Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

One habit everyone should adopt

“In your knowledge, is there any habit which, according to you, should be adopted by everyone?”Asked by یاسمین, ممبئی

He answers at 49:11 in Self Correction · 3 min 4 sec

His answer, in his own words
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. Mein to yahi keh raha hoon, koi peeche bator habit nahi karna chahiye. Adat ke taur par nahi. Hatta ke namaz bhi agar adat ke taur par parhen to kya kya is ka kya purpose hai? Aap tasbeeh parhen adat ke taur par, namaz parhen adat ke taur par. Shu'oor ke taur par karen tab is ka sawab hai. Aap namaz shu'oor honi chahiye, tilawat shu'oor honi chahiye, zikr-e-ilahi shu'oor hona chahiye.
50:08
bator aadat aap karen ge to main nahin samajhta hoon ke woh is ka koi value hai. koi value nahin hai is ki. dekhiye, ek hadith hai ke tum ibadat karte ho, yaani namaz waghera ki ibadaten karte ho. insan ibadat karta hai, is ke baad yeh lafz hai ke wala yujzaa idlaa'a biqadr-i aqlih yeh ibadat ke bare mein hai, yeh ibadat ke bare mein hai. wala yujzaa illa biqadr-i aqlih aql ke baqadr hi is ko is ka badla milta hai.
50:52
aql ka matlab hai shaoori, yaani shaoori ibadat Allah taala ke haan value rakhti hai. aadat to aadat ban jo ibadat, aadat ban jaye, Allah ka is ki koi value nahin hai. wala yujzaa illa biqadr-i aqlih badla milta hai aadmi ko aql ke biqadr, yaani shaoor ke, yaani shaoor ke etbaar se hatta is ne kiya ho, is ka badla mile ga. is liye main kisi bhi aadat ko, yaani chahe koi bhi achhi b-zaahir achhi aadat ho, us ko bekar samajhta hoon. har kaam aap ko karna chahiye shaoor ke tehat.
51:33
jaise main yahan aata hoon, farz kijiye har sunday ko, agar meri aadat ban jaye to yeh bekar kaam hai. ek aadat ban jaye, nahin, mujhe shaoor ke taur par yeh kaam karna hai. shaoor to bas soch raha hai ke mujhe sunday ko 10:30 par bolna hai, phir isi tarah se maine sochna hai, apne shaoor ko isi tarah se active karna hai. tab is ki value hai. aadat ban jaye to is ki koi value nahin hai. is ki mere apne tajrube ke mutabiq to mahaz aadat kisi bhi cheez ke liye bilkul value-less cheez hai. maulana, agla sawal Dilli se hai doctor Fareeda Khanam ka, aur unhon ne likha hai "Why is it necessary to divest ourselves from all worldly attachment or addiction to establish contact with God?" main dekhiye, yeh to bohat hi clear baat hai
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