Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Pruning habits making life dull and uninteresting

“What is your take on the idea that pruning every habit, even those not wrong, may make life dull?”Asked by Ashar, Bareilly

He answers at 46:21 in Self Correction · 2 min 50 sec

His answer, in his own words
46:21
Maulana, yeh sawal ashar sahib ka aaya hai bareilly se, aur unhon ne likha hai: "Molana, abandoning bad habits is understandable, but pruning every habit, many of which may not be wrong or unlawful, may make life very dull and devoid of any interest. What is your take on this?" bhai, dekhiye ke is mein koi misaal to di nahi unhon ne. Misaal chahiye. Mera tajurba yeh hai ke ke koi bhi cheez bator habit agar karen ge aap, bazahir acha kaam, tab bhi woh aap ko ruin kare ga.
47:05
Bazahir acha kaam, woh bhi ruin kare ga. jaise maine arz kiya ke hamare zamane mein shair-o-shairi ek acha kaam samajhti thi. Sab log shair-o-shairi karte the. achhe achhe ulama shair-o-shairi karte the. To woh to acha acha tha. lekin maine mehsoos kiya ke shair-o-shairi agar koi adat ban jaye gi to woh tabahi hai. aisi study acha kaam hai, lekin but rasal ke liye jab study habit ban gayi to uska thinking process hi, yani mein stop ho gaya.
47:44
To mein samajhta hoon ke is mein mere tajurbe ke mutabiq har adat, har adat hi by by habit hai. Adat ke taur par koi kaam nahi karna hai humein. humein har kaam ko shor ke taur par karna hai. Har kaam ko humein shor ke taur par karna hai. mera apna tajurba yahi hai. agar koi aadmi misaal bataye mujhe to mein is mein mazeed wazahat kar sakta hoon. Mein apni zindagi mein kai cheezein chhori hain, jaise maine arz kiya ke meetha khana to meetha khana to koi buri baat nahi hai. kai log samajhte hain ke meetha khana sunnat hai.
48:25
Lekin maine mehsoos kiya ke meetha jo hai, jab meri adat banne laga to isi mein mashgool ho kar mere soch, mere mere mere jo thinking process jo hai, woh rukne laga. Jab tak mein meetha kha raha hoon to thinking process ruka hua hai. bas taste le raha hoon, taste le raha hoon, taste le raha hoon. to mera apna tajurba yahi hai ke har adat hi tabah kun hai. Koi is aitbar se ke woh haram hai, maslan alcohol haram hai, haram ke ma'ne mein woh tabah kun hai. lekin kuch cheezein zindagi mein jo mein is ko kehta hoon ghair-e-muharram haram, yani muharram, yani haram na ho kar bhi woh tabah kun hai.
49:11
Yeh mera tajurba to yahi hai. agar koi misaal batayega to mein inshallah mazeed wazahat karunga. Maulana, agla sawal Mumbai se aaya hai Miss Yasmeen ka, aur unhon ne aapse poocha hai ke "Molana, in your knowledge, is there any habit which, according to you, should be adopted by everyone?" Koi bhi habit nahi.
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