Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Price to pay for jihad fi sabilillah

“What is the price that we have to pay to be able to do jihad fi sabilillah?”Asked by Miss Naghma Siddiqui, Delhi

He answers at 50:55 in Jihad Fillah · 3 min 45 sec

His answer, in his own words
50:55
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai miss naghma siddiqui ka. unhon ne likha hai: "what is the price that we have to pay to be able to do jehad jehad fi Allah? " bhai, yeh to main pehle bhi arz kar chuka hoon ke sab se, yani yeh ek hi price dena hai, woh hai distraction se bachana. bas kya cheez distraction hai? is ko bhi log nahi jante. kya cheez distraction hai? is ko bhi log nahi jante. to beharhal is ko daryaft kijiye ke distraction kya hai aur is se aap logon ko bachaiye.
51:39
tab aap aap is qabil honge ke aap ke andar jehad fi Allah ka process jari ho. yeh ek process hai, intellectual process. to intellectual process jab jari ho payega, jab aap apne ko bachayen distraction se. mera jo tajurba hai, har aadmi ka yahi case hai ke woh distract hota rehta hai. har aadmi ka yahi case hai. isi distraction ki wajah se logon ko sachai milti nahi. woh is qabil nahi hote ke jehad fi Allah karen. woh lekin dheere dheere aadmi ko distraction se itni mohabbat ho jati hai ke us ko chhod nahi pata.
52:27
ek sahab the, woh koi zamane ki baat hai, jo cigarette nahi tha, beedi peete the. woh jo cigarette ki jagah beedi, main bohat ko samjhata tha ke aap isi phanse rehte hain, aap aap ko koi, yani aala daryaft nahi hogi. kyun ke woh chhod nahi paate the, kyun ke woh mehboob ho jati hai. woh woh mehboob ho jati hai. woh to isi tarah distraction, jis cheez mein aadmi bohat der tak distract hota rahe, woh us ko mehboob ho jati hai. yahan tak ke mera ek taza ek tajurba yeh hai ke ke pleasure ki ek nai ek qism meri samajh mein aayi hai, us ko main kehta hoon negative pleasure. woh bhi distraction hai ke agar aap ki zindagi mein bitter memories kuch hon, aap ko koi museebaten pesh aayi hon, kuch aap ko loss hua ho, kisi ne aap ko dhoka diya ho, to woh that is bitter memory.
53:30
to us ko aap charcha karte hain, isi ko sochte hain. to yahan tak ho jata hai ke is mein aap ko ek ek qism ka pleasure milne lagta hai, jis tarah khwahish ko khajash hota hai. khwahish ho, aap khajayen to is mein ek aap ko phir pleasure milega. that is negative pleasure. negative pleasure matlab yeh hai ke acha to lagta hai, lekin faida kuch nahi is ka. to main ne yeh paya hai ke jo log, yani jin ki zindagi mein, yani woh hua ho, setback hua ho, to aksar negative pleasure mein phans jate hain. woh isi ko sochte hain, isi ko charcha karte hain. aur is is ko sochne aur charcha karne mein un ko chunke khwahish khajane khajane ke tareeqe se ek lazzat milti hai, to phanse rehte hain, phanse rehte hain.
54:17
is se bahar nahi aa paate. woh bhi that is also a case of distraction. to itni zyada qismen hain distraction ki hain ke la tuddu wala tahsa. yeh aadmi khud ghaur kar ke samajh sakta hai ke mere liye main main main kis kaun kaun se distraction mein phansa hua hoon. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai jameel akhtar sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maujooda zamana uryaniyat ka zamana hai.
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