Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Conveying spirituality to materialistic women

“My question is that today's women spend most of their time and ability only for their material comforts. In such a situation, how can the message of spirituality be conveyed to them?”Asked by Saira Latif, Karachi

He answers at 1:17:13 in Religion and Democracy · 2 min 50 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:17:13
maulana, agla sawal karachi se aya hai miss saira latif ka. unhon ne likha hai: "mera sawal yeh hai ke aaj ki khawateen apna zyada tar waqt aur salahiyat sirf apni madi sahulaton ki nazar kiye hue hain. aisi halat mein un ko rohaniyat ka paigham kis tarah pohanchaya jaye?" asal mein baat yeh hai ke log material cheezon ki value jante hain aur spiritual wali baatein jo hain, is ki value nahi sochte. woh asal baat yeh hai ke agar un ko bataya jaye ke material cheezon ke mein ka plus point aur minus point kya hai,
1:18:03
yeh un ko khabar is ki nahi hai, kyunke material cheezon ke peeche daurne mein kya hota hai? yeh to hota hai tension, stress, taluqat mein yani khinchao, tarah tarah ke problem jo ate hain, isi liye ate hain ke hum material cheezon ko apna goal banaye hue hain. to spiritual jo goal hai, is ko hum agar samne rakhen to achaanak hum ko ek bilkul hi peaceful life mil jati hai, bohat peaceful life. aur phir peaceful life ka faida yeh hota hai ke hum jo asal jo asal jo kaam hai, woh kar paate hain. yani intellectual development sab se bari cheez dunya mein jo hai, woh hai intellectual development. isi ko quran mein kaha gaya hai: "tazkiya". tazkiya kya hai?
1:18:53
intellectual development ka naam hai tazkiya. to asal kaam jo hai, wahi nahi kar pata aadmi material cheezon mein phansne ki wajah se. main to allah ke fazl se material cheezon se bilkul hi apne ko banaya hai, itna door kar liya hai ke koi meri need hi nahi, koi zaroorat hi meri nahi hai. jo jo logon ne jo jo jo mujhe de diya gaya pehanne ke liye, woh maine pehan liya. jo khane ke liye de diya gaya, woh kha liya. bas to mujhe peace hi peace hai. to mujhe mauqa hai ke main raat din apne aap ko intellectual development mein masroof rakhun. mera jo intellectual process jo hai, woh chalta rehta hai barabar, kyunke doosri cheezon mein apne ko distract nahi kiya hua hai.
1:19:39
to is raat ko samajhte hain yeh log ke kitna bada nuqsan kar rahe hain, yaani apne is, yaani apne is lifestyle ki wajah se. to inko yeh yeh baat khul jaye, agar ke yeh lifestyle jo hai, aap ke liye bohat hi, yaani disastrous hai. to inshallah aap yeh islaah kar lenge. maulana, agla sawal aaya hai tamil nadu se maulana farhat ahmad salafi umri ka. unhone poocha hai ke marifat aur dawat ka inaam akhirat mein milega, magar muslim empire ka faida dunya mein milega.
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