Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Things that derail from love of God

“What can derail a person from love of God? What is your opinion?”Asked by خالد صاحب, میرٹ

He answers at 33:44 in Love of God - Prof. Farida Khanam · 3 min 43 sec

His answer, in his own words
33:44
ah, apa yeh sawal merit se bheja hai Khalid sahib ne. انہوں نے لکھا ہے کہ: "اہ، what can derail a person from love of God؟" What is your opinion in this? ab derailment zyada yahi hai ke hamare apne interest, hamari desires, is mein hum hamara diversion ho jata hai.
34:08
hum kisi cheez mein bohat zyada hamara concern badh jata hai. jaise koi jo job karta hai, us ke liye sab se bari cheez career ho jati hai, aur business karta hai to woh apne business ko aur zyada aur zyada karna chahta hai. ya koi leader hai to woh apni popularity
34:32
ke chakkar mein bohat zyada aage badh jata hai, aur woh khuda se taalluq is ka kam ho jata hai. to yahi sab derailment hai. yani duniya jo hai, yeh bohat bara deception hai. is deception se hamein aage badhna hai, aur tamam veil ko phaad kar ke khuda se taalluq qaim karna hai.
34:50
is mein sab se bari baat yeh hai ke hum yeh samjhen ke yeh duniya jo hai, yeh ek temporary aboard hai. yeh creation plan jab tak hum apne samne nahin rakhenge to hum duniya mein phanse rahenge.
35:06
kyunke duniya hum ko ek dam real lagti hai. to hum ko apna creation plan apne samne rakhna hai, aur yeh samajhna hai ke hamari jo ek eternal life hai, yeh chand din ki dunya hai. is mein sirf zaroorat ki had tak involve karen, aur baqi jo hai sab kuch jo hai akhirat
35:21
ke liye tayyari karen. kyun ke asal eternal abode hamara wohi hai. in fact, apa just to add in what you said, there is also a hadith with respect to this, and there
35:39
as a warning as well as glad tiding in that hadith. And Muadh ibn Jabal narrated that the Prophet once said that you are on a wide and broad road of God till you are overtaken by two intoxicants. The first intoxicant is ignorance, and the second intoxicant is a love of
36:03
luxury and ease. Ah so, and then he said that you will continue, you will continue to order to do good to people, and you will ask them to shun evil. Ah, but then you will be overtaken by the love of this world, and when you will be
36:20
overtaken by the love of this world, like you mentioned, then you will stop ordering people to do good, or you will not tell them to, you know, check. you will not check the them in evil.
36:38
so then here he also gives a glad tiding. he says that if at that time you act according to the book and the sunnah, then it is like you will be in an in in the league of the earlier muhajir and the ansar. so this is a, this is a great, you know, sort of tiding for everyone that if
36:58
we can some how manage, like apa also mentioned that is dunya se bachna hai, whether it is, you know, position, love, fame, children, your wealth. then you can actually be in the league of the ansar and the muhajir, and they were the companions of the prophet.
37:22
so its, its a, its a wonderful hadith that I came across. apa, agla sawal jo hai yeh ah lahore se bheja hai Muhammad Farooq sahib ne, aur
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