Our elders have always said that we should win the hearts of teh brothers first then take work from them. Having said that and taking into consideration what Yasin has said we must remember that the elders have also said that always make the full tashkeel like i made above on the 2.5 hrs etc.... but if a person wants to give more or less thats fine.
About scaring the laymen away, this i put down to the habbits of the perpetual workers who tend to become very fanatic and they unfortuantely see Tabligh as THEE only solution then this happens and comments like these surface. Mufti Mahmood Hasan Ganghoi when he made Itikaf in Lenasia South Africa when the In gusht took place he gave the Bayaan and he made it clear to all present that we should not COMPARTMENTALISE deen and say that TABLIGH is theee only solution or KHANQA is thee only solution, he said these are one of many ways of reformation and that each should work hand in hand. He said the elders of Tabligh should encourage the workers to go and sit in the company of the Shuyukh and that the Shuyukh in the Khanqa should encourage the mureeds to go out in the path of Allah.
Coming back to the Ulama's attitude to giving time, this stems from the fact that the Ulama have been silent in their stance against or for tabligh. They should spend time educating tablighis so that they the tablighi's can be more moderate in their approach. No use complaining they need to be clear as they are the Bearers of the GREAT knowledge.
Our elders are currently saying that we should be making our musjids abaad (alive) and that the musjid should be the focul point of the muslims community. This will only happen when the Quran and Sunnat come alive in the musjid and BIDAT is dispelled from the ibadat in the musjid.
However, as you stated above very nicely mashaAllah, the cause can be lack of minimum required knowledge and also, the lack of Ulamaa in supervision of this great work.
A very strong motive in Tableegh is your last paragraph:
How different would communities be if this took place in every area. Jazakallah for your input brother.
Wassalam
We speak about Ilm and Dhikr all the time - but I sometimes ask myself, where is the effort for Ilm? I wish ulama would take jamaats for 40 days and actually teach them a syllabus of some sort at the same time. That way one really would be doing all 6 points and not just repeating them like parrots.
Reading fadil is very good and powerful for Islah but we also need to learn.
e.g maybe a jamaat could have the target of learning Quran etc.
yet when it comes to the noble Quraan we neglect mentioning that ata bear minimum we should be reading at least 100 ayaat so as not to be counted amongst the neglectful.
The reason (for not mentioning Quraan) is because most of the ummat has left the understanding of the Quraan only to the ulama and they have the attitude that if we not aalim or moulana then we shouldnt be engaging in understanding the meaning of the Quraan, whether it be good tafseers of english versions this Mufti A.K Hoosen was saying is the major neglect of the ummat today. We have to take out time to go and seek ulama who are prepared to explain to us the meaning of the Quraan and then Inshallah of we sit in their company and work out some sort of syllabus afetr a short period we will gaing knowledge to start understanding Quraan by ourselves, but we should always refer to a learned person for clearification.
Alhamdullilah where i stay i try as much a possible to make mention of all the things we have descussed in this post whenever i get the opportunity to give gusht adaabs or Six points.
One last thing for All.
In Mukathab Ahadith By Ml Yusuf رضي الله عنه edited and completed by Ml Saad (db) in teh introduction a very important directive is laid down for all mubaligheen doing the tarteeb of the Tabligh
i.e That the 6 points are clear and extracted from the Sahaba's live nobody shall add another to it nor shall it be deduced by any amounts. RATHER EVERY WORKER SHALL ONLY STICK TO THE 6 POINTS IN HIS DAWAT HE SHOULD NEITHER NOT TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE UNLESS IT IS IN THE BOUNDERIES OF THE 6 QUALITIES.
This can also be found in the introduction of a nice book by Mufti Mahmood Hasan (RA) entitled Mufti Mahmood and the Tabligh jamaat.
Today Mubaligheen have sortive ignored this directive that's why they end up talking about things which either make no sesnse or r blatantly incorrect.
May Allah guide us All
Ameen
The book mentioned above-mufti mahmood hasan gangohi and the tablighi jamaat is an excellent book, and another really good book on the subject is 'Tabligh Movement ' by a Maulana Wahiduddin Khan.
When a janazah is picked up and people take turns to lend a shoulder in carrying it, no one ever says no to anyone. Every participant is welcome in sharing the "burden" so to speak.
So how come everyone is so keen to push and shove each other when working for the beatiful Deen of Allah? Khanqah, Tabligh, a simple dars in the local Masjid, a halaqa.....are they not all for the same purpose and just different roads leading to the same destination? The important thing is they be of benefit to those who need guidance and who amongst us is not in need of correct guidance?
May Allah accept each and every effort made in His path, aameen
Asslamo Allaikum,
Shaykh Zulfiqar (HA) says,
"To serve the Deen is one of the great Sunnah and a hallmark of the Ulama of Deoband. Every single one of them served the Deen to the best of his capacity and there are many ways to Serve the Deen. Pick a way to the best of your ability and DO NOT look down on others. When someone asks as to why you have chosen to serve the Deen in this way when such and such Shaykh and such and such Maualana does it that way, you reply"
I am weak and this is the only way I can serve the Deen of Allah (SWT). Such and Shaykh and such and such Maulana is better and more capable then me and I wish I could emulate him but my human weakness is the impediment!
Then Shaykh (HA) says,
"Brothers! We have nothing against Tableegh, Jihad, Madrasahs but all those ways of serving the Deen requires much greater effort, intelligence and capability. Due to my inability and weakness my Shaykh (RA) advised to me to serve the Deen through Tassawuff so that's what I am doing!"
Its down to my weakness and their greater ability. I can barely fulfill what our Mashaykh taught us let alone anything else.
I was STUNNED when I heard this, "indirectly"
Thank you very much guest.
Read it completely and saved this message in my computer.
My dua is May Allah make us believe that the hadhrath jees, Moulana Ilyas RA, Moulana yusuf RA, Moulana Inamul Hasan RA were all on siratal mustaqeem; Ummah was most benefited by them. And may Allah SWT keep all of us on their path.
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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