Fazail Amaal @ Work/Uny

AAWW, on my mind for some time (maybe other peoples minds too). I may just been looking at this the wrong way so other peoples views and experiences would be most welcome.

Why do ‘our’ brothers insist on using Fazail Amaal to do taleem at work. Usually most work places (in London anyway) have a very mixed crowd so using books like Fazail Amaal may not (for whichever reason) sit comfortably with ‘some’. If ALL/MOST the attending congregation are more comfortable with some think Riyadus Saaliheen why cant that be read instead. We had two brothers who used to pray with the main salaah congregation at work but now dont – i have a hunch its do to with ‘our’ brothers being adamant in reading Fazail Amaal. Both these brothers mashallah i found to be good brothers (ones a non extreme salafi and the others a hanafi whos close to Shaykh Akram Nadwi)

Another thing

Theres numerous anecdotes of past Ulama and pious individuals (May Allahs mercy be on all their souls) from India in Fazail Amaal thats almost impossible for someone whos in his mid 20s in London, New York etc and has never been to Indo-Pak nor intends to (ever) go, to relate to. It would be nice if in future a revised version (if revised!) could replace some (i.e not even all) of those anecdotes with more recent anecdotes from UK, USA just so a contemporary crowd can relate to the anecdotes a little more.

p.s. please dont take this the wrong way i.e. nothing to do with some nut case's usual allegations and misunderstandings about using weak hadith etc for the purposes of virtues or drawing inspiration/lessons from (i.e. non-fiqhi)

I was assigned to do Masjid-Wali Jamaat in a hardcore Salafi Masjid in my youth for a longtime and after Mushwara under the guidance of our Ameer Saheb:

1. Never used Fazail-e-Amaal
2. All Bayans were carefully planned
3. Didn't let any Tom, Dick & Harry give a Bayan in that Mosque (Arabs included) no matter how big of a BUZURG the person was!

Brothers from the Masjid were actually looking to pull us up on something and to object to something, never really got anything. In fact the tables were turned on them because every time they discussed some hypothetical Tabaleeghi-Jamaat the Ameer Saheb discussed it head-on and said you have no DALEEL because I am Tableeghi (I am here) and go find the people and discuss this in India/Pakistan.

Learned a lot under the Ameer Saheb personally I think most Tableeghees do things in a ROBOTIC manner without much thought.

Asslamo Allaikum,

Negative!

Robotic obedience to Allah (SWT) & Sayyidina Rasul-ullah (Sallallaho Alaihe Wassallam) is REQUIRED & PRAISEWORTHY.

Robotic obedience to an Ameer (when his commands within Islam) is a COMMAND from Allah (SWT).

Robotic obedience otherwise is NOT ISLAM. The 25 year old Tableeghi in my local Mosque is neither Allah (SWT), nor Rasool, nor my Ameer, nor has enough knowledge in Islam to DEMAND Robotic obedience.

I have spent time and discussed a lot with the Akabir of Nizamuddin & Raiwind and many Deobandi Mashaykh so a person must be able to ascertain suitability of what is being said.

I was in a Majlis of a well known Shaykh (xs11ax may also been there) and the Shaykh made a rude comment about a brother’s wife and him having a sexual session to which everybody in the room laughed (except a few people). The comments were downright rude, fowl and vulgar and those around should have HAD a brain to distinguish that it was inappropriate.

A Senior Tableeghi on Christmas day last year sat me down for 2 hours and gave me Dawah saying, “Allah (SWT) has Angels which are bigger than the heavens and the Earth so imagine how BIG Allah (SWT) is...”

Rest of the Tableeghees around us were spinning their heads in praise at the Hikmat of Hazrat which is staright heresy!

Common people amongst Sahabah (RA) (men and women) used to regularly OBJECT to their Ameer openly if they deemed something to be against Islam. Islamic history is filled with many stories of this nature.

Sufees & Tableeghees have elevated their leaders to the level of Prophets so they won’t get it.