Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Dealing with distractions during prayer

“Sometimes during prayer, various thoughts come to mind. What should I do so that no thoughts come?”Asked by سید گوش میر, بھوپال

He answers at 23:12 in The Quran · 1 min 13 sec

His answer, in his own words
23:12
maulana, agla sawal bheja hai bhopal se syed ghosh meer sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, kabhi kabhi namaz padhte waqt mann mein kuch bhi khayal aa jata hai. mann mein khayal nahi aaye, us ke liye kya karein?" nahi, us ki ek toh zaroori nahi ke doosri baatein na aayen. woh toh aati hain har dafa. toh yeh koi shart nahi hai.
23:51
shart yeh hai ke aap us ke bawajood quran par ghor kar rahe hote hain. yaani doosre khayalat aayen, doosri baatein zehan mein aayen, phir bhi aap quran ki padh ghor fikr karte rahen. yeh matlab hai ke nahi ke woh cheez koi aur cheez aap ke zehan se nikal jaye. sirf quran hi quran rahe. yeh yeh kabhi ho nahi sakta. sahaba ke andar bhi aisa nahi hota. maulana azam garh se ek student hain, abu suhma. unhon ne sawal bheja hai. unhon ne likha hai: "is modern aur rational waqt mein hum apne aap ko deen se kaise jode rakhein?
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