Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Definition of poor and how to help

“Who is called poor? How can we help them? Please tell us about this.”Asked by Anwar Subhani, Delhi

He answers at 1:19:10 in The Road to Paradise · 2 min 49 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:19:10
Jee, Maulana, agla sawal Anwar Subhani sahib ne kiya hai Delhi se. Aur unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke ghareeb kis ko kehte hain? Hum un ki madad kis tarah kar sakte hain? Is ke baray mein batayein. Yeh sawal bhi wohi hai ke sawal kiya hai? Har cheez ka sawal kiya hai? Hadees mein jo
1:19:35
maujood hai, Sahabi kehte hain ke nauheena ankasar al sawal hum ko mana kiya hai ziyada sawal karne se. Is ka matlab kiya hai? Is ka matlab yeh hai ke Islam self discovery par zor deta hai, na questioning par. Yeh jo farmaya ke ziyada sawal mat karo, is ka matlab kiya bhi hai? Khud discover karo, khud
1:20:00
discover karo, khud discover karo. Jin logon ne daryaft kiya ke ke solar system ka qanoon kiya hai, zameen ka qanoon kiya hai, woh poochne nahi gaye thay kisi se. Unhon ne apni zindagiyaan laga dein is ki discovery mein, tab daryaft kiya hai unhon ne.
1:20:25
To bohat bari hadees hai yeh nauheena ankasar al sawal hum ko mana kiya gaya hai ziyada sawal karne se. Is ka matlab kiya hai? Hum ko hukum diya gaya hai ke ziyada socho, ziyada daryaft karo, ziyada discovery karo. Apne mind ko develop karo taake tum har cheez ko discover karo. Sawal karna kiya hai? Yeh hadees jo hai, is ko mein yani shah kaleed samajhta hoon, yani master
1:20:50
key samajhta hoon. yeh jo hadith hai ke nauheena ankasar al sawal yeh sahabi kehte hain ke rasool Allah sal Allahu alaihi wasallam ne hum ko mana kiya hai ke zyada sawal mat karo. is ka matlab kya hai? Zyada socho, zyada discover karo.
1:21:15
Self discovery ka process barhao. Yahan tak keh diya aap ne, aziz, kitni bari baat keh di aap ne. Istafti qalb-ak apne aap se fatwa poocho. Log daurte hain mufti ke paas.
1:21:40
ke paas aap ne farmaya ke istafti qalb-ak apne dil se fatwa poocho. Yaani apne aap, apne mind ko itna develop karo ke woh khud discover kar sake. Yeh matlab hai is ka. Maulana, agla sawal Dhampur se Mahtab Ahmed sahib ne kiya hai.
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