Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Reason for Tension Despite Being a Shopkeeper

“I am a shopkeeper. I remain tense because of some business problems. What is the reason for this?”Asked by Fazal Amin, Karachi, Pakistan

He answers at 11:13 in Q&A · 2 min 24 sec

His answer, in his own words
11:13
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai mr fazal ameen ka karachi pakistan se. unhon ne likha hai ke "main ek dukandar hoon, baz karobari masail ki wajah se mujhe tension rehta hai. is ki kya wajah hai?" dekhiye, mera jo tajurba hai, woh karobar ki wajah se tension nahin hota. tension hota hai more aur more ka jo juz zehn hai, jis ko kehte hain hiras. insan ke do rawaiye hain, ya to qana'at ya hiras. yani apne bas par agar aap karobar karen,
11:53
apne bas par aap kharch karen, apne kharch ko aur aamdani ko control mein rakhen to koi tension nahin hoga. hota yeh hai ke aamdani kam, kharch ziyada. to aap aur ziyada kamai, aur ziyada kamai, is mein log bank ka qarz lete hain, tarah tarah ki cheezen karte hain. to asal cheez tension ka sabab hiras hai, karobar nahin hai, yaad rakhiye. hiras ko khatam kijiye, qana'at ko ikhtiyar kijiye, kharch ko ghataiye, aamdani ko manage kijiye. to tension har giz nahin hoga. mera tareeqa hai, mera to koi kharch hi nahin, to mera koi tension bhi nahin.
12:33
main jo hai, isi par razi rehta hoon. isi par razi rehta hoon. farz kijiye, glass beh hai. glass hai, glass mein pani pi lunga. glass hai to hath se pi lunga. hath se pi lunga, kisi cheez se pi lunga. mujhe koi pareshani nahin hogi, glass nahin, glass nahin, glass nahin. to yeh galat hai soch ke karobar ki wajah se tension, har giz nahin. hiras ki wajah se tension. log apna kharch barhaye rehte hain, aamdani hoti nahin hoti to phir aamdani barhaye, lage rehte hain, raat din, raat din, raat din, to tension hoga woh. to apne karobar ko manage kijiye. ek hi hal hai ke manage kijiye aur had ke andar rahiye, bas had se bahar na jaiye.
13:25
quran ne kaha takathur. takathur asal raaz hai tension ka. allah ko takathur. takathur se apne aap ko bachaiye. mr khwaja kaleemuddin ne pensilvenia, usa se sawal kiya hai. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, what is the difference between ijtihad and ijma?
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