Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Inspiring religious duties without emotions

“If emotions are taken out of deen, and deen is according to rationality, how can you inspire people to do religious duties?”Asked by Junaid Muhammad, Jammu

He answers at 27:43 in Major Signs of Doomsday · 3 min 16 sec

His answer, in his own words
27:43
Syed Haseeb Shah Naqvi sahib ne Pakistan se likha hai ke: "book fair Pakistan team has and has participated in the Islamabad book fair, and he is asked people who are stay in that area to come and visit the book fair, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan sahib books are available at the stall." Apa, yeh aik sawal aaya hai Jammu se. Junaid Muhammad sahib ne bheja hai. Unhon ne likha hai ke: "Apa, if emotions are taken out of deen, then according to rationality, how can you inspire people to do religious deeds? If Ibrahim Alaihissalam had used only mind at the time of his sacrifice of his son Ismail, he would not have done the deed.
28:31
How can we separate Islam from emotions and social justice?" to woh yeh sawal aap se pooch rahe hain. Apa, is ke baray mein kuch bataein. To emotions to positive bhi hotay hain, negative bhi hotay hain. Ab Khuda ke liye hamaray jazbat hain, deen ke liye jazbat hain. to woh to bohat acha jazbat hain. Insan to ke andar to jazbat bhare hue hain, lekin ghalat jazbat, ghalat jazbat ka ghalat direction ke hum tamam logon ko apna dushman maan lein to aur jazbat mein un se jang karna shuru kar dein. to jazbat, hamara jazba yeh hona chahiye ke hum tamam logon ko Khuda ka deen pohanchayengay, un ko jannat ka rasta dikhayengay. To jazbat bhi to is ka direction sahi hona chahiye na?
29:15
Jazbat to rahengay, jazbat ko to hum alag kar hi nahi sakte. Insan to jazbat insan ke andar bohat ziyada hain. Kai kai aisay mazahib hain jo kehtay hain ke desires ko alag karo, lekin desires khatam karo, lekin yeh possible nahi hai. Desires ko, emotions ko khatam nahi kar sakte, bas is ka sahi direction mutayyan kar sakte hain. Aur Apa, yeh bohat zaroori hai ke emotional response jo hai, woh hamesha reaction hota hai. Lekin agar aap soch samajh ke aap jawab dein to woh well considered response hota hai. Aur Apa, sab se bara, I think, example Islamic history mein jo hamein milta hai ke kyun emotional response nahi dena chahiye, woh Rasool Allah ki zindagi se Hudaybiyyah treaty se hamein milta hai.
30:05
Jab treaty sign honi thi to likha tha ke Prophet of Allah. To Suhail ibn Amr thay Quraish ke side se, unhon ne kaha ke nahi, aap likhein Muhammad ibn Abdullah, hum aap ko Prophet nahi mantay hain. To ab dekhiye, itna bara yeh aik emotional point tha. Sahaba jo thay, woh naraz ho rahe thay ke aisay kaise ho sakta hai? Hazrat Ali ne mitanay se mana kar diya tha, Prophet ne khud mitaya tha, lekin Prophet future ko dekh ke faisla le rahe thay. Agar us waqt emotion ke sath faisla lete to shayad woh ayat bhi nahi aati jo Fatah Mubeen ki aayi thi. Ayat aur us ke baad hum jantay hain ke kis tarah se aasani se Islam phail gaya aur Makkah bhi fateh hua.
30:50
To yeh bara important hai ke aap ne sahi kaha, jazbat bohat important hain, lekin is ko sahi direction dena, is ke liye mind ka istemal karna bohat zaroori hai. Aur yeh hamein Hudaybiyyah treaty se bohat achay se yeh wazeh hota hai. Apa, agla sawal. Woh social justice ka jo keh rahe hain.
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