Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Sin with awareness and later shame: arrogance?

“If I know I am committing a mistake and God is watching, but I still do it, and later feel shame, does that count as arrogance and rebellion?”Asked by Muhammad Akhlaq, Amarnagar

He answers at 1:35:03 in Materialism and Intellectual Dwarfism 29th · 1 min 6 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:35:03
maulana agla sawal amar nagar se mister muhammad akhlaq sahab ka hai unhone likha hai maulana ghalati karne ke waqt yeh baat zehan mein aa jati hai ke main ghalati kar raha hoon aur khuda meri ghalati ko dekh raha hai aur ghalati phir bhi ho jati hai kya yeh dithaai aur sarkashi mein aayega jabke baad mein ghalati par sharmindagi bhi hoti hai ab yeh aadmi khud samajh sakta hai ke kya cheez dithaai hai kya cheez dithaai nahi hai aap khud samjhiye ke ghalati kar ke aap ke andar sharmindagi aai ke nahi aai yeh to andar ki baat hai doosra aadmi kaise janega sharmindagi mein yeh shamil hai ke aadmi ruka hai is se agar nahi ruka hai to sharmindagi kahan hai wo to ghalati se ruka hai ruka hai aur toba kare yeh aadmi khud samajh sakta hai yeh doosra aadmi is par koi verdict nahi de sakta
1:36:09
maulana agla sawal dilli se hai mister shah imran hasan sahab ka unhone likha hai zaroorat haram ko halaal kar deti hai is ka kya matlab hai
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