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Dear imam,assalamualaikum. tableeg workers do not preach to non muslims.Is not Quran for the whole of mankind.Where does it say reform muslims first and then non muslims?Quran says preach nonmuslims

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Mufti Ebrahim Desai
FATWA DEPT.

Shari’ah had not mandated a particular format for Da’wah work. Religious
education, Tabligh, Jihaad, etc. are different ways of discharging this
collective responsibility and they are all important in their own right. The
popular format chosen for a given function is an administrastive matter. For
example, today our religious institutes offer instruction for 10 months a
year, six days a week, six hours a day. They also have exams at
predetermined intervals. This arrangement has been found useful through
experience, but it was not used at the time of Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi
Wasallam) and one cannot find any evidence supporting it in the books of
Hadith.

However, since this arrangement is not considered mandated by the Shari’ah,
but it is only an administrative matter, therefore, it cannot be considered
a Bid’at. The format adopted by the Tablighi Jamaat is also of this nature
and does not need evidence in its favour as long as it is not considered as
mandated by the Shari’ah. However, for our understanding, it is sufficient
to note that all prophets (Alayhis salaam), including Nabi (Sallallaahu
Alayhi Wasallam), had gone out to invite the people to the greatness of
Allah. This is an answer given to a similar question by Mufti Taqi Usmani.

To claim that Tablighi Jamaat accords no importance to Qur’aan is an
erroneous notion reinforced by non-conformance to Usool (principles) and
laxity by some of its members which cannot be used as a basis to come to a
general conclusion. In fact, a lot of emphasis is given to the Qur’aan as
regularly mentioned in the Hidaayat (guidance) talks delievered daily in the
central Markaz Nizaamuddeen that every Haafidh should recite no lesser than
1 Juz. Brothers are also encouraged to teach one another, those who know how
to recite, to teach those who don’t. In Fadhaail-e-Aamaal itself, is a
complete chapter dedicated to the virtues of reciting, learning and teaching
the Qur’aan.

Concerning the Mehfils of Dhikr in the manner you describe, many Ulama,
regarding it to be nothing more than an exercise to gain concentration, have
taken it to be permissible. It should be noted, however, that many evil
practices accompanying these Mehfils (when held by Barelvis) do in fact
constitute Bid’at, such as belief that Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) is
present in the gathering, etc.

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