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Faith & God · Q&A

Tawakkul vs wisdom-based planning

“What is the difference between tawakkul and wisdom-based planning?”Asked by Maulana Iqbal Umri, Chennai

He answers at 1:01:57 in Living in Falsehood · 2 min 56 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:01:57
Maulana, agla sawal Maulana Iqbal Umri ne kiya hai Chennai se. Unhone likha hai: "Tawakkul aur wisdom pe base ki hui planning mein kya farq hai?" Iske bare mein bataein. Bhai yeh to hadith mein iska jawab maujood hai. Ek shakhs ne Rasool Allah (SAW) se poocha ke main apne mere paas oont jo hai, is oont ko main baat ka tawakkul karoon ya chhod kar tawakkul karoon? Aap ne farmaya ke "iqlaaf tawakkal". Isko pehle baandho phir tawakkal karo. To tawakkal ka matlab yeh jo liya liya gaya hai, bas Allah par daalna, yeh tawakkal nahi hai.
1:02:39
Yeh to yeh to be danisti ki baat hai, iska Islam se koi ta'alluq nahi hai. Dekhein tawakkal ka matlab kya hai, main jo samjhaun woh yeh hai ke jitni aap ke bas mein hai, aap apni aqal ko istemal karein, apni soch ko istemal karein, apni resources ko istemal karein, aur bahut hi realistic way mein planning karein aap. Lekin dekhein insaan ki limitations hoti hain, kahin na kahin insaan ki had aa jati hai. To agar aap ne apne aap ko poori tarah exert kiya hai to jo aap ki kami hai woh Allah poori kar dega. Tawakkul ka matlab yeh hai "man yatawakkal 'alallahi fa hasbuhu".
1:03:21
Matlab apna sab kuch kar ke aap yeh kahein: Khuda yahan to meri had aa gayi, ab aage to meri madad farma. to wahan par aap ki madad hogi. yeh matlab hai tawakkul ka. yaani aap yun kahein ke 50% aap ka hissa hai, jab hissa aap ada karte hain to baqiya 50% Allah ki taraf poora kar diya jata hai. jaise ek aayat hai ke "ilahi yas'adul kalim-ut-tayyib wal-'amal-us-salih 'arfuhu" . "ilahi yas'adul kalim-ut-tayyib wal-'amal-us-salih 'arf
1:03:58
uhu" . yaani ek hai kalima tayyib, ek hai amal salih. to kalima tayyib aap ko pesh karna hai. yaani kalima ke ma'ni la ilaha nahi yahan par hai, koi bhi positive baat. to aap positive baat jo aap ke paas hai, koi positive planning, koi positive maqsad, koi positive target, jaiz qism ka, us mein bharpoor tor par aap ke paas jo kuch ho woh laga dein aap. to is ke baad baqiya jo hai Allah ki taraf poora kiya jayega. yeh matlab hai yaani "man yatawakkal 'alal-lahi fa-hasbuhu" . woh hadith mein khud is ka jawab hai ke aap ne farmaya ke oont ko bandho par toakkal karo.
1:04:39
yeh nahi ke chhod do phir toakkal, yaani Allah par toakkal karte hue chhod do us ko. yeh yeh nahi farmaya aap ne. to hadith ka yeh jo hadith hai bohat wazeh tor par batati hai ke ke toakkal ka concept Islam mein kya hai. maulana, agla sawal Doha, Qatar se hai.
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