Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Eye-Opening Experiences in Sunday Classes

“I was aware of the hadith 'Death is the destroyer of pleasures', but today's explanation gave deeper meaning to it, and it worked as an eye-opener. Maulana sahib, my question is: when we attend these Sunday classes, we experience many such eye-opening events, and it brings thrill and change in mindset. What is your guidance on this?”Asked by Idris, Raipur

He answers at 1:28:50 in Concept of Death in Islam · 2 min 22 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:28:50
maulana, agla sawal raipur se hai, idrees sahib ne poocha hai, unhone likha hai: maut lazzat ko dha dene wali hai. I was aware of this hadith, but today's explanation gave deeper meaning to it, and it worked as an eye-opener. maulana sahib but my question is, when we attend these Sunday classes, we experience many such eye-opening events, and it brings thrill and change in mindset. but after some days, the intensity of the thrill gets diluted, and slowly we tend to drift back to usual mindset.
1:29:32
it seems permanent change in mindset is a very slow process. why does this happen, and is it possible to stop this drifting backwards? kindly comment. dekhen, bohat hi aasan hai, bohat aasan hai. ek maa baap jinke haan bachcha paida ho, woh baar baar us ko dekhte hain, baar baar us se pyar karte hain, baar baar us ko yaani chhoote hain, kiss karte hain. to yeh baar baar jo karte hain, us se woh love jo hai, baqi rehti hai. agar ab maa baap aisa na karen to bachcha alag ho jayega, maa baap alag ho jayenge, phir koi ta'alluq nahi rahega.
1:30:14
to aap jo sunte hain Sunday class mein, us ko repeat kijiye, phir suniye, phir suniye. kyunke yeh to aap jaante hain ke us ko aap download kar ke dobara sun sakte hain. ek hi baar sun kar ke aap koi chhod dete hain us ko. jis tarah aap apne bachche ko baar baar dekh kar khush hote hain, baar baar us ko pyar kar ke khush hote hain, aur is tarah se us mohabbat ko continue rakhte hain. isi tarah se aap is ko bhi kijiye, bar bar dekhiye, bar bar suniye, is par charcha kijiye.
1:30:50
meri rai yahi hai ke jo log bhi Sunday class mein aate hain, agar woh sirf ek bar aaye aur ek bar sun liya to is se un ko bohat kam faida hoga. jis ko ziyada faida lena hai, zaroori hai ke woh download kar ke dobara sune, dobara sune, dobara sune. tabhi poora faida mil sakta hai is ka. maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai, Muhammad Tauseef Qasmi sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: muslim rehnuma millat ki pasti ki shikayat karte hain, woh kehte hain ke musalman taraqqi ke maidan mein bohat peechay hain.
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