Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

What to do in the fourth state?

“If someone is in the fourth state, what should he do? Should he be disappointed? As you said that repentance from far (tawbah ba'eed) is impossible.”Asked by Adnan, Muzaffarnagar

He answers at 1:03:01 in Self Correction · 1 min 44 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:03:01
maulana, agla sawal muzaffar nagar se adnan sahib ne kiya hai aur unhon ne likha hai: "if someone is in the fourth state, what should he do? should he be disappointed? as you said that tauba ba'eed is impossible." bhai, meri to bohat mushkil sawal hai. aap ko mere jaisa banna parhe ga ke mein apnay ko kill karta hoon. yaqeen kijiye, merciless pampering karta hoon. kai cheezein bohat dair mein chori hain. mein yeh bhi hua, meri zindagi mein tauba ba'eed ka bhi mere saath case paish aaya. kuch cheezein foran chori, kuch cheezein bohat dinon mein, 40 saal, 50 saal chori.
1:03:46
to mein yeh keh sakta hoon ke mein ne apnay aap ko, yaani zibah kiya, apnay aap ko zibah kiya, tab mein chor paya is ko. agar mein zibah na karta to mein na chor pata is ko. to jis ko jo chahta ho ke woh ba'eed ka daur aa jaye, hatta woh tauba kare, to us ko merciless pampering karni parhe gi. agar woh chahe ke nermi nermi se ho jaye to nermi honay wala nahi hai. mein apne bare mein keh sakta hoon ke maine apne ko kai cheezon ko chhodne ke liye apne ko zibah kiya. mein
1:04:38
yeh allah behtar janta hai. molana, agla sawal kya hai doctor wasiq ur rehman sahib ne dilli se, aur unhon ne likha hai ke "I have found literature distributed to mollems in madrasas are lying in shelves without ever being touched by students and teachers.
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