Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Explanation of Prophet Ibrahim's saying on reward

“I heard a great scholar give a speech about Muslim culture. At the end, he quoted Prophet Ibrahim: 'O my people! I do not ask any reward from you, my reward is with Allah.' Please explain the meaning.”Asked by Shah Imran Hasan, Delhi

He answers at 1:32:09 in Age of Consumerism · 2 min 58 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:32:09
maulana, yeh sawal dilli se hai, shah imran hasan sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "ek bade aalim deen ki maine taqreer suni. yeh taqreer muslim culture ke upar thi. aakhir mein unhon ne hazrat ibrahim ki yeh baat kahi ke 'ae meri qaum! main tum se koi ajr nahi mangta, mera ajr to Allah ke paas hai.' " maulana sahib, mera sawal yeh hai ke is tarah ki cultural taqreer ke baad is ko quran se jodna kaisa hai?
1:32:51
cultural jo musalmanon ka zehan hai, cultural identity yani shanakht, woh to ek milli yani milli mamla hai, millat ka mamla hai. musalman is zamane mein bohat zyada baatein karte hain shanakht ki, identity ki. woh ek milli masla hai. woh hazrat ibrahim ka jo waqea hai ya doosre paighambaron ka, woh daai ka culture hai ke daai jin logon mein daryaaon mein kaam karta hai, un se un se chanda mangna, un se faida uthana, yeh is ka mizaj nahi hota hai. woh woh to yak tarafah tor par apni baat tak pahunchane ki koshish karta hai. woh is ko jo is ko lena hai, woh Allah se umeed rakhta hai. is ke liye woh baqi jo madu log hain, un se is kisi maadi cheez ki umeed de kar nahi kaam karta.
1:33:47
woh kuch nahi. to woh woh wahan par dawat culture ki baat hai, woh milli culture ki baat nahi hai. donon alag cheezein hain. milli culture to ek qaumi cheez hai, qaumi. ab woh to ek dawti cheez hai, bohat oonchi oonchi baat hai. woh woh alag hai, woh alag hai. okay, we we'll end the session now. thank you.
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