Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Comment on namaz without concentration

“It is said that an alim was once asked: 'I try my best to put my heart and soul into namaz, however whenever I am offering namaz, my mind is full of all kinds of thoughts. My namaz is a mere ritual, my soul is not in the namaz.' The scholar replied: 'Praying namaz is obligatory, but praying with full concentration is not obligatory.' Maulana, what is your comment on this?”Asked by مسٹر محفوظ, نیو دہلی

He answers at 1:14:24 in Three levels of Realization · 2 min 23 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:14:24
maulana agla sawal kya hai mister mehfooz ne new dilli se he is written ah it is said that an aalim was once asked i try my best to put my heart and soul into namaz however whenever i am offering namaz my mind is full of all kinds of thoughts my namaz is a mere ritual my soul is not in the namaz the scholar is said to have replied namaz parho farz hai dil laga ke namaz parhna farz nahi maulana what is your comment on this dekhen mera comment yeh hai aik hai namaz aik hai pre namaz aik hai namaz aik hai pre namaz to namaz se pehle bhi aik namaz parhni parti hai jise collegeon mein aik refreshing refreshing course hota hai
1:15:25
course se pehle refreshing course yani preparation course to namaz se pehle aap ki aik zindagi hoti hai aap active hotay hain aap bol baat karte hain aap study karte hain wahan par agar aap us spirit se jee rahe hain jo namaz wali spirit hai yeh spirit of namaz namaz se pehle agar paida kar rakhi hai aap ne tab namaz mein aap ke jaan aaye gi unhe nahi aaye gi jo jawab unhon ne diya woh ho sakta hai juzwi taur par sahi ho lekin asal jo jawab yeh woh woh nahi hai asal jawab yeh hai ke namaz se pehle namaz parho yani namaz se pehle apni zindagi ko namazi banao namaz se pehle apne dimagh ko namazi banao namaz se pehle apni soch ko namazi banao
1:16:18
namaz se pehle khuda ke liye jeene wale bano namaz se pehle khuda ke liye jhukne wale bano aise jab life hogi to phir jab aadmi ja kar namaz mein khada hoga to uski woh phir woh ek dam uski namaz
1:16:35
alag alag rang ki namaz hogi yeh hai is ka sahi jawab maulana agla sawal hai mister muhammad intikhab dilli se unhon ne likha hai every thought originates in the mind even emotion
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