhe sochna chahiye kya waqatan aisa hai to mein apni islaah karoon. to is maamle mein aap ki zimmedari durust karne ki nahi hai. aap ki zimmedari hai batane ki ke aisa soch, aisi soch jo hai yeh munaafiqat hai. munaafiqat bohat bara Allah ke nazdeek bohat buri cheez hai.
1:25:22
yeh bataiye logon ko ke yeh tarz fikr jo hai yeh munafiqana tarz fikr hai. yeh soch munafiqana soch hai. yeh bataiye logon ko. maulana, agla sawal haiderabad se hai. ah, jis ne sawal kiya hai unhon ne apna naam nahi diya hai but sawal likha hai ke "what is the difference between adjustment and compromise?" is ke baray mein batayen.
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