Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

God's forgiveness for suicide due to depression

“Maulana, I am depressed because I have no social status and money. Will God forgive me if I commit suicide?”Asked by Murad Rahman, Srinagar

He answers at 47:09 in The Existence of God · 7 min 16 sec

His answer, in his own words
47:09
Maulana, agla sawal ah Srinagar se bheja hai Murad Rehman Sahab ne. Unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, I am depressed because I have no social status and money. Will God forgive me if I commit suicide?" Dekhiye, Suicide karne ki aap ko zaroorat nahi hai, balke apne is haal se incentive lijiye aap aur aur aur behtar aur
47:50
Yaani apne ab zindagi ka ko aap face kijiye zyada badhe hue incentive se. Maine apni aankh se ek insaan ko dekha hai, Ab khud apni aankh se dekha hai main Ke woh frustration ka shikar ho gaye the. Woh kisi wajah se frustration ka shikar ho gaye the to woh kisi se baat nahi karte the is mauzu par.
48:27
Andar andar bilkul frustration, yahan tak ke ek din unhon ne zeher kha liya, khudkushi kar ke irade se. Unhon ne khud apni aankhon se dekha hai un ki, un ka body pada hua hai aur Bataur lagta hai ke ab woh maut ke kinare pahunch chuke hain. Lekin phir jaldi ek doctor available ho gaya, logon ne jaldi se us ko bulaya, Us ne kuch treatment kiya, kuch ulti karwai, kya kiya kya kiya, par woh bach gaye.
49:17
Aur maine phir unhi unhi ko apni aankhon se dekha hai ke woh business kiya, unhon ne bohat acha business kiya, bohat kamyab, bohat paisa kamaya. Us ke baad main ek kitaab padhi, ek kitaab padhi maine. Is kitaab mein likha tha ke jo log suicide karein aur bach jayein kisi wajah se, Suicide karein aur bach jayein to hero ban jate hain woh, kyunke suicide karne se pehle to woh ek dam maishat mein jeete the. Zindagi maishat ke maani kya hain? Zindagi ki, zindagi ki value na janna. Yeh jo insaan hai aap, aap ke andar is ki value ko na janna.
50:19
to is ne likha tha ke jo aadmi suicide kare aur bach jaye, wo apni zindagi ki value ko bohat baray paimane par jaan leta hai aur phir hero ban jata hai. wo to aap apne potential ko daryaft kijiye aur koi bhi kaam jo mile aap ko, chahe wo ghaas kaatne ka kaam ho, shuru kar dijiye. inshallah aap bohat kam kamyab honge, bohat kamyab honge.
50:58
maulana, kuch comment parhna chahenge. ye comment bheja hai syeda fozana hussain nees bangalore se. unhon ne likha hai: "God has created us for a purpose and we should live up to His expectations and not question His existence. Most important is He is watching our actions and that is enough to feel His presence. He is guiding us, correcting, acknowledging us, letting us live in every type of circumstances which is itself a reward. This is my understanding of today's talk." Miss mashallah, miss shabina ali ne kolkata se likha hai: "Discover God in His creation is my takeaway of today's lecture
51:51
. One needs to be a seeker of truth and observer of nature and an inquiring mind to get to the bottom of realization of the Creator and the existence of God." Mr shad hussain ne likha hai kashmir se: "A great seeker revealed many secrets which were in the form of symbols in the Quran and tradition . Really thrilling." Maulana, ab sawal lena chahenge. ye sawal hai aamir mori sahib ka kashmir se. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana sahib, we have heard many Muslim preachers saying that sometimes we need to kill aql in religion because religion is a matter of faith. But science has helped us to understand the uncertain things with certainty. But still, there are few aspects in religion like meraj incident where we are not able to apply our aql.
53:00
Kindly guide how to understand such aspects and address this kind of thinking." Dekhiye, ye wo log hote hain jo jo jo farma rahe hain aap un ko ke parhte parhte kuch nahi, bilkul yani kuch parhte nahi, bas khali hawa hawa mein apni aql dorate hain. main aise logon ko kuch nahi keh sakta siwaye is ke ke wo
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