Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Forcing reflection on death when not spontaneous

“What if the thought of death does not come to us spontaneously? Should we force ourselves to reflect on death?”Asked by مسٹر کیف, دلی

He answers at 23:05 in Concept of Death in Islam 26th Aug 12 SLOW · 2 min 35 sec

His answer, in his own words
23:05
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai mr kaif ka. unhon ne likha hai: "What if the thought of death does not come to us spontaneously? Should we force ourselves to reflect on death? Would that reflection be authentic?
23:30
Does reflection on death not make us disinterested in our daily activities? " dekhen, maut ek jab yeh maloom hoga ke maut ek reality hai, to hamein sochna hi hai is ke upar. jab yeh maloom hoga ke ke jaana aanay wala hai, to hamein sardi ka saamna karna hi parega. to jab maut ke baray mein yeh bar bar tajurba hai ke aadmi marta hai, marta hai, marta
24:02
hai, to hum is ko kaise ignore kar sakte hain? hamein sochna hi parega is ko, lazman. baqi yeh baat ke maut ko sochne se aadmi mein yaani kya hai, activity kam ho jaye gi? maulana ke haan, disinterested ho jata hai insaan agar ziyada soche maut ke baray mein. dekhen, yeh baat sahi nahi hai.
24:29
maut ke baray mein is waqt urgency paida hoti hai, ziyada active ho jata hai. maut ka yaad karein ge aap to sense of urgency aye gi ke bhai waqt bohat kam hai, cut out jo karna hai. yeh ajeeb ghareeb baat aksar log kehte hain mujh se, halanke ulti baat hai.
24:51
maut jo hai, aap ke andar sense of urgency lati hai ke bohat kam waqt hai, cut out jo karna hai. to mera tajurba to yahi hai ke main har waqt is pe is halaat mein jeeta hoon ke ke kal mauqa rahe na rahe, aaj hi cut daalo.
25:13
kal par yeh mauqa mile ga ya nahi mile ga, aaj hi cut daalo. to pata hai, 24 ghantay bas busy rehta hoon. to mere andar maut jo hai, main rozana maut ko yaad karta hoon, bohat ziyada. to mera tajurba yeh hai ke maut aadmi ke andar sense of urgency laati hai, jo apne aap
25:34
mein bohat valuable cheez hai, bohat valuable cheez hai. Maulana, yeh sawal Delhi se hai Mahboob Elahi sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "How Allah will take a man who was born in a non-Muslim family, followed his family's faith and led righteous life, but never received an elaborate message from Islam? "
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