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Evaluating Reason to Migrate to West

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

He answers at 0:10 in Q&A · 3 min 14 sec

His answer, in his own words
0:10
ah, molana, yeh sawal aaya hai karachi, pakistan se mr abdul latif sahib ka. unhone poocha hai: "asiyai mulkon ke log aksar yeh kehte hain ke chunke hamare mulkon mein ghurbat aur mehengai 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." molana sahib, yeh baat kis had tak sahi hai? bilkul galat hai. america mein har aadmi tension mein jeeta hai. wahan ka president bhi tension mein jeeta hai. wahan tension milegi kisi ko? america mein main ghaliban
1:10
10 baar ya 12 baar gaya hoon. koi aadmi wahan aisa nahi jo tension free rehta ho. tension se bachne ka raaz forans nahi hai, qanaat hai. zyada kamane se tension nahi khatam hoti kisi ka. ala bi zikrullahi tatmainnul quloob aap jahan hain wohin par aap ke liye mawaqe hain, kahin ghurbat nahi hai. yeh yeh bhi ek jhooti ek ek hai ke log ghurbat mein
1:45
ghurbat mein nahi hain, zyada chahte hain kam mila hua. yeh masla hai. aur zyada chahne ka zehan jo hai America mein zyada taskeen nahi milti hai. wahan bhi log zyada aur zyada aur zyada ki wajah se wahan phir bhi tension hi baqi rehta hai. jis ki aakhri had yeh hai ke America mein ek sahab jo rehte hain 20-25 saal se, unhone mujh se kaha ke America mein bohat zyada stress rehta hai. stress. sab stress mein jeete hain. to jo weekend unka hai, weekend mein unhone yeh socha ke holiday karein, jayein idhar udhar outing karein,
2:33
apna stress ko khatam karne ke liye. yaani de-stressing ke liye. to unhone bataya ke ek naya stress paida ho gaya ke wahan jate hain to lotate hain to ek ek ek nayi museebat le kar ke. iska naam hai holiday stress. holiday stress. yeh bilkul yeh sab bilkul yaani be-sias baatein hain. yaad rakhiye, tension free life ka jo formula hai Quran majeed mein woh hai ala bi zikrullahi tatmainnul quloob yaani Khuda ko daryaft karein aap. dollar ko nahi.
3:10
dollar ko aur gold aur silver ko jo daryaft karega, woh uska tension kabhi khatam nahi hoga. lekin jo Khuda ko daryaft karega, woh bilashuba tension free life us ko hasil ho jayegi, inshallah. Maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Delhi se Mr. Shahnawaz Zafar sahib ka. unhone 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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