Intention
Nav for Ikhlas
Therefore, if the speaker has no Ikhlaas, then he can only convey
some knowledge, but people who attend his talks leave in the same
condition they arrived; there is no apparent difference or visible
change.
If the speaker is mukhlis (sincere) then the listeners
are not mukhlis [i.e. they are not really keen on making
the Islaah (reformation) of their nafs, or it has become
just routine to attend a weekly program, or go out for some ta’leem]. As
a result, their hearts cannot receive that which the speaker is passing
on.
If both these categories possess Ikhlaas then the third party – the
organisers – may be defective in intention. Many a time the
organisers of such Programmes are motivated by numerous worldly reasons,
and as a result, there is no evident benefit.
In all Deeni programmes, either :
- The speaker is sincere and the audience is sincere, or
- The speaker is sincere but the listeners are not sincere, or
- The listeners are sincere but the speaker is not sincere, or
- Both the speaker and listeners are not sincere.
- The speaker and audience are sincere, but the organisers are not sincere.
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