Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why detach from world to contact God?

“Why is it necessary to divest ourselves of all worldly attachments or addiction in order to establish contact with God?”Asked by Dr. Farida Khanam, Delhi

He answers at 52:15 in Self Correction · 1 min 32 sec

His answer, in his own words
52:15
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 ke woh woh cheez destruction banti hai. destruction to Khuda ya aakhirat se continuous taluq darkaar hai. us ko Quran hadith mein ta'ahhud kaha gaya hai. ta'ahhud, ta'ahhud ke darje mein taluq darkaar hai. agar ta'ahhud na ho, matlab continuous taluq, musalsal taur par usi ko sochna. agar nahin karen ge to distract hon ge, aur distraction dhire dhire ban jayega wohi habit aur addiction.
53:16
to main samajhta hoon ke yeh is maamle mein aadmi ko bohat zyada focused hona chahiye. focused, focused na hon ge to is ke baad kya hoga? hum distraction mein mubtala ho jayen ge. hamari cheezen, hamari zehan divert ho jayega, aur phir kuch nahin mile ga. na deen, na duniya. maulana, agla sawal doctor Gajdar ne kiya hai Dilli se, aur unhon ne likha hai "If taste and habits are due to psychiatric illness like mania or schizophrenia,
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