Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Dealing with perceived unprofessional behavior

“A person sent a message to issue Al-Risala at a certain address. I said to contact the Al-Risala office directly for the magazine. He became angry and complained to a colleague, saying my request was taken unprofessionally. Maulana, how can such complexes be removed?”Asked by ارشد جمال, دلی

He answers at 47:03 in Q&A · 2 min 19 sec

His answer, in his own words
47:03
maulana, agla sawal hai dilli se mister arshad jamal sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "ek sahab ka message aaya ke falan address par al risala issue kar dein. main ne kaha ke al risala ke liye aap direct al risala office se contact karein. is par woh sahab naraz ho gaye. unhon ne ek saathi se is ki shikayat ki aur unhon ne kaha ke meri request ko professionally le liya gaya hai. maulana, is tarah ke complex ko kaise door kiya jaye?" door yahi kiya hai ke logon ko principle nahi maloom. principle principle kya hai? jin sahab ne aisa jo maloom diya, mere nazdeek galat jo maloom tha, woh dekhein.
47:49
is tarah ki soorat-e-haal mein un ke liye do shakalain theen, do shakalain. ek yeh hai ke woh direct daftar mein telephone karein aur jo kuch kehna hai, daftar se kahein. achha, agar jari karna hai to yeh bhi shakal thi ke woh money order lein aur us par is ka jitna chanda hota hai, usay likhein, apne paas se raqam jama kar ke aur bhej dein, aap is ke naam. baqi yeh jo remark diya unhon ne is tareeqe se, woh mere nazdeek galat remark tha. aur main samajhta hoon ke woh adaab-e-hayat nahi jante. musalmanon mein aam taur par yeh kamzori hai ke woh haram-o-halal ko to jante hain, magar woh adaab-e-hayat ko nahi jante. haram-o-halal jo bilkul khule khule hain ke suar ka gosht ya ya sharab peena haram, yeh to sab log jante hain.
48:42
lekin zindagi ke jo adaab hain, jo principles of life hain, us se bekhabar hain. woh to main samajhta hoon un ko conscious karna yeh chahiye tha ke agar woh apne paas se khud se karna chahte thay to apni jeb se woh raqam ka money order kar dein, aap us ko aur yahan se jari ho jayega, wahan ya koi bhi aisi shakal jo usool ke mutabiq ho. lekin yeh to main ne tak usool ke mutabiq tha un ka yeh feal. to un ko main samajhta hoon ke woh adaab-e-hayat se abhi waqif nahi hain. maulana, agla sawal hai dilli se maulana sharq hussain sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "madhu par tanqeed karne ke baad is ki defeat par khush ho kar taliyan bajana, kya yeh sabit karta hai ke is daai ki nafsiyat durust nahi?"
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