Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Preparing for Old Age in Youth

“There is a Hadith: 'Let the one among you who is youthful prepare for his old age.' Please explain the meaning of this Hadith.”Asked by مسٹر ممتاز عالم, دلی

He answers at 1:40:59 in Importance of Creative Thinking · 2 min 43 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:40:59
ah Maulana, agla sawal aya hai Mr Mumtaz Alam ka Delhi se. unhon ne likha hai: "Hadith mein aya hai ke falyazawwad abdun min shababih li kibratih." is hadith ka matlab wazeh farmayen. yani apni jawani se apni barhape ke liye ah zakhira karna. is ka matlab yeh hai to jab aadmi jawani ki umar mein hota hai to us ke andar zyada energy hoti hai, zyada us ke andar taqat hoti hai. to aadmi ko chahiye ke jawani ki umar ko avail karen. jawani ki umar ek opportunity hai, ek mauqa hai. is ko avail karo kyunke barhape mein to tumhari taqat nahi rahe gi. baqi kya karo ge?
1:41:49
yeh matlab is ka hai ke Allah taala jawani ki umar deta hai insan ko to bohat energy hoti hai is jawani mein. jaise main jawani ke umar mein kaha karta tha ke main kankar ke upar bhi sound sleep le sakta hoon. yani kankar ho, wahan koi bhi bistar na ho, is mein mujhe lita dijiye. aap na takiya ho, na kuch ho to main sound sleep le sakta hoon. wahan aaj main aisa nahi kar sakta. to yeh bilkul nature ka mamla hai ke jawani ke umar mein aap ke andar bohat energy hoti hai. to is ko aap fazool zaya na karen. yani is energy ko zaya na karen tafreeh mein, yani aise kamon mein jis ka taluq aap ki akhirat se na ho, jis jis ka taluq aap ke yani eternal life se na ho.
1:42:42
yeh matlab hai is ka. Okay, we will end the session here. Thank you.
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