Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Migration to escape poverty and tension

“People in Asian countries often say that because of poverty and inflation in their countries, their economic needs cannot be met and they have to live in tension, so they turn to countries like Europe and America in order to fulfil their economic needs and live a tension-free life. To what extent is this statement correct?”Asked by Abdul Latif, Karachi, Pakistan

He answers at 1:02:24 in The Character of a Dayee · 3 min 22 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:02:24
Aah Maulana yeh sawal aaya hai Karachi Pakistan se Mr Abdul Latif sahib ka. Unhon ne poocha hai: "Aishai mulkon ke log aksar yeh kehte hain ke chunke hamare mulkon mein ghurbat aur mehngai hai, Jis ki wajah se hamari maashi zarooriyat poori nahi ho sakti, aur hamein tension mein jeena padta hai, is liye hum Europe aur America jaise mulkon ka rukh karte hain, taake hum apni Maashi zarooriyat ko poora kar sakein, aur tension free life mein reh sakein." Maulana sahib, yeh baat kis had tak sahi hai? Bilkul galat hai. America mein har aadmi tension mein jeeta hai.
1:03:14
Wahan ka president bhi tension mein jeeta hai. Wahan tension milegi kisi ko? America mein main ghhaliban das baar ya barah baar gaya hoon. Koi aadmi wahan se nahi jo tension free rehta ho. Tension se bachne ka raaz affluence nahi hai, qanaat hai. Ziyada kamane se tension nahi khatam hota kisi ka. Ala bi zikrillah tatma'inn al-quloob Aap jahan hain, wahin par
1:03:54
Aap ke liye mauqa hain. Kai ghurbat nahi hai. Yeh yeh bhi ek jhooti ek ek hai ke log ghurbat mein, ghurbat mein nahi, ziyada chahte hain, kam mila hua. Yeh masla hai. Aur ziyada chahanay ka zehan jo hai, America mein ziyada tazkiyah nahi milti hai. Wahan bhi log ziyada aur ziyada aur ziyada ki wajah se wahan phir bhi tension hi baqi rehta hoga. jis ki aakhri had yeh hai ke amreeka mein aik saahib jo rehte hain, bees pachees saal se,
1:04:28
unhon ne mujh se kaha ke amreeka mein bohat ziyada stress rehta hai. stress sab stress mein jeete hain. to jo weekend un ka hai, weekend mein unhon ne yeh socha ke holiday karen, jaayen idhar udhar, outing karen, apna stress ko khatm karne ke liye, yani de-stressing ke liye. to unhon ne bataya ke aik naya stress paida ho gaya ke wahan jaate hain to loot'te hain to
1:05:03
aik aik aik nai museebat le kar ke. is ka naam hai holiday stress. holiday stress yeh bilkul yeh sab bilkul yani be stress baaten hain. yaad rakhiye, tension free life ka jo formula hai quran majeed mein, woh hai ala bi zikrillah tatmain al quloob yani khuda ko daryaft karen, aap dollar ko nahin. dollar ko aur gold aur silver ko jo daryaft karega, woh is ka tension kabhi khatm nahin hoga. lekin jo khuda ko daryaft karega, woh bilashuba tension free life is ko haasil ho jayegi, inshallah.
1:05:46
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai dilli se mr. shahnawaz zafar sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, as you suggest, the best formula for universal peace is to have patience and sabr for anything wrong happening around.
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