Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Is Saving for Dawah Being Miserly

“I save money by reducing my needs and spend it in the work of Dawat Ilallah. I also consider necessity in clothes etc. Some of my friends tell me that you are a very miserly woman, you don't even spend money on yourself. Maulana sahib, is my action correct?”Asked by سلمہ, لاہور

He answers at 1:04:12 in Physical Science or Divine Science I 25th Nov, 2012 · 1 min 48 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:04:12
molana, agla sawal Lahore Pakistan se hai Ms Salma ka. unhon ne likha hai: "main apni zarooraton ko mukhtasar karte hue raqam ko bachati hoon aur ise dawat al Allah ke kaam mein kharch karti hoon. kapde wagera mein bhi zaroorat ka lehaaz karti hoon. mujhe meri baaz saheliyan kehti hain ke tum to bohat kanjoos aurat ho, apni zaat par bhi paisa kharch nahin karti ho. molana sahib, kya mera yeh amal kanjoosi mein aata hai? is ke bare mein bataein." hargiz nahin, hargiz nahin, hargiz nahin. yeh to ibadat hai. apni zaat par paisa kharch karna, yeh to yeh koi, yeh to jurm hai, yeh koi amal hi nahin hai.
1:05:01
yeh paisa kharch karna chahiye deen par. zaat ke muamle mein aakhri had tak aap apne ko saada banayein, simple banayein, aakhri had tak simple. aur jo aap ki kamai hai, us ko zyada se zyada kharch karein deen ke liye, dawat ke liye. yeh to musalman jo hai, bilkul bigda hua zehan hai, yani ek dam un ka soch galat ho gayi hai. Islam se koi un ko matlab nahin, khali apni shaan o shaukat dikhana hai un ko. to wo aisi baatein bolte hain, aisi baatein bolte hain.
1:05:34
Quran mein dekhiye ke: "isiyat ka matlab yeh hai ke sirf baqadr zaroorat, yani be necessity ke taur par tum apni kamai ko apne liye kharch karo, baqi sara deen mein kharch karo." to jo musalman aisi boli bolte hain, to wo to mujrimana boli bolte hain. molana, agla sawal aaya hai Kupwara Kashmir se Ms Haseena Shafeeq Dar ka. unhon ne likha hai: "main aapse molana sahib yeh poochna chahti hoon ke gharelu auratein kis tarah dawat ke kaam mein participate kar sakti hain?
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