Questions & Answers

“What are some practical tips for maintaining strong patience in daily life, especially in the face of challenging or difficult situations?”

“How did Prophet Yusuf maintain modesty despite being given so much honor and respect in the royal palace?”

“Sometimes it is not your nature to be negative but people around you do wrong things against you. So how should we fight against oppression? How should we fight for our rights without being negative?”

“My question is how to deal with anger when in spite of adopting an approach of keeping our calm, someone is continuously instigating you?”

“If you talk peace, people consider you weak and try to take advantage. Why should we Muslims let non-Muslims see us as weak? We are not weak, and we should respond aggressively, an eye for an eye.”

“How can I understand that the self-correction process has started within me and how to maintain it?”

“Is it right or wrong to praise others or to desire praise?”

“Maulana, you said the first thing Muslim should do is to forget the complaint against others. How can we do it practically as the mind becomes restless if someone does bad to you?”

“What are those things that as a believer I should not do which will stop me from becoming a brilliant personality?”

“My question is about seriousness and steadfastness. It is often observed that deep thinking, seriousness, and consistency are for God and religion...”

“With what intention should one ask questions? For increase in knowledge, for increase in recognition, or to remove someone's objection? Please explain.”

“What is the basic difference between contentment (qana'at) and greed (hirs)? Why doesn't today's person find contentment?”

“I am a surgeon and I don't lie to insurance companies about the patient illness because I believe as a Muslim I should not lie to anyone. As a result, some patients leave me and find someone else who can lie and operate them. How far is my approach correct?”

“Can you please elaborate the three conditions for team members? Emotional attachment, acceptance of criticism, and third, not taking any excuses.”

“Maulana, as you suggest, the best formula for universal peace is to have patience and forbearance for anything wrong happening around. It means we should avoid to react and retaliate against anything which is wrong. But this kind of act comes under the third lowest level of Iman, as the third level of Iman is to feel bad in the heart about anything wrong happening in front of our eyes. I understand that level one of Iman will be applicable in the case of Islamic rule. That is you stop the thing forcefully which is wrong, but can't we at least speak and tell the people in a peaceful manner?”

“I am very impressed with you from my childhood. You often talk about patience and non-violence. To what extent will we keep mum?”

“Is divorce and khula in Islam a civilized solution for the conflict between husband and wife?”