Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why recite when path to Jannah is difficult?

“When Prophet Muhammad went on Miraj, he was shown Jannah there. He was also shown the path to Jannah, which he found to be full of difficulties. After seeing this path, the Prophet said: 'Very few people of my Ummah will enter into Jannah because the path is very difficult.' Maulana, my question to you is: when the path is so difficult, then how come some maulvis advise us to recite...”Asked by مس گل زیبہ احمد, میری لینڈ، یو ایس اے

He answers at 1:18:38 in Divine Ideology of Life I · 4 min 32 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:18:38
Maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Miss Gul Zeebah Ahmed ka Maryland, USA se. She has written: "Maulana, first I would like to thank you for your great advice at a teleconference meeting early morning today. My question is: when Prophet Muhammad went on Miraj, he was shown Jannah there. He was also shown the path to Jannah, which he found to be full of difficulties. After seeing this path, the Prophet said: 'Very few people of my Ummah will enter into Jannah because the path is very difficult.' Maulana, my question to you is: when the path is so difficult, then how come some molvis advise us to recite some Surahs and Duas every day to get to Jannah?" woh to mein ne abhi aap ne kaha hai aap ne is mein ke us waqt jo Islam hai woh to Islam ka reduced form hai. yani mein to khud se ek Islam ka form bana liya hai.
1:19:47
reduced bhi nahi hai, invited form hai woh. yeh to bilkul yeh yani 100 percent yeh baseless hai. yeh sab cheezein yeh bohat jannat, woh bohat jannat, yeh sab bilkul baseless hai. 100 percent baseless hai. yeh Surah ko parh lene se yeh falan waqt do rakat namaz parh lo, falan yeh falan jagah chale jao, falan jagah chale jao, jannat mil jayegi. yeh sab bilkul baseless baatein hain. yaad rakhiye, jannat ke liye jo formula Quran mein bataya gaya hai woh yeh hai: zala jaza wa man tazakka
1:20:23
yani jannat us ke liye jis ne apna tazkiya kiya. tazkiya kiya, yeh nahi ke subah koi ayat padh li, shaam ko ayat padh li to bas jannat mein chala gaya. yeh to bilkul hi ridiculous hai, ridiculous. tazkiya kiya yani apne aap ko purify kiya. zalik jaza wa man tazka jannat us ke liye jis ne apne aap ko, soul ko purify kiya. purify karna kya hai? har waqt hamare andar negative thought aate hain, us ko nikalna. har waqt hamare andar kuch galat khwahishein paida hoti hain, us se ladna.
1:21:01
har waqt hamare samne aise koi aata hai ke hum debate karne lagte hain. idhar is se apne ko idhar right path pe lagana, lana. har waqt koi temptation hai, aulad ka hai, bachon ka hai, family ka hai, kisi bhi cheez ka. is temptation se apne ko bachana. tab woh tazkiya hota hai, tab woh purified soul banta hai. log to phanse rehte hain isi mein, apne ko yani pollute karte hain aur samajhte hain ke kuch kuch yeh kuch daane pe tasbeeh padh do, kuch suratein padh do to jannat pahunch jaoge.
1:21:39
to ridiculous, ridiculous. to behal is ayat ko yaad rakhiye: zalik jaza mantazka aisi aayatein bahut sari hain. ek hadith mein hai ke ek aadmi jab ek gunah karta hai, us ke dil pe ek dhabba pad jata hai. phir karta hai, phir padhta hai, phir karta hai, phir padhta hai. yahan tak ke poora dil kala ho jata hai. yeh kala matlab yeh nahi ke sach much color color ke sach mein kala hota hai, nahi.
1:22:12
is ka matlab hai besht ho jata hai. to is mein hadith mein kya bataya gaya hai ke jaise hi tum ko mehsoos ho ke ek dhabba pada, jaldi se mitao us ko. mitane ka tareeqa kya bataya hai? kasrat zikr al maut wa tilawat al quran khoob zyada yaad karo maut ko aur khoob zyada padho. khoob zyada study karo quran ki. padho nahi, study karo quran ki.
1:22:42
to ek ek course hai, ek process hai jo chalta hai. yani zindagi mein chalta rehta hai, yahan tak ke maut tak chalta hai. woh har waqt apne ko purify karna, har waqt apne ko deviation se bachana, har waqt apne ko temptation se bachana. har waqt jab aap ka focus hate, phir us ko focus ko dobara right path par lana. yeh hai course tazkiya ka. baqi sab to bilkul baseless baatein hain. Maulana, un ka ek aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, here in the West, many Muslims want their children to memorize the Quran at a very young age.
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