Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Islamic perspective on multitasking

“In today's day and age, multitasking is considered a skill. What is your view on multitasking?”Asked by Arshad Saeed, Jeddah

He answers at 1:03:23 in Save Yourself from Distraction · 4 min 6 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:03:23
maulana, agla sawal Jeddah se Arshad Saeed sahib ka hai. انہوں نے لکھا ہے: "In today's day and age, multitasking is considered a skill." مائی کوئسچن: ملٹی ٹاسکنگ؟ ہاں، in today's day and age, multitasking is considered a skill. My question is: Is multitasking a form of distraction as one is not focused on a single
1:03:49
activity? isi Maulana, isi se mila jula ek aur sawal aaya hai, is se aur wazeh ho jaye ga. Bilal sahib hain Dubai se, unhon ne bhi aisa hi sawal kiya hai. انہوں نے لکھا ہے: "مولانا صاحب، I work in a company at senior level where I have to
1:04:11
do multitasking like business planning, recruitment, administration and compliance, because I am involved in so many things, so mind does not remain focused on one thing. is this distraction?" dekhen, boojhdar zamane ki baat nahi hai, yeh to hamesha hi multi tasking hai, yeh insan ka masla hai.
1:04:32
har waqt kai baaten rahen gi, pehle bhi theen, ab bhi rahen gi. kabhi kabhi pyas lage gi to pani chahiye, kabhi bhook lage gi to khana chahiye, kabhi andhi aaye gi to humein bachna hoga, kabhi thanda hai, kabhi garam hai. yeh yeh ek ek ek term ban gaya hai, warna yeh hamesha tha.
1:04:56
kab aisa nahi hota? yani adam bhi the jab jab jannat mein to bohat se darakht the, kabhi yeh dekhte hain, kabhi woh dekhte hain, kabhi woh hai jo jo five ordinary hai. to yeh ek term bana liya logon ne, multitasking, woh insan ke andar, insan ki zindagi ka part hai, hamesha part tha, woh hamesha rahe ga.
1:05:21
mein is ko nahi manta, ek term bana lete hain log, samajhte hain koi nai cheez hai. woh kaisa? kya khayal hai aap ka? ji haan, ji Maulana, kab dunya mein multitasking nahi thi? hmm hain ji, ab ab subah maslan mein naha raha tha to nahane mein bohat sari cheezen mein involve hoon.
1:05:45
mein phir barcchi khane lagi to ab chhak chhak ka masla ho gaya. to yani ek chhota sa kaam hai, nahana, is mein pani hai aur aur woh hai mug hai, saban hai aur woh hai stool hai. to wohi multitasking ke qisse the ke is par jaye ga dhyan, is par dhyan jaye ga,
1:06:09
is par dhyan jaye ga. yani Maulana, kya yahan par woh cheez keh sakte hain jo aap ne kai talks mein kaha hai ke "a man is large enough to contain contradictions" ke kai cheezen woh woh apni jagah par? mein kehta hoon ke life life hai hi is mein kai kaam par.
1:06:32
mein yeh keh raha hoon ji, life itself is bas multitasking. aap is ko ek term bana kar ke do hadith ko jodte hain. koi mein ne kaha nahi ke mein naha raha hoon to nahane mein kya hai? pani garam karna hai, phir woh us ko button, us ke switch ko off karna hai, phir dekhna hai ke phir
1:06:59
woh stool hai ke nahi. mein stool par nahata hoon, stool sahi tareeqay say rakha hai ke galat tareeqay say rakha hai. yeh aap ab jab dakhil hotay hain bathroom mein to is mein aik cheezen, bohat cheezen hoti hain, woh bhi multitasking hai.
1:07:18
to life at itself is multitasking, aik term bana kar is ko aap kehtay hain modern age. yeh sab bilkul mein is ko nahi manta. is ko Maulana, agla sawal letay hain jo Bangalore say bheja hai Umer Khalid sahib nay aur unhon
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