Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Online vs in-person companionship for tazkiyah

“Can the required companionship for tazkiyah be obtained online or only in person?”Asked by ظہیرالدین, رائچور

He answers at 58:55 in Personality of A Believer · 1 min 27 sec

His answer, in his own words
58:55
maulana, agla sawal raichur se hai zaheeruddin sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "tazkiya ke liye jo sohbat darkar hai, woh kya online bhi hasil ho sakti hai ya personally hi hasil hogi?" dekhiye janab, personally hasil hoti hai, na kisi aur tareeqe se. rasool Allah ke zamane mein madine mein kai log the, rasool Allah ke paas baithte the, lekin munafiq reh gaye. woh yeh to sab log jante hain ke munafiq kyun baithte the rasool Allah ke paas, lekin phir bhi munafiq hi rahe. woh to sara mamla jo hai, aap ki apni receptivity ka hai,
59:40
apni akhaziyat ka hai, khud apne andar kitna shaoori development aap ne kiya hai, us ka hai. agar aadmi ka zehan bohat zyada developed ho, us ke andar bohat zyada receptivity receptivity ho, to har cheez us ke liye sohbat ka faida degi. har cheez, yani us ko koi us ka form nahi hai, form nahi hai. har cheez hai. sara mamla depend karta hai is par ke intellectual development kisi ka kitna hua hai aur kitna receptive bana hai aadmi.
1:00:22
it all depends upon receptivity. maulana ajmer se doctor safina tabassum ne agla sawal bheja hai. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, i really thank you for providing us with the guidance to make oneself a jannati personality.
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