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Spirituality · Q&A

Relationship of muhasabah and tazkiyah

“What is the relationship of muhasabah (self-accountability) and tazkiyah (purification), especially in changing bad habits?”Asked by Ms. Naghma Siddiqi, Delhi

He answers at 1:12:52 in Self Correction · 2 min 55 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:12:52
maulana, agla sawal dilli se kya hai miss naghma siddiqui ne, aur unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke What is the relationship of muhasabah and tazkiyah, especially in changing bad habits? pehle muhasabah aata hai, phir tazkiyah aata hai, pehle introspection aata hai, phir aadmi apni personality ko purify karta hai. donon interconnected hain, lekin pehle aye ga muhasabah, yani introspection, phir aye ga tazkiyah, yani apni shakhsiyat ko purify karna.
1:13:16
maulana, agla sawal dilli se kya hai jameel akhtar sahab ne, aur unhon ne likha hai ke islam ko phailane mein sufiyon ka bara role raha hai. yeh baat aksar kahi jati hai, magar sufiyon ke halaat mein islam ki ajeeb o ghareeb baaten pai jati hain. phir unhon ne kis tarah islam ko phailaya, is ke baray mein kuch bataen.
1:13:44
asal mein dekhiye, is mein to shaq nahi ke is ne phir islam ko phailaya, lekin yeh tha mass conversion. to mass conversion to rasool Allah sal Allah alayh wasallam ke zamane mein bhi hadith mein aata hai ke log, yani main ne is se pehle bata chuka hoon, ek hadith aap ko ke mass conversion ka woh nuqsan tha, na ke sufiyon ka nuqsan.
1:14:11
sufiyon ke zamane mein mass conversion hua. mass conversion yeh hota hai ke log pichlay khayalat ko le kar aate hain, aur un ki itne bade paon par tarbiyat ho nahi pati, to wohi sab khayalat ko naye andaaz mein likhte hain. woh is ki pairwi karne to main samajhta hoon ke sufiyon ka role bohat ahem hai.
1:14:39
baqi mass conversion ki wajah se jo tarbiyat na ho saki logon ki, us se bigaad aaya. to donon ko alag kar ke dekhiye taake sahih rai qaim kar saken aap. maulana, un ka ek aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai ke aaj ke session mein maloom hua ke aap shayar bhi rahe hain.
1:15:06
kya is daur ka apna koi shair arz kar sakte hain? main ne yeh to nahi kaha ke mein shair tha, shairi karta tha. yeh kaam mein ne shair hona ek profession hai, lekin jo shair o shairi is zamane mein, hamari nojawani ke zamane mein, aam tha, har aadmi shair o shairi karta tha.
1:15:34
to woh is mein bhi kuch karta tha. baqi mein mushaire mein shair parhna, yeh is ko kaam mein ne nahi kiya kabhi. maulana, agla sawal ludhiana se kiya hai fahad khan ne, aur unhon ne likha hai ke To develop
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