Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to approach disinterested people about Islam?

“I approached one of my seniors to tell him about Islam. He said he was not interested in religion at all and would rather not discuss it. How should I approach people like these?”Asked by Zeeshan Yusuf, Hyderabad

He answers at 1:42:28 in The Character of a Dayee · 2 min 47 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:42:28
Maulana, agla sawal Mr. Zeeshan Yusuf ka aaya hai Hyderabad se. unhone aap se poocha hai ke: "I approached one of my seniors for letting him know about Islam. He said that he was not interested in religion at all, and he would rather not prefer to discuss about it. Maulana, how shall I approach people like these?" Dua kijiye, ek se ek badh ke kattar log hain, woh un ke andar aa jata hai. kal ek sahib se meri mulaqat hui, Maulana Owais sahib kal mere paas aaye the, to unhone ek qissa bataya
1:43:15
ke woh, unhone, unhone kis ne likha hai? woh qissa Sheikh Hassan Misri hain. Hassan Misri ne, Sheikh Hassan Ji Misri, Sheikh Hassan Misri ek hain, unhone ek qissa bataya hai. woh kal unhone bataya mujhe, woh un ke ustad bhi hain, ghaliban woh Misr mein taleem un ki hui hai, Maulana Owais sahib ki ke ek shakhs jo hai, woh
1:43:51
use lamba qissa hai, main mukhtasar kar raha hoon is ko ke ek shakhs ko German zuban mein Quran ka tarjuma diya gaya, ek Christian ko. bohat lamba qissa hai woh, to woh aadmi jo hai, la kar ke us ne rakh diya usay, aur bees saal tak usay rakha hua. kuch asbab paish aaye ke bees saal ke baad usay parha, us ko parha to itna asar pada us ko ke us ne Islam ko book kar liya, Islam ka مبلغ ban gaya. woh
1:44:25
to la tisoo billah ka maamla hai, kisi insaan se aap mayoos na hon, hikmat ke sath kaam karen, dua ke sath kaam karen. is ke liye, yani literature dein us ko jis mein us ko dilchaspi ho. to yani jis ne diya tha Quran majeed ka ka German tarjuma, to bees saal tak us ke shelf mein parha raha. ab bees saal ke baad us ko tofeeq ho gayi imaan ki,
1:45:00
to mayoos hone ki zaroorat nahi hai. jahan aap hamesha yeh kisi re planning kijiye, phir se sochiye aur dua kijiye, to rastay khulenge, inshallah. maulana, agla sawal
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