Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Neglecting peace and wisdom in lectures

“Precious wisdom like the importance of peace and virtuous incidents like Hudaybiya, Prophet Yusuf and the idols of Mecca are ignored in your lectures. They mostly use the language of fanaticism and dogmatism.”Asked by مسٹر ادریس, رائے پور

He answers at 1:11:13 in The Problem of Evil · 4 min 2 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:11:13
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Mr Idrees ka Raipur Sahib. unhon ne likha hai ke "precious wisdom like importance of peace and virtuous incidents like of Hudaybiyyah, Hazrat Yusuf and idols of Mecca are ignored in other taqreer. they mostly use language of fanaticism and dogmatism rather than quoting Quran and Hadith. they base their speech on stories and shakhsiyat and their audience appreciate.
1:11:49
please advise under this situation what is the appropriate way to start a process of improvement? should one start by approaching speaker or audience?" Kya main samjha nahi question ko? maulana, woh yeh keh rahe hain ke aksar jo taqreer hoti hai jo yeh log karte hain, kis ki taqreer? meri taqreer? nahin, nahin, jo ulama ki taqreer hoti hai ya jo scholars ki taqreer hoti hai, yeh kehna chahiye na ke batana chahiye kis ki taqreer? main samjha ek mere bare mein keh rahe hain woh? nahin, nahin, nahin. hain ji, unhon ne woh shayad woh yahi kehna chah rahe hain. maulana, likha nahin hai unhon ne woh word. toh woh yeh keh rahe hain ke is mein woh woh sab cheezein ignore karte hain jo Hudaybiyyah incident hain.
1:12:30
haan, toh main ji ji, is mein yeh baat clear honi chahiye. main bhai samjha ke meri taqreer pe bol rahe hain woh. ji, cheezein hamesha ambiguity rahengi. is liye quran mein hai "wa laqad arsalna ilaika ayatin bayyinat wa ma kafara billazina fatu fit taghuti wa yaktufuru billahi faqad dallal dalal بعيدا". yani cheezon par element of doubt ka parda hamesha hi rahega kyunke is ke baghair test nahin ho sakta. agar aap chahein ke element of doubt na rahe toh yeh pass bolna hi hai. "that is part of creation plan". toh woh toh rahega chahe ulama ki taqreer ho ya kitabein hon ya media ho. har jagah element of doubt rahega. aap kabhi bhi yeh umeed na rakhiye ke element of doubt jo hai woh khatam kar diya jayega.
1:13:17
ab aap apni aql ko istemal kijiye, apni power of analysis ko istemal kijiye. bas aur koi option nahin, doosra nahin hai. apni reason ko istemal kijiye. ah maulana, Raipur se hi Miss Shabana ka ek question aaya hai. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana sahib, it is often mentioned that prepared mind is needed to grasp the message. please advise if dai has any role in preparing mind. if yes, how it is done?"
1:13:52
dekhein, apne mind ko prepare karne ke liye sab se jo zaroori condition hai woh hai apne aap ko distraction se bachana. misal ke taur par, maine dekha gharon mein ke auratein jo hain, un ka soul concern kaha jata hai: "bachche, bachche, bachche" ya "kitchen, kitchen, kitchen". toh woh har waqt distraction hi mein jeeti hain. auratein toh koi mind prepare kis tarah hoga? mardon ka haal yeh hai ke "money, money, money" har waqt money hai. toh koi kisi ko mind distract kiye hue hai, kisi ko is ke bachche distract kiye hue hain, kisi ko is ke political jo interest hai woh distract kiye hue hain.
1:14:32
toh woh toh hoga phir ke aadmi prepared mind nahin ho banega. toh agar aadmi chahta hai ke main prepared mind banu taake main cheezon ko grasp kar sakoon, yeh sab fawaid hasil kar sakoon, toh phir apne ko distraction se bachana padega. yeh price toh deni hi padegi. agar aadmi chahe ke main distract bhi hota rahu aur mujhe yani mera mind tayyar bhi ho jaye toh yeh toh "ae khayalast o malast o junoon" aisa hone wala nahin hai. har cheez ki ek price hoti hai. woh zehn banane ki ek bhi ek price hai, woh hai apne ko distraction se bachana.
1:15:16
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Mr. Amir bin Yusuf ka, Karachi Pakistan se.
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