Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Spiritual development through prayer preparation

“How can we get spiritual development by salah (prayer)? What preparations do we need to do for it? Please advise me in this.”Asked by اصف صاحب, کیرلا

He answers at 55:34 in Dars-e-Quran, Chapter 2, Verses 55-57 · 2 min 7 sec

His answer, in his own words
55:34
boli bolta hoon. yeh to bilkul ilzam hai, jhoothi baaten hain. misaal dijiye, aap misaal dijiye, yeh to bilkul ek jhootha ilzam hai. main sirf analysis karta hoon aur naseehat ki baat karta hoon. Maulana, agla sawal Asif sahib ne bheja hai Kerala se. unhon ne likha hai: "How can we get spiritual development by Salah? What preparations we need to do for it? Please advise me on this." Dekhiye, namaz ko log jab chahte hain padhna toh misalein padhte hain. har masjid, masjid mein, har madrasay mein namaz ka topic padhaya jata hai, lekin woh kya hota hai?
56:27
masail, masail, masail, masail. asal baat hai ke namaz ka jo rooh hai, taqwa, isko padhaya jaye toh woh cheez paida hogi jo aap farma rahe hain. agar sirf masail bataye jayein aur masail ke dhoom machayi jaye, aur jo hamari charon firqay hain, charon
56:57
firqay hain, kya hain? Masail ke dhoom hain wahan par, spirit ke dhoom nahi hai, hamari firqon mein. toh firqay mein, madraso mein aur hamare taqreeron mein masail ki dhoom rehti hai. Hanafi aur Shafi ke darmiyan jo ikhtilafat hain, woh masail par hain, rooh par nahi hain. toh hamein bajaye masail ke, iski spirit ko logon ko khoob batana chahiye, woh logon ke andar
57:23
zinda karna chahiye. isse masla hal hoga. Maulana, agla sawal bheja hai Pakistan se Tariq Badar sahib ne.
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