Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Higher education versus vocational education

“I have read in your books that we should pursue higher education, not vocational education.”Asked by محمد انس, دلی

He answers at 1:16:55 in Divine Law of Success 14th Slow · 9 min 31 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:16:55
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, mister muhammad anas sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: maulana, main ne aap ki kitabon mein padha tha ke humein higher education hasil karni chahiye, vocational education nahin. to hum aur hamare bachche higher education kaise hasil karen? madaris se ya phir school aur colleges se?
1:17:19
is is ke bare mein bataen. higher education se meri murad hoti hai secular education. secular to deeni taleem bhi zaroori hai woh apni jagah par, lekin aaj ki duniya mein koi bhi kaam karne ke liye, chahe da'wati kaam kyun na ho, zaroori hai ek modern education.
1:17:44
agar hum sirf madrase ki taleem pe isi ko kafi samajh lein to aaj ke lehaz se da'wat hi kaam nahi ho sake ga. phir downtrodden logon mein aap ja ke da'watein dein ge aur jo educated class hai, us mein yani is ke mind ko adjust nahi kar payein ge.
1:18:08
to Islam sirf lower class ke liye nahi hai, Islam sab ke liye hai. to mera manna yeh hai ke ek tabqa agar lower class mein kaam kar raha hai to theek hai, woh kare, lekin ek aur tabqa banna chahiye jo educated class ke mind ko parhe, khud apne aap ko taleem yafta bana kar ke aur us ke mind ko aur Islam ko is tarah pesh
1:18:32
kare ke un ka is ka mind address ho. yeh Islam ki ek zaroorat hai. Maulana, Delhi se Dr. Najma Siddiqui ka sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai: "Most of the people who attend your classes are very much influenced by your talks.
1:18:56
They understand the situation and consider negative actions of protest etc. as wrong practices. How can we influence those, especially Muslims, who are involved in such negative actions? Kindly advise us." dekhiye, majmoo'e ko le kar nahi sochna chahiye, individual ko le kar sochna chahiye.
1:19:20
agar hum kahein ke ek billion Musalman jo dunya hain, sab ko hum badal dalen, yeh koi nishana sahi nishana nahi hai. nishana fard ko hona chahiye. Rasool Allah Sal Allah o Alaihe Wasallam ne jab kaam shuru kiya to poore Arab ka jo majmoo'a tha
1:19:40
insani, us ko address karne ki yani planning nahi ki aap ne, balke fard fard ki planning ki. aap logon ke se akele akele milte ja kar ke samjha dete. to tajruba ye hai ke aise afraad mil rahe hain, mashaa'allah tadad badh rahi hai. abhi jo maine kaha ke jarmani mein woh laga hua hai, wahan bhi aise afraad mil rahe
1:20:00
hain jo kehte hain ke bhai yeh to bada achha kaam aap kar rahe hain, hamein bhi is mein hissa lena hai. to asal cheez yeh hai ke log be khabar hain, logon ko pata nahi hai ke doosra pehlu kya hai zindagi ka.
1:20:21
hamaari jo kitabein hain, jo hamaare akhbaar hain, jo hamaare stage ki taqreerein hain, woh kuch aur boli bolti hain. to bahut se insaan jin ko aap is tareeqe se jab bataayenge to un ki fitrat address ho jaayegi, woh aap ko saath dega. yeh hamaara tajruba hai, aap aap sab logon ka tajruba hai ke kitne saare log hain ke jab
1:20:41
un se baat ki gayi to un ka un ki fitrat address ho gayi aur unhone woh aap ke saath lag gaye. yeh yeh ek process chal raha hai, lekin yeh process individual based hai. yeh ek process jo hai, majmooa based nahi hai.
1:21:01
majmooa based kabhi bhi koi koi process nahi chalta hai. abhi main yeh radio sun raha tha, is mein ek lafz aaya: collective thinking. ek ajeeb o ghareeb lafz, collective thinking. majmooa koi nahi sochta, ek fard sochta hai.
1:21:22
collective thinking ek bahut khoobsurat lafz hai, lekin is ka ma'ni kuch bhi nahi hai, kyunke ek ek ek aadmi ka mind sochta hai, na ke poora majmooa jo hai, woh soche. to fard ko nishana banaaiye aur fard ke mind ko address kijiye. inshaa'allah afraad milenge, jaisa ke milte hain, mil rahe hain, mashaa'allah.
1:21:42
maulana, bangalor se sawaal aaya hai mr niyar-ul-islam nadvi sahib ka. unhone likha hai: "kya falasteen ke khilaaf jahad hum band kar dein kyunke woh qibla awwal hai? yahood to ise dhane ki koshish kar rahe hain." is silsile mein hamara tareeqa kar kya hona chahiye?" is ke baray mein dekhen, qibla awwal ka tasawwur
1:22:02
hi bilkul be asal hai. qibla awwal ka matlab thori ke aap is par qabza kar len. yeh aap ka mamla tha ke aap ne is ko qibla awwal banaya, lekin yeh kahan se nikla hai ke qabza karen is ke oopar? yeh kaun sa quran hai, kaun si hadees yeh kehta hai
1:22:23
ke qibla awwal bana ke is ko qabza kar lo is ke oopar? yeh to rasool Allah sallay Allah alaihi wasallam ki aik talif qalb ke liye jab aap madina gaye to kitabon mein aata hai ke talifaan lil yahood, un ki talif ke liye aap ne to idhar qibla banaya. is liye ke yeh is se kahan nikla hai ke aap qabza karen is ke oopar? yeh to
1:22:43
bilkul hi yani dhattayi ki baat hai, sarkashi ki baat hai. kya hamara qibla awwal tha? usay aap qabza karen ge is ke oopar? awwal to qibla awwal tha bhi nahi ke qibla awwal kaba tha, darmian mein koi masjid aqsa nahi hai, balkay qabbat al-sakhrah qibla bana tha. phir is ke baad dobara kaba ban gaya, is liye woh qibla darmayani hai.
1:23:03
yeh bhi ghalat hai ke masjid aqsa qibla hai, masjid aqsa harghiz qibla nahi tha. woh alag cheez hai, woh alag cheez hai. is ko bhi nahi jante log jo jo tareeqa chala rahe hain, unhein khabar hi nahi ke jo rasool Allah ne qibla banaya tha, woh woh masjid aqsa nahi thi.
1:23:24
woh aik alag building hai, is ka naam hai qabbat al-sakhrah, dome of rock, jo yahood muqaddas samajhte thay. jis jis ko woh samajhte thay ke hazrat ishaq ki qurbaniyan hazrat ibrahim ne ki theen, woh aik alag hi building hai. to rasool Allah ne jo qibla banaya tha, woh masjid aqsa ko nahi, qabbat al-sakhrah ko.
1:23:44
to kaba qibla awwal hai, qabbat al-sakhrah qibla sani hai, aur teesri bar phir aap ne kaba qibla banaya hai. yeh bilkul yani yani khud sakhta baatein hain ke qibla awwal hamara hai, is ko qabza karen ge. yeh to dhAndali ki baatein hain, na kahin quran mein hai, na hadees mein hai. aisay thori dunya mein sari chalti hai.
1:24:04
agar aap agar dekhen, agar musalmanon ka stand sahi hota to Allah ke bandon ko hoti hai. yani falasteen ke ke qibla ya ya masjid aqsa ke muhaaz par beshumar janen halak hui hain. آئیے، میں نے انٹرنیٹ پہ نکلوایا تو معلوم ہوا کہ more than ten trillion dollar نقصان ہوا ہے، aur jo zameen thi un ke qabze mein, wo bhi nikal gaya.
1:24:24
sab to Allah ki taeed kyun nahin hai? aap ko Allah ki taeed kyun nahin hai? aap ko yeh sab bilkul dhandhli ki baaten hain, is ki Islam se koi ta'alluq is ka nahin. mein is ko qoumi sarkashi kehta hoon, qoumi sarkashi yani Islam ke naam par qoumi sarkashi. maulana, un ka doosra sawal yeh hai ke kya freedom ka matlab yeh hai ke log hamare nabi
1:24:45
ka cartoon chhappen? phir hadith "man ria minkum makra" ka matlab kya hoga? is ka aise kya ta'alluq? is ka aise kya ta'alluq? cartoon chhappen to chhappen, chhappen ge. wo kyun? aap keh rahe hain sirf number chhappen ge? wo aap bhi kitab chhapte hain. yeh musalman jab se predict press aaya hai dunya mein, khoob kitaben chhap rahe hain doosron ke khilaf,
1:25:05
isaiyon ke khilaf, hinduo ke khilaf. to wo jaiz hai aap ke liye, wo jaiz hai aap ke liye. misalan India mein kitab chhapi thi is zamane mein, hamare bachpan ke zamane mein "kufr tod" yani hinduo ka jo deen hai, us ke khilaf thi.
1:25:25
wo kitab "kufr tod" to un ke liye to yeh gustakhi thi, un ke mazhab ki gustakhi thi. to aap ko haq hai ke aap "kufr tod" kitaben chhapen, un ko haq nahin chahiye? aap bhi baat kijiye, khoob kitaben chhapte hain, taqreeren karte hain. hamare darmiyan aise log bohat maqbool ho rahe hain jo khullam khulla stage par un ki mazak urate
1:25:46
hain, un ka isaiyon ka aur yahudiyon ka, khoob maqbool ho rahe hain. un ko talian bajti hain. to aap khud tazheek karen to is ko aap sar charhate hain, aise muqarririn ko. aur doosra agar kahe to is ko haq nahin karne ka.
1:26:06
to dunya musalmanon ke liye nahin banai gayi hai, dunya sab ke liye banai gayi hai. yaad rakhiye, yeh dunya musalmanon ke liye nahin banai gayi ke musalmanon ko munafli degi. jo chahe karo, tum doosron ko kuch karne ka haq nahi hai. yeh bilashuba qaumi sarkashi hai, is ka islam se koi talluq nahi.
1:26:26
maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle ek comment parhna chahenge jo doha, qatar se aya hai maulana
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