Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Family as enemy versus unconditional love

“You said family life is the biggest enemy, then why does unconditional love come only from family members? Please clarify this. Family is a blessing from God. When a child is born, can you create a child? You cannot even create a child's finger. A child with his whole existence shows that there is a God who is a very great giver.”Asked by پرشانت تیواری, دلی

He answers at 22:40 in Roza (Fasting) Shock · 1 min 33 sec

His answer, in his own words
22:40
Jee, Maulana, agla sawal ah Delhi se bheja hai Prashant Tiwari ji ne. Unhon ne aapse poocha hai: "If family life is biggest enemy, to phir unconditional love family member se hi kyun milta hai?" Maulana sahib, is ko is ko clarify karen. Yeh to bhool ki baat hai. Family ek nemat hai Allah ki taraf se. Aap bataiye ke ek bachcha aap ka paida hota hai to aap bana sakte hain bachche ko? Bachche ki ungli bhi nahi bana sakte aap. Bhala bachcha apne poore wajood ke sath batata hai ke koi Khuda hai jo bohat hi bara giver hai. Lekin main jahan jahan se le kar America tak kisi ko nahi paya jo family par Khuda ko yaad kare, bas family, family, family.
23:38
Yeh to shirk hai. Jo cheez mili hai Allah se, us ko attribute kar den aap kisi aur ki taraf, yeh to shirk hai. To chahe family ho, chahe koi aur cheez ho, aam ke peed par ek phal latak raha ho, ya aap kahan hain, ek Allah ki ek nemat aayi ho, us ka har cheez par Allah ka shukar karna hai. Lekin isi ko agar aap focus karen to woh shirk ban jata hai. Maulana, agla sawal Dubai se Mr. Sailesh Malhotra ne bheja hai. Unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, firstly, I would like to thank you for guiding us to the straight path in this very confusing life.
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