Remembering Death and Life's Purpose
“A hadith says to remember death often. But when we do this, we no longer feel inclined to do any work, and life's purpose remains unfulfilled. Please elaborate your thoughts.”Asked by Shah Imran Hasan, Delhi
He answers at 54:19 in Q&A · 5 min 10 sec
54:19maulana agla sawal hai mister shah imran hasan ka delhi se. unhon ne likha hai ke hadith mein aaya hai ke maut ko yaad kiya karo. parantu jab hum aisa karte hain to kisi kaam ko karne ki achha nahi rehti. aur jeewan ka uddesh baqi nahi rehta. kripya kar ke aap apne vichar vyakt karen. mein to har subah shab maut yaad karta hoon. mere saath Dilli mein koi active koi hai. aap aa ke mujhe dekhen ke mein kya karta hoon. aap yaqeen kijiye taqreeban rozah nahi ungliyon pe ginta hoon mein.
54:56ke meri family mein falan murga. mere janne walon mein falan murga. mein Dilli mein tha yahan falan murga. Adam Pur mein tha falan murga. Rampur mein tha Lucknow mein tha baqayda ginta hoon ungliyon pe. ab meri bari hai. lekin mein yeh nahi samajhta ke Dilli mein koi murshid active hai. to yeh to kahani ki baat hai. dekhiye mein aap se woh formula bataunga mein aap ko. jo ek bahut bada ek muhqqiq ek British muhqqiq ne kaha tha. ke I am large enough to contain all these contradictions.
55:32ke maut ko yaad karna is ke bawajood active rehna. yeh dono mumkin hain is dimagh ke liye. is dimagh ki capacity bahut zyada hai. is ne is par kaha tha ke agar mein apne watan se mohabbat karunga to is ka matlab yeh nahi ke mein apne baap se mohabbat nahi karunga. apne religion se mohabbat nahi hogi mujh ko. to is ne kaha tha ke I am large enough to contain all these contradictions. to yeh bahut hi supreme baaten hain. insan ke dimagh ko underestimate karna hai yeh. aap insan ke dimagh ko underestimate kar rahe hain.
56:10Maulana Zakwan Nadvi ne Maulana ek apna experience diya hai is mein. unhon ne likha hai ke Himachal Pradesh mein mere ek Nadvi saathi hain. woh wahan ek Jamia Masjid ke Imam hain. aur wahan ek English medium school chalate hain. do saal pehle un se Al-Risala ki buniyad par contact hua. ab woh Al-Risala ke regular reader hain. aur Himachal Pradesh mein da'wa work kar rahe hain. unhon ne phone par mujh ko bataya ke mere paas dedh so mukhtalif Urdu magazines the. Al-Risala parhne ke baad mein ne un sab magazines ko jala kar khatam kar diya. taake koi aur cheez mujh ko distract na kar sake.
56:56nahi to mein kahoon ke yeh aadmi hai. yaani intelligent aadmi hai is ne Al-Risala ko discover kiya. jo aadmi Al-Risala ko discover karega us ka hi right hoga. jo discover na kare wohi phansa rahega. woh sab yaani is ko is ko farq nahi kar payega. lekin jo discover kar le ga Al-Risala ko us ka rawaiyya aise hi hoga. Mr. Sajid Anwar ne Dilli se likha hai. Maulana during a talk with one of the top executives of a company the failure of a leading Indian airlines came into discussion. he commented that now it is clear that only moral base is the right base. for a successful business. Maulana does this indicate that now people are once again rediscovering the truth of the divine teachings.
57:53how does it help a da'i for his da'wa mission? woh airline ka qissa yeh hai. aur yeh aksar logon ka qissa hai jo bankrupt ho jate hain. bade bade loan le lete hain. aur us loan ke against mein jo unhein income hone wali hai. to kam hoti hai woh qist de nahi paate. to bankrupt ho jate hain. to yeh to un logon ko is ki khabar nahi ke is duniya mein yaani hiras ki buniyad par kaam nahi ho sakta. yeh saare log is raaz ko nahi jante.
58:28contentment aur lust ke farq ko nahi samajhte woh log. to yeh ek aitbar se aap sahi keh rahe hain ke is ki ek moral value yeh hai. to moral value ke lafz aap istemal kar sakte hain yahan par. ke agar woh log janen is raaz ko ke duniya mein hum yaani greed ke baghair pa hi nahi sakte. payenge net hi ke baghair. woh itna itna hai hi nahi dunya mein. toh kya karenge?
58:58agar agar agar woh apne apne yaani grade tak na jayein. aur net ke andar net ko bohat bohat maani mein lijiyey. net ko wasee maani mein lijiyey. ke jo mere bas mein hai. jo mere bas mein hai. grade woh hai jo mere bas mein hi nahi hai. toh jo aap ke bas mein nahi hai wahan aap jump karte hain toh fail honge. lekin jo aap ke bas mein hai uske andar aap kaam karein toh aap manage kar payenge. phir fail hone ka koi sawal nahi hai. maulana agla sawal miss naghma siddiqui ne kiya hai dilli se. unhone likha hai. i have understood that i should use the positive tension as a motivator.