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Sacrifice money vs charity on Eid

“Can we sometimes not sacrifice on Eid al-Adha and instead give that money to help someone in need? Or is sacrificing obligatory?”Asked by Mr. Ashish Tiwari, Kanpur

He answers at 37:08 in God Oriented Life (In Conversation with Maulana) 23 10 11 · 3 min 17 sec

His answer, in his own words
37:08
Maulana unka ek aur sawal hai unhone likha hai ke kya hum aisa kar sakte hain ke kabhi kabhi bakra eid par qurbani na kar ke is paise ko kisi ki madad ke liye de dein is paise se kisi ki zaroorat mein help kar sakte hain ya us waqt qurbani karna hi farz hai is tarah ke masle aap apne masjid ke imam se poochhiye yahan is tarah yeh yeh majlis is tarah ke masle ke liye nahi hai aap jahan namaz padhte hain jis masjid mein aap mohalle mein uske imam sahab se poochhiye woh batayenge aap ko maulana yeh sawal aya hai mister ashish tiwari ka kanpur se unhon ne likha hai ke maulana sahib ان today's lecture you have said that God wants man to convert his potential into actual in this
37:57
Therefore, life is an opportunity to learn about God and develop a God-oriented life. This perfectly agrees with how Hinduism treats life. However, you have also said that in Islam the life As a test, how can the learning and testing be carried out simultaneously? in Hinduism man is given several opportunities to learn about God but in Islam it appears the testing and learning are carried out simultaneously please comment yani kya dono mein koi takrao to ismein aaya nahi kya takrao ismein kya hai takrao is
38:43
mein kya hai maulana un ka shayad is pe reference hai ke jo yeh likh rahe hain ke in hinduism mein is given several opportunities aur islam mein jo hai woh test aur learn learning ek sath hai to yeh ava gaman ko refer kar rahe hain shayad bhai hinduism ke bare mein ap kisi sadhu se poochein swami se mein
39:01
to islam ki tashreeh kar raha hoon is waqt mein islam ki tashreeh kar raha hoon hinduwism mein jo hai us ko aap kisi swami ji se poochhiye mr muhammad rahat ne dilli se likha hai kisi bhi be qusoor insaan ko insaaf dilane ke liye jhoot ka sahara liya ja sakta hai is ke bare mein bataein
39:25
yeh is koi is tarah se ismein maine ek bataya tha particular case ho tab bataya tha masla yeh yeh koi sawal nahi hai is tarah ke sawalat jo hai general aadaad nahi keh sakta koi particular case batai ke falan shakhs aisa hai iske sath aisa hai iska aisa hai to bata sakta hoon ke wahan kya karna chahiye aise aise koi masla nahi ho sakta is tarah ka masla nahi bataya bataya sakta.
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