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Concept of Joint Family in Islam

“What is the concept of joint family in Islam?”Asked by عائشہ, دلی

He answers at 1:34:22 in Man and the Laws of Nature · 2 min 31 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:34:22
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai. miss ayesha ka . unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "what is the concept of joint family in Islam?" dekhen, joint family jo hai, wo Islam ka masla nahi hai. wo ek practical masla hai. yeh koi sharai masla nahi hai. aap akele rahen, chahe mil kar rahen, yeh aap ke upar hai. yeh aap ka apna choice hai. hisab yeh nahi kehta ke tum joint family banao ya nahi kehta.
1:34:54
lekin main sirf yeh keh sakta hoon ke ke sirf yeh keh sakta hoon ke yani married life hai, married life mein hamesha problem rehta hai. yani ek ek jora akele rahe, sirf husband aur wife, tab bhi problem hai. family ke sath mil kar rahe, tab bhi problem hai. yahan tak ke shadi na karen, tab bhi problem hai. to har soorat mein problem baqi rehta hai. sirf is ka nature badalta rehta hai. nature akele hain, tab bhi problem.
1:35:30
do hain, tab bhi problem. family mein, tab bhi problem. to hota yeh hai ke aadmi jis situation mein hai, wahan jo problem face kar raha hai, to us us waqt tak bas yahan yeh problem hai. agar main is se alag tareeqa ikhtiyar karoon to wahan problem nahi rahega. aam taur par yeh log khayal hain. to beharhal main yeh kahunga ke married life itself is a problem hai. balkeh life itself is a problem. life khud problem hai. quran mein hai ke: "laqad khalaqal insana fi kabad". insaan ko hum ne paida kiya hai. problem hai. to problem to part of life hai. kese aap problem free life bana banayenge?
1:36:12
akele rahiye, shadi kar ke rahiye, joint family mein rahiye, kahin bhi rahiye, har jagah problem hai. to asal cheez hai ke: "you have no, you have to know the art, art of problem management". asal cheez yeh hai. joint family theek hai aur aur alag alag rehna theek hai. donon theek hain. is mein koi sharai masla nahi hai. asal masla yeh hai ke aap jannay ke problem ko mujhe manage karna hai. problem se takrana nahi hai.
1:36:43
bas is is is is cheez ko log nahi jante. log yeh art of problem management nahi jante. is liye pareshan rehte hain. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai. maulana zakwan nadvi ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, kindly explain the verse number 7980 of chapter number three of quran, where it is mentioned: no one to whom god has given the scriptures and in whom he has bestowed wisdom and prophethood would say to man: worship me instead of god
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