Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Criteria for choosing an intellectual partner

“What is the criteria to choose our intellectual partner?”Asked by انس, دلی

He answers at 1:14:36 in Hadith Word of Wisdom · 3 min 24 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:14:36
ke aisa na ho to phir imtehan kaise liya jaye ga? Maulana, agla sawal Anas sahib ne kiya hai Delhi se, aur unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke "Maulana, what is the criteria to choose our intellectual partner? How can we select our intellectual partner?
1:14:55
Please advice." dekhen, yeh selection ki baat nahi hai, yeh banane ki baat hai. har aurat aap ke liye intellectual partner ban sakti hai. aisa nahi hai ke kuch hain, kuch nahi hain. yeh selection ki baat nahi hai.
1:15:16
aap ko, yani is ko apna intellectual partner banana hoga. nahi banayenge to nahi banegi, banayenge to ban jayegi. koi selection ka masla hi nahi hai. Allah taala ne har aurat ko, har mard ko perfect paida kiya.
1:15:37
har aurat apni jagah perfect hai, har mard apni jagah perfect hai. Hadees mein aata hai ke "kal yani insan paida hota hai fitrat par. har aadmi mister nature hota hai, lekin mahaul mein is ko, yaani condition hoti hai aur kuch na kuch ho jata hai. " Maulana, yeh sawal kiya hai Dr. Farida Khanam ne Delhi se.
1:15:58
unhon ne likha hai ke "ikhtilaf is good, but often we see that ikhtilaf leads to extremism and violence. What is the solution to this problem?" meri to samajh mein yeh hai ke aadmi jaane ke ikhtilaf jo hai, yeh law of nature ke tehat hota hai. yaani aadmi mukhtalif, yaani mental mind alag alag hota hai, logon ka taste alag alag hota hai.
1:16:19
to is ki wajah se aapas mein ikhtilafat paida hote hain. to ikhtilafat jo hain, is liye hain taake hum exchange karein, taake hum apna intellectual development karein. yaani ikhtilaf ko hum aik aik aik mauqa samjhein apne zehni irtqa ka. main to yahi sochta hoon.
1:16:40
Okay, so we will end this session. One announcement: as you know that the Delhi Dawa Field team is doing Dawa work at Delhi Book Fair, which is being held at Pragati Medan. So today is the last day.
1:17:01
If anyone of you wants to volunteer and join the Dawa Field team, then that person can stay back and talk to Mr. Anas and Dr. Pradhan. Thank you.
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