Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Differentiating material greed from need

“How can we differentiate between material greed and material need?”Asked by مس نغمہ صدیقی, دلی

He answers at 1:15:23 in Materialism and Intellectual Dwarfism 29th · 1 min 43 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:15:23
aql hi se ghor o fikr hota hai aur ghor o fikr hi se aadmi badi badi baton ko daryaft karta hai to ye bilkul galat nazariya hai maulana agla sawal miss naghma siddiqui ka hai dilli se unhone poocha hai How can we differentiate between material greed and material need? dekhiye iski koi hard and fast line nahi kheench sakte hum yeh aap ke apne upar hai iski definition mere aziz yeh hai ke
1:16:00
zinda rehne ke liye itna zaroori ho lazat ke liye aur tafreeh ke liye aur aaram ke liye jab aap jiyenge to woh phir comfort aayega luxury aayegi aur baqat zaroorat aap jab ekta karenge to isi ko na need kaha jata hai
1:16:23
lekin koi doosra aadmi aapko fehrist iski list nahi de sakta aapko khud iski list banani padegi koi bhi list nahi de sakta aap aap ko khud yeh sochna hai ke woh kaun si meri yani masroofiyatein hain jo kal kar rahi hain mere time ko jo jo mere energy ko salo kar
1:16:50
rahi hain jo mujhe distract kar rahi hain to har aadmi ko khud hi is ka faisla lena hai koi doosra aadmi us ko line nahi kheencha sakta maulana agla sawal dilli se hai miss saba hussain ka unhone likha hai Everything in this world happens according to God's scheme, but man has been given freedom of thought and action so that he can be tested.
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