Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to Remember Death Frequently

“In a hadith it is said to remember death frequently, the destroyer of pleasures. My question is: how should death be remembered? And how did the Prophet and his companions remember death?”Asked by محمد سجاد نواز, پاکستان

He answers at 57:13 in Quran A Miracle · 1 min 41 sec

His answer, in his own words
57:13
Maulana agla sawal bhi Pakistan se hai Muhammad Sajjad Nawaz sahib ne kiya hai unhon ne likha hai hadith mein kaha gaya hai ke lazzaton ko dhah dene wali maut ko bohat zyada yaad kiya karo. Mera sawal yeh hai ke maut ko kaise yaad kiya jaye? Aur Rasool Allah aur Sahaba maut ko kaise yaad karte thay? Is ke bare mein bataein. Bhai yaad karne ke maani nahi ke maut maut maut maut maut maut kiya jaye. Yeh to ridiculous baat hai. Agar aap jaise Allah Allah Allah Allah log karte hain kuch log. Aise aap maut maut maut maut karein yeh yaad karna nahi hai. Yaad karne ka matlab hai ke is par sochna sochte rehna.
58:05
Daily aap dekhte hain ke log mar rahe hain. News mein khabrein aati hain media mein khabrein aati hain. Aap ke mohalle mein koi marta hai. To aap sochiye is ko ke mujhe bhi is liye marna hai. To yaad ke maani yahan sochne ke hain. To maut ke waqeaat jo hain sari dunya mein ho rahe hain. Har din aap ko koi na koi khabar milti hai kisi ke marne ki. Is ko le kar sochiye ke isi tarah mein bhi mar jaon ga ek din mar jaon ga. Aur mein bhi Allah ke samne khada kar diya jaon ga. To jab aap is tarah sochenge to aap ka bilkul badal jaye ga sab kuch. Pattern badal jaye ga.
58:45
Jo pattern aap ne bana rakha hai woh bilkul badal jaye ga. Ek aur hi pattern zindagi ka banega. Yeh matlab hai is hadith ka. maulana agla sawal bangalore se hai aanhon ne sawal kiya hai unhon ne apna naam nahi likha hai. un ka sawal is tareeqe se hai maulana ek taraf aap hain jo peaceful islam ki baat karte hain.
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