Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How an ordinary person can dedicate to Islam

“Everyone cannot dedicate like you did for study of Islam. As an ordinary person, how can I have a clear thought process and dedicate myself for Islam?”Asked by Naghma Siddiqui, Delhi

He answers at 47:05 in Importance of Peace · 2 min 28 sec

His answer, in his own words
47:05
maulana, un ka ek aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai ke everyone in this world cannot dedicate just like you did for study of Islam . maulana sahib, please advise me, considering that I am an ordinary person, as to how I can have a clear thought process and dedicate myself for Islam. dekhen, ek hadees hai kun aaliman au mutaaliban wa la takun saarisan fa tahlik yani ya to aalim bano ya mutaalim bano. teesre na bano warna halaak ho jao ge.
47:46
is ka matlab kya hai? is ka matlab yeh hai ke agar aap ke paas time hai to aap khoob study kar ke janiye ke sachai kya hai, ilm kya hai. to mutaallim se aaghaz ho, shuru kar ke aap aalim ban jaiye. mutaallim ke mani hain student. khoob study kijiye, study kar ke khud janne wale ban jaiye. lekin teesri position jo hai, woh yeh hai ke aap janiye nahi aur behas karen. to woh halakat ka rasta hai. to is ki roshni mein dekhen, aadmi ke liye do option hain.
48:35
do option hain. ya to woh yeh kare ke khud, yani jo study chahiye karna, woh kare, woh khoob study kare. yahan tak ke woh discovery tak pahunch jaye. to woh apni discovery par qaim ho jaye woh. agar is ke paas time nahi hai to kisi aise shakhs ko apna murshid maan le, jis par us ko aitmad ho, jis par trust ho. bas. aur aur koi. agar aap kahein ke mere paas itna time kahan hai to theek hai, time nahi hai to aap kisi ko murshid maan lijiye.
49:17
time hai to study kijiye aur khud discover kijiye. time nahi hai to kisi ko murshid maan lijiye. is par trust kar ke, is ke jo woh kahe, us ko us par chaliye. aur koi teesra rasta nahi hai. maulana, agla sawal badr se kya hai yunusuddin sahib ne
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