Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why Learning Islam Hardens Heart

“Most of the Muslims who follow the Islamic scholars and know a little bit of Quran and Hadith are away from the love of humanity. Why does the learning of Islam lead to stiffening of one's heart?”

He answers at 1:28:24 in Life After Death · 4 min 10 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:28:24
is mein koi sawab nahi hai. maulana, in ka doosra sawal yeh hai, unhone likha hai: "Most of the Muslims who follow the Islamic scholars and know a little bit of Quran and Hadith are away from the love of humanity. Why does the learning of Islam lead one to stiffening of one's heart?" nahi, yeh yeh stiffening jo aayi hai yeh quran o hadith se nahi aayi hai. chhodne ki niyat mein aayi hai, chhodne ki. is ko kehte hain qasawat. qasawat chhoden. agar woh quran ko padhen, hadith ko padhen, rasool allah ki seerat ko padhen to is mein dil naram hoga.
1:29:09
woh softening ke zariye aayi hai, stiffening ke zariye nahi hai. yani qasawat nahi aayegi balkeh dil naram ho gaye. log log log keh rahe hain ke woh padhte hi nahi hain. bahut se bahut quran ki tilawat kar lete hain. quran ka zikr kaun karta hai? to jitna zyada gehrai ke sath log quran ko padhenge, sunnat rasool ko padhenge, hadith ko padhenge, sahaba ki zindagi ko padhenge, utne hi logon ke dil naram honge. aur jitna is ko chhodenge utni qasawat aayegi. yeh hai saada formula is ka.
1:29:44
dilli se misr muhammad sadiq ne likha hai: "We Muslims believe this. We Muslims believe this worldly life only once. But non-Muslims believe seven times life and birth. Please tell us how to make them understand logically as they don't believe Quran and Islamic concepts." kitaben padhiye, padhwaiye. khud hi padhiye to padhwaiye. aur koi doosra zariya nahi hai. khud apne yani aap apna intellectual development kijiye. aur sab mutale se hota hai, study ke zariye hota hai. khud padhiye to padhwaiye. yahi tareeqa hai. maulana sharukh hussain ne dilli se likha hai: "इस्लाम में मायूसी हराम क्यों है?
1:30:39
"haram is liye hai ke duniya ko allah taala ne is tarah banaya hai ke yahan mayoos hone ki zaroorat hi nahi hai. misal ke taur par agar koi shakhs pani na piya bhar jaye to haram hoga is ke liye. kyun? pani itna abundantly maujood hai ke aap kahin bhi pani, zameen khoden to pani hai, darya ko dekhen to pani hai, samandar ko dekhen to pani hai. to aap kyun pani, pani yani pani na peekar apne ko maar dalen? jab pani itna abundantly available hai to aap pani ko chhod kar maren apne aap ko, halak karen. to kaise jaiz hoga woh? to allah taala ne duniya ko is tarah banaya hai ke yahan opportunities unlimited hain.
1:31:30
unlimited. to kya zaroorat hai mayoos hone ki aap ko? unlimited opportunities hain. to is liye mayoosi ko haram qarar diya gaya hai. yani nizam mein fitrat ke khilaf hai, law of nature ke khilaf hai. allah taala ne aisi duniya aap ko di hai jahan mawaqe, opportunities bepanah hain. aap khwamkhwah aap koi mayoos kar ke baithen to yeh aap ko yani yani khuda ke nizam ke khilaf ka yeh hai, is ke khilaf vote dena hai, is ke khilaf sochna hai. khuda par distress show karna hai. jo aadmi mayoos hota hai woh khuda par be aitimadi karta hai, khuda par distress show karta hai.
1:32:22
to to zahir hai ke haram hoga. kyunke iske koi is ka koi justification nahi hai. is ka koi jawaz, is ka koi jawaz nahi hai. molana, agla sawal miss saira latif ka hai karachi pakistan se. unhon ne likha hai: "kya jannat mein insan hamesha ke liye rahega?
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