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Importance of ritual in practice

“What is the importance of ritual? Please explain.”Asked by زاہد, حیدرآباد

He answers at 1:22:38 in The Road to Paradise · 1 min 28 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:22:38
maulana, agla sawal hyderabad se hai, zahid sahab ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "what is the importance of ritual?" is ke baray mein batayen. bhai, ritual se kuch important nahi hai, kuch bhi nahi hai, one percent bhi nahi hai. mere nazdeek rituals ki importance islam mein kuch bhi nahi hai. dekhen, aap ek hadith hai namaz ke bare mein: "la salat limullah bait khashah".
1:23:07
jis ki namaz mein khushi nahi hai, us ki namaz hi nahi hai. agarche ritual zyada kiya ho, is mein hadith mein aata hai ke ek shakhs ne namaz padhi is masjid nabwi mein, kaha ji is ne sare rituals is ne anjam di. aap ke paas aya to aap ne kaha: "arja fasil le, fandak lam tasil le". jao phir se namaz padho, koi tum ne namaz nahi padhi to rituals to ada kar diya to is ne. yahan tak ke ek hadith mein hai ke ek zamana aye ga jab ke khoob namazein parhe ge log, matlab in terms of ritual. to is mein hai ke: "masaj do maamra wahee kharab bain al-hudaa"
1:23:48
. yani koi masjidien ritual wali namaz parhne wali bhari hui hongi lekin wo hidayat se khali hongi. to main samajhta hoon ke rituals ki koi importance nahi hai. jo is ki importance hai, wo khushiyon ki hai. maulana, agla sawal ghazi abad se hai, mister arun ka. unhone likha hai: "how can a person save oneself from bad habits?
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