Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Example of wisdom sorting relevant from irrelevant

“In today's talk you mentioned that wisdom is sorting relevant from irrelevant. Can you please give an example so that we can understand it in a better way?”Asked by Farooq, Ahmedabad

He answers at 48:26 in Islamic Wisdom · 1 min 9 sec

His answer, in his own words
48:26
maulana, agla sawal ahmadabad se farooq sahib ne kiya hai, aur unhon ne likha hai ke: "maulana صاحب، in today's talk you mentioned that wisdom is sorting relevant from irrelevant. Can you please give an example so that we can understand it in a better way?" Maine misal diya hai ke ek ek muslim speaker ne taqreer karte hue japan ki misal di.
48:54
is mein relevant baat jo thi, kya thi? yeh thi ke unhon ne jab dekha ke society bombing mein jo hai result less hai, to jaldi se wapas aaye. woh you turn le liya. unhon ne kya kiya ke society bombing karne ko le liya, halanke chhodne ko lena chahiye.
49:16
is poore waqe mein jo jo relevant baat hai hamare liye ke is ka result ulta nikla, to foran wapas aaye. woh unhon ne unhon ne kya nikal liya ke nahi, bar bar karo. yeh to hai yani relevant aur irrelevant ka farq na samajhna.
49:36
maulana, agla sawal mumbai se aya hai, aah aah faraz sahib ka, aur unhon ne likha hai: "der
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