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Respected Ulama,
Assalamu Alaikum.
I have read a fatwa (https://www.askimam.org/public/question_detail/35332) approved by Mufti Ebrahim Desai and got a clear clarification of the term في سبيل الله and how its virtues were meant for actual jihad (although we have different forms of jihad) and advising my friends and family not to use hadiths pertaining to jihad (path of Allah) for going out in tabligh. But recently I was reading Maariful Hadith (by Moulana Muhammad Manzoor Nomani), in volume 4 under the section Book of Holding Fast To The Quran and Sunnah under the topic Jihad & Martyrdom (topic 138 English Version Page 252, 253) the author after quoting a hadith from Bukhari
(38/1906) Sayyidina Abu Abs & reported that Allah's Messenger & said, "It cannot be that once a man's feet become dusty on walking in the path of Allah, the fire of hell would touch them." (Saheeh Bukhari)
in the commentry he quotes an incident and statement of a tabi'ee Abayah ibn Rifa'ah that
The words in the path of Allah' do not restrict their application to jihad and fighting alone but encompass a greater field; to go to offer salah and to run about in service of religion and of what
places Allah are also jihad.
Now I'm confused whether we can actually use this type of hadiths for going out in tabligh jamaat or not. Can you Please explain this issue in detail and clarify my doubts ? also do Hadhrat Shaikhul Hadith Maulana Muhammad Zakariya (رحمة الله عليه) in his book named "Tablighi Jama'at Par E'terazat Aur Un Ke Jawabat" claims there is nothing wrong in quoting the hadiths of jihad for going out in tableegh ?
I sincerely request you to clarify the issue in detail so that I can repent publicly (since I have been opposing every one who were using the hadiths of jihad for tableegh jamaat) and correct my views. May Allah reward you for your efforts.
بارك الله فيكم
