Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to achieve self-renewal in comfortable life?

“Often it happens that even while living a very comfortable life, we get bored of everything and start taking everything for granted, which reduces the feeling of gratitude towards our Creator. So in such a situation, how can we do self-renewal? Please advice.”Asked by عبدالرحمن, دلی

He answers at 53:57 in The Prophet An Example of Modesty · 2 min 16 sec

His answer, in his own words
53:57
agar yeh hai to bas kafi hai aap ke liye. molana, agla sawal bheja hai abdul rehman sahab ne dilli se, unhon ne likha hai, "aksar aisa hota hai ke hum bohat comfortable life jeete hue bhi har cheez se bore ho jate hain aur har cheez ko for granted lene lagte hain jis se apne creator ke liye shukr ka jazba bohat kam ho jata hai. to aise mein hum apna self renewal kaise karein? is ki advice karein." bas quran ko samajh kar parhiye, hadithon ko samajh kar parhiye, rasool Allah ki zindagi ko samajh kar mutala kijiye, sahaba ki zindagi ko samajh kar mutala kijiye. samajh kar is liye keh raha hoon mein, ek sath ek mulaqat hui jo urdu jante the to mere sath kuch aur log the to mein ne to nahi, doosron ne un se sawal kiya. yeh baat aayi thi ke unhon ne kunz ul amal ka poora, yani ramzan ke mahine mein, pichle ramzan mein poora poora kunz ul amal ko parhaya.
55:15
kunz ul amal ek moti kitab hai to is mein sahaba ki, tabeen ki aur aala darje ke musalmanon ki bohat si baatein hain. to hamare sathiyon ne un se poocha ke kunz ul amal ki koi ek baat bataiye, wisdom ki jo hamari mufeed ho. to aap yaqeen kijiye ke koi ek baat na bata sake. woh jab ke woh urdu jante the, ab poori poori kunz ul amal unhon ne ramzan mein parhi thi. to log parhte hain lekin wahi hai ke Hazrat Aisha ne jo kaha tha ke "أولئك قروا ولم يقروا" aksar logon par yahi saadiq aata hai ke "أولئك قروا ولم يقروا".
56:04
ab mein kya karoon? yeh mein kahunga ke bhai sahi tareeqe se parhiye aur to mein kuch nahi keh sakta. ji molana, agla sawal hong kong se tausif bukhari sahab ne bheja hai, unhon ne likha hai, "mayusi se nikalne ke liye konsi buniyadi cheez ya tareeqa ikhtiyar karna chahiye?" is ke bare mein bataiye.
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