Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why is sincerity absent in today's world?

“Maulana, why is it that sincerity cannot be seen these days?”Asked by مسٹر راکیش, کلکتہ

He answers at 1:38:28 in Sahaba and Muhaddithin 24th · 1 min 58 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:38:28
maulana, agla sawal ah kolkatta se hai, mr. rakesh ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, why is it that sincerity cannot be seen these days?" dekhen, consumerism jo aya hai, is ne sab ko selfish bana diya hai. consumers, consumerism se sab log ek taraf selfish ho gaye hain. paisa, paisa, paisa! hamare bachpan mein koi item nahi hota jis ko khariday aadmi, hatta ke ek glass bhi nahi tha. to paise ki koi zarurat hi nahi thi.
1:39:15
mujhe yaad hai ke mere bachpan mein ek aadmi ek bail gaari par sarson laad kar le aaya, sarson, aur koi kharidar is ka nahi tha. to ek aadmi ko woh das rupay mein sab de ke chala gaya. aaj ke lehaz se woh das hazar se bhi zyada tha. woh to us
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