Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Technically following pillars vs. nearness to God

“Every Muslim feels that following all the five pillars of Islam is enough to qualify for Paradise. He is not really into thinking that he should feel nearness to God like Pharaoh's wife Asiya thought. So I want to know that will such Muslims who technically follow all the pillars, will still get Paradise and they are at risk.”Asked by Afaq Hussain, Ahmedabad

He answers at 47:40 in The Culture of People of Paradise · 1 min 44 sec

His answer, in his own words
47:40
molana, agla sawal bheja hai afaq hussain sahib ne ahmedabad se. unhon ne likha hai: "molana, every Muslim feels that following all the five pillars of Islam are enough to qualify for paradise. he is not really into thinking that he should feel nearness to God like Pharaoh's wife Asiya thought. So I want to, so I want to know that will such Muslims who technically follow all the pillars, will still get paradise or they are at risk." Dekhiye, technically follow karna asal nahi hai, spiritually follow karna asal hai. yeh jisko aap pillar keh rahe hain, un ko koi technically follow kare, yani matlab form ke aitbar se to woh kafi nahi hai jannat ke liye. spiritually follow karna parega.
48:50
yeh to aap guide ka mutala karein quran o hadith ka to is mein aap clear taur par yeh baat payenge. is par bohat likha chuka hai, aap kitabein padhein, aap is par bohat kitabein maujood hain ke namaz jo hai aap ki spirit ke aitbar se matloob hai na ke form ke aitbar se. molana, agla sawal molana iqbal umri ne kiya hai chennai se. unhon ne likha hai: "molana, ek sahib ne kaha ke burai se nafrat karna aur dil ko positive rakhna yeh kaise mumkin hai?
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