Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Making Muslims understand importance of dawah

“I have realized that the solution to the Muslim problem is the dawah of the Quran, but Muslims are so involved in community work that they do not understand the importance of dawah. How can they be made to understand this?”Asked by Naghma Siddiqui, Delhi

He answers at 1:42:47 in The Straight Path · 5 min 46 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:42:47
maulana, agla sawal miss naghma siddiqui ka hai dilli se. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, aap ki kitaab tajdeed deen mein ulama ke uth jaane ka matlab khushu ka khatm hona bataya gaya hai. is ke bare mein kuch bataen." dekhiye, main to mainly work ko kuch bhi nahin samajhta hoon. jis ko kehte hain Muslim empowerment, mein us ko kuch bhi nothing samajhta hoon. us ko mein yeh kehta hoon ke yeh law of nature ke khilaaf hai. mein us ko law of nature ke khilaaf samajhta hoon. mainly work jo hai, us ko aaj kal dhoom machi hui hai. mainly work ki
1:43:33
karonron arbon rupay logon ko mil ja raha hai, mil raha hai. mainly work ka kaam hone ke aur kuch bhi nahi, koi faida nahi. entrance result kuch bhi nahi. dekhiye, Allah taala ki scheme ke khilaaf yeh hai kyun? Allah taala ne aap ke andar bohat potential diya hai aur is potential ko actual banane ke liye aap ko mawaqe diye hain. to har cheez jo matloob hai, woh hard work hai. yeh riayatein aur madad, yeh sab cheezein nahi hain. aap musalmanon ki riayatein karwayein, madad un ki karein, is se kuch nahi hota.
1:44:10
koi faida is ka nahi hai. sab se buri cheez hai easy money, easy money. yeh yeh jo Muslim empowerment jo hai, woh easy job, easy money, yeh yeh yeh sab hai ke log mehnat na karein, dakhle mil jayein, mehnat na karein aur un ko job mil jaye. yeh koi kaam nahi hai. mehnat na karein, paisa mil jaye. yeh yeh Khuda ki scheme hi nahi hai. Khuda ki scheme hai ke aap apne potential ko actual banayein, mehnatain karein, apni shakhsiyat ko taameer karein. to mein us ko bilkul khilaaf hoon. us ko hoon mainly work ke aur yeh muslim empowerment jo hai, us ko bilkul mein khilaaf hoon. us ko sirf khilaaf is mani mein ke woh Khuda ke planning ke khilaaf hai.
1:44:57
yeh Khuda ki yeh planning nahi hai ke aap us ko riayatein dein. us ko riayatein dein. aap aaj kal sari duniya mein isi ka hangama hai mainly work ka aur khoob is par log donation dete hain, arbon kharbon rupay dete hain. ab lekin aap talash kijiye ke in koshishon ka result kya nikla to kuch bhi result nahi, kuch bhi result nahi. kyunke easy money de kar is ki salahiyaton ko aap sla dete hain, woh dead kar dete hain, us ko dead. to mere nazdeek sab se bara kaam hai insaan ke is qael banana ke woh apne potential ko actual bana rahe hain. woh is ka tareeqa hai hard labor.
1:45:43
jaise aaj kal reservation ki baat ho rahi hai, reservation mein is ke khilaaf bilkul hoon ke logon se kahiye ke khoob mehnat karo, top karo, achhe number lao. riayat kya hai? to mein zahiri taur par is ke khilaaf hoon aur mein us ko yani Khuda ke mansoobe ke khilaaf samajhta hoon. us ko Mr Shah Imran Hasan ne Delhi se likha hai: "har saal musalman bakrid ke mauqe par janwaron ko kaatte hain. kya yeh jeeo hatya nahi?
1:46:18
kripa kar ke us ko spasht karein." dekhiye, yeh jeeo hatya nahi, yeh self hatya. asal qurbani self hatya hai, apne aap ko qurban karna. woh to alamaati hai. log alamaati zabeeha karte hain aur asal zabeeha koi nahi karta, koi bhi nahi karta. asal apna zabeeha Hazrat Hazrat Ibrahim ne apne bete ko sehra mein daal diya.
1:46:53
kaun hai jo apne beta beti ko ke liye aisa kare? apne bete beti ke liye koi aisa kare, mujhe bataein is ka naam. sari aap energy kharch karte hain ke mera beta, meri beti jo hai, us ko jo kuch mere paas hai, sab kuch koi de doon. unhon ne kaha un ko sehra mein daal diya taake khoob daudein wahan, khoob mehnat karein aur Allah ke deen ke liye tayyar hon. to qurbani jo hai, asal mein sach poochhein to naam hai dedication ka, apne ko dedicate karne ka. woh to alamat hai. to alamati qurbani ki dham machi hui hai aur asal jo cheez hai, apne aap ko self dedication, iska koi wajood hi nahi,
1:47:40
iska koi wajood nahi. iska to main to isko kuch bhi nahi samajhta. koi bhi iska koi natija nahi, na dunya ke aisa lehaz se aur na akhirat ke lehaz se, jahan tak mere ilm hai. jab tak aap ka self dedication na ho, apne aap ko deen ke liye waqf karne ka mizaj na ho, apne aap ko, apni aulad ko, apni family ko deen ke liye waqf karne ka mizaj hona chahiye, tab woh qurbani hogi warna qurbani nahi hai. khaas taur par apni apni aamdani, apni income. log apni jo asal jo unka tawajjuh hai, jo unki energy hai, jo unki income hai, woh de dete hain apni family ke liye aur waqti taur par ek janwar zabah kar ke samajhte hain hum ne bohat bara kaam kar diya.
1:48:33
main isko be be asal samajhta hoon. Maulana, agla sawal phir se Kashmir se aya hai. Mr Riaz Bhat ne likha hai.
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