Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

What is the definition of obsession?

“What is the definition of obsession?”Asked by Miss Saadia Khan, Delhi

He answers at 57:07 in Revival of Muslims · 2 min 15 sec

His answer, in his own words
57:07
to mein waisa bana jaisa ke quran o hadith ke mutabiq mujhe banna chahiye, yeh to mein khud manta hoon. maulana, agla sawal dilli se kiya hai miss saadia khan ne aur unhon ne aapse poocha hai ke What is the definition of obsession? dekhen, obsession jo hai, woh nateja hai conditioning ka. aur conditioning jo hai, woh nateja hai mahaul ka. har aadmi kisi mahaul mein rehta hai, us se us ki conditioning hoti rehti hai.
57:44
woh conditioning barhti hai to woh obsession ban jata hai. mujhe apni zindagi ko sochta rehta hoon to bar bar sochta hoon ke mein falan baat jo mere andar thi, woh is liye thi ke mahaul se, yaani mahaul se mujhe mila tha. woh to wohi mein isi tarah sochta tha. to woh maholati conditioning pehle aati hai, phir obsession banta hai. phir obsession jitna gehra hota jata hai, utna hi phir woh aadmi ko sachai dikhani padti hai.
58:28
maulana, un ka ek aur sawal hai, woh aapse yeh bhi janna chahti hain ke Ulema, fear that global interaction and modern education will make Muslims secular. What is your opinion on this? yeh fear denge? quran o hadith ko aap padhen to fear ki buniyad par koi baat aap nahi payenge. fear to har waqt hai. aap modern education milta jaye, tab bhi aap duniya mein hain.
59:07
to fear to har waqt hai. To fear koi excuse nahi hai. Woh jo kaha karta hoon ke if you have good excuse, don't use it. yeh Islam ki scheme hai, Islam ki taleem hai. Maulana, agla sawal Dilli se kiya hai Dr. Muslima Siddiqui ne aur unhon ne likha hai ke our problem is that we are not aware of our obsessions.
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