Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How can I identify my role wholeheartedly?

“Maulana, I want to know how I can identify my role so that I can do it wholeheartedly. Please guide me in this matter.”Asked by Wasim Bari, Islamabad, Pakistan

He answers at 1:07:52 in Lessons from My Journey to Agra · 2 min 20 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:07:52
Maulana, agla sawal Islamabad Pakistan se hai Waseem Bari sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana sahab, i want to know how i can identify my role so that i can do it wholeheartedly. please guide me in this matter." ye ajib sa sawal hai. bhai, is ko puchne ki koi zaroorat aap ko pesh aayi hai. ye puchne ki baat hai. dekhen, role yani ka matlab agar zimmedari ke ma'ne mein len to ek momin ke liye sirf do hi zimmedari hai: baqadr zaroorat kamana, zaroorat ke baqadr kamana. is ke baad Allah ke mission, dawat Allah ka kaam karna.
1:08:42
bas ye aur koi teesri cheez hai nahi. ye dunya mein aap agar aap yani is ke siwa kuch aur banayenge to isi ka naam hai gumrahi. zaroorat ke baqadr kamana aur Allah ke mission ke liye, Allah ki dawat ke liye kaam karna. bas is ke siwa aur kuch hai hi nahi. koi koi role ya koi zimmedari momin ki. jo kuch hai wo khud sakhta hai. misalan ye ke kuch log siyasi hangame karte hain, wo Islami hukumat qaim karne ke naam par. wo koi goal role nahi, wo khud sakhta hai. wo to main is ko political bid'at kehta hoon.
1:09:28
political bid'at. role sirf ye hai ya zimmedari sirf ye hai ke aap apni jitni haqiqatan jitni zaroorat hai jeene ke liye, jitna zaroori hai utna kamayen aur Allah ka jo mission hai us ko phailayen. bas aap ke paas agar zyada paisa hai to is paise ko aap lagayen dawat ke kaam mein. zaati aaram rahat mein nahi. bas ye yehi kul deen hai aur kuch bajne wali jo cheezen log deen ke naam se karte hain wo un ka khud sakhta hai.
1:10:12
Maulana, agla sawal Dr. Iqbal Pardhan ka hai Delhi se. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, last month i got a call of a dear friend Mr. Swe Ram Tutia from Modi Nagar in UP.
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