Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Effectiveness of literature distribution vs personal training

“What is your view on the observation that literature distributed to madrasas is unused and personal training is more worthwhile?”Asked by Dr. Wasiqur Rahman, Delhi

He answers at 1:04:45 in Self Correction · 4 min 27 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:04:45
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. I feel personal training is more worthwhile rather than just distributing the literature." molana, "What is your view on this ?" kya mein samjha nahin? kya kar rahe hain ke molana jo literature distribute karte hain, unhon ne khaas kar jo madrasas mein jo mollems hain, wahan woh paya ke aksar woh shelf mein rakh dete hain aur us ko koi bhi hath nahin lagata aur na hi woh parha jata hai. to woh yeh keh rahe hain ke distribution ki bajaye jo personal training wala jo method hai, woh zyada fruitful ya result oriented hai.
1:05:40
nahin, woh literature parhana bohat zaroori hai. is ke siwa aur jo chahe kijiye. literature parhana bohat hi zaroori hai. dekhiye, aap ghalati kya kar rahe hain? result ko mass ke level par jaanch rahe hain. mass ke level par kabhi bhi na jaanchiye. individual ke level par jaanchiye. yeh bohat bari ghalati hai. mass ke level par dekha jaye to kabhi bhi peghambaron ke zamane mein mass ke level par result nahin nikla.
1:06:13
kisi peghambar ke zamane mein dekhiye, aap mass ke level par result nahin nikalta. individual level par nikalta hai. to distribute aap karenge, to distribute karenge to yeh thori ke sare log badal jayenge. aap aur doosra jo tareeqa aap bata rahe hain, woh bhi kar ke dekh lijiye. is mein bhi aisa nahin hoga ke mass ke level par log badal jayenge. yeh to kuch seeker hote hain, kuch sincere log hote hain, kuch chahte hain janna. woh jab parhte hain to woh achaanak badra ho jata hai. jaise dekhiye, ek ek martaba yahan kashmir baithi hui thi, agar aap ko yaad ho. to ek aadmi aya tha, us ne yahin par bataya tha qissa, us ne apna ke woh milton tha.
1:07:03
woh phir ek bar nikla, woh ek maqam par kahin to doosre ne dekha ke kuch phaare hue parze pade hue hain. koi cheez thi chhipi hui, woh phaad kar phenk diya kisi ne. us ko uthaya, us ne tukre tukre kar diya. to us ne us ko utha kar le gaya aur sab tukre jod jod kar chipcha chipka kar ke us ka page banaya. us tukre ko page bana ke parha. us ko
1:07:32
to parha to us waqt hi to ek naya message is ka tar hai. woh hamari kitab ka ek tukra tha. woh kisi ghusse mein phaad diya tha kisi ne. ab ghor kijiye, ek aadmi ne ghusse mein phaara aur doosre aadmi ne us ko chipka kar parha aur yahan aya. woh kaha ke maine toba kar li miltonsi se. to kabhi bhi result ko mass level par mat jaanchiye. individual level par jaanchiye. yeh ghalati kabhi mat kijiye. woh ne peghambaron ka kaam bhi aap ko laga ke kuch bhi nahin hua.
1:08:10
ek sahib mere paas ek bar to aaye, woh kai idare chala rahe the, kai school college. to bohat maishati ki baat ki unhon ne ke hum ne socha tha ke is se islaah hogi aur koi islaah nahin hui. hum ko to bohat maishati ho rahi hai. to yahi baat maine un se kahi, aap islaah ko mass level par chahte hain dekhna, aap individual level par dekhiye. to kuch dair chup ho gaye, woh phir soch. unhon ne kaha ke waqai mujhe dikhai dene laga falan shakhs, falan shakhs, falan shakhs is mein.
1:08:45
to bohat yani islaah hui, nateeja nikla. to jab bhi aap mass level par dekhenge to har kaam aap ko bekar lage ga. hata ke peghambar ka kaam bhi, naoozubillah. lekin jab individual level par ja chuke to har kaam acha lage ga aap ko. yeh ghalti kabhi mat kijiye. maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle ek comment parhna chahenge jo abhi abhi doha, qatar se abdul basit umri sahib ne bheja hai.
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