Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Balancing housework and Islamic learning

“I am a mother of three children and a housewife. I am busy with them and housework, but I follow your talks and also read your...”Asked by Ayesha Khan, Kanpur

He answers at 59:03 in Paradise · 4 min 33 sec

His answer, in his own words
59:03
maulana, agla sawal miss ayesha khan ne kiya hai kanpur se, aur unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, i am a mother of three children and a housewife. aai im bazi vid dem and haus vark, bat aai falo yor taks and al so red yor baks, vich giv mi lat of pes and pozitiv thinking.
59:26
mai kveschan iz dat benig a madar and involvd in haus vark, ai donat gat mach taim to do vark far da din, and mani taimz ai fil gilati and gat thauts dat allah me nat giv mi paradiz, bikaz ai am nat duing ani thing far da din. maulana sahib, pliz advais mi vat shud ai do az ai kant liv haus vark and der iz
59:49
nat mach taim laft far mi to do dava vark. hav kain ai aspair to kvalifai far paradiz?" dekhiye, main is ko koi uzar nahin samajhta. har chiz aap ko kahata hun involv karate hain. aap aap involv bahut zyada karenge to aap ka taim na rahega.
1:00:12
kam involv kijie. to tami taim hai. main ne jab padhta tha bachapan mein urdu lider, is mein ek sher tha, ab tak mujhe yad hai: "vakt mein tangi farakhi donon hain, jaise rabar khinchne se padati hai, chhode se jati hai." sakad
1:00:34
is ko aj kal ki zaban mein main kahunga ki art of manajmant sikhen. main samajhta hun ki art of manajmant asal hai. apne ko kitna involv aap karate hain, vah asal hai. misal ke taur par dekhiye, main ek qissa main ne bataya logon ko ki main ek sahab ke han gaya.
1:00:57
yah bat gujrat ka vaqia hai. to vah har vakt apne bachche ko god mein le lete the. vah to main ne kaha, "bachche god mein kyon lete hain?" aap kahata hai, "hazrat, zyada." kaha, "mera bachcha kamzor hai." to main ne un ko sakht alfaz mein kaha, "bilkul nahin, aap un ko utariye."
1:01:20
utarvaya to ladka daudane laga. ladka daudane laga to log ghair zaruri to apne ko masghul karate hain. yani bachche ko daudane dijiye, bachche ko mehnat karane dijiye, bachche ko khud karane dijiye. khawamkhwah har kaam chahte hain ke hum hum hum ka karein to apne ko zyada involve kar lete hain.
1:01:43
asal cheez yeh hai, kam involve kijiye, manage karna seekhein. to sab sab sab time hi time hai. mein to samajhta hoon ke sab time hi time hai. khawamkhwah apne ko involve kar ke log time apna khatm kar dete hain.
1:02:06
ek sahab hain, mein jaanta hoon, mein in ko. in ka bachcha tha ghaleban barah saal ka. to barah saal ki umar mein unhon ne bachche ko bhej diya bombay. woh andhra pradesh aane wale they.
1:02:28
logon ne kaha, "arey, barah bachche ko bombay bhej rahe hain, kahin kahin tasbeeh to seekhega woh." to jeeb mein paisa de diya us ko, kaha ke jao. to wahan par kuch police ka dhakka bhi khaya us ne. kahin us ko khane bhi nahi mila.
1:02:51
sab tajrube hue. wohi shakhs, mein jaanta hoon, us aadmi ko bohat bada woh builder bana, bohat paisa kamaya us ne. isi isi ne to us ke us ke us ke baap, us ke dada ne bheja tha us ko bombay. to dada ne kaha tha ke us ko seekhna chahiye na.
1:03:14
jayega, koi dhakka khaye to seekhega. to log khawamkhwah chahte hain ke bachchon ki pampering karna hai, us ko us ko khud kuch na karna pade. is mein apne ko involve kar lete hain. to involvement ko kam kijiye, manage karna seekhein, warna koi masla nahi hai.
1:03:37
ji Maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle ek comment padhna chahenge jo doctor farida khanam ne bheja
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