Warning Against the Tabligh Group
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Question:
This is a poet who asks: What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, of those who forbid warning against the Tabligh Group and say, "May Allah benefit many people through them"? Please rule for us; may Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
We say that warning against them is the correct course. We are not in doubt about our religion, and we have the da'wah (calling to Islam), praise be to Allah: the da'wah of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) established by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, which the people of the land have followed. It is a sound da'wah. We have no need for a group coming from here or there that we imitate and say, "May Allah benefit through them." The da'wah of tawhid is more beneficial and better.
This is an unknown group. Many things have been mentioned about them, and books have been written warning against them. People who went there and saw with their own eyes that this is a group of bid'ah (religious innovation) have testified to this. Therefore, its methodology and following it are not permissible. We have no need for that, as we have the correct, sound, and clear methodology that the ummah (the Muslim community) has followed in these lands.
That is, for about two hundred years, it has followed this sound methodology. It is not beneficial to import other madhhabs (schools of jurisprudence) and other methodologies when we do not know their principles or who is behind them. Benefit is not measured by numbers. People love bid'ah more than they love the sunnah (recommended practice). If someone calls them to the sunnah, they are reluctant, except for whom Allah wills. But if someone calls them to a bid'ah, by the will of Allah, they become active and enthusiastic, because Shaytan (Satan) urges them to it. So, the large number of followers is not a sign of merit, nor is the claim of great benefit valid. Where is the benefit in them?
They know tawhid. Ask them about the meaning of "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah), what its conditions are, what its pillars are, and what its nullifiers are? They do not know anything. They do not know anything about tawhid. This is observed and evident from them. Most of them are common people, not students of knowledge, so they do not know anything. How can you be callers to Allah when you are ignorant common people? Yes.
This is a poet who asks: What is your opinion, Honorable Shaykh, of those who forbid warning against the Tabligh Group and say, "May Allah benefit many people through them"? Please rule for us; may Allah reward you with good?
Answer:
We say that warning against them is the correct course. We are not in doubt about our religion, and we have the da'wah (calling to Islam), praise be to Allah: the da'wah of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) established by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, which the people of the land have followed. It is a sound da'wah. We have no need for a group coming from here or there that we imitate and say, "May Allah benefit through them." The da'wah of tawhid is more beneficial and better.
This is an unknown group. Many things have been mentioned about them, and books have been written warning against them. People who went there and saw with their own eyes that this is a group of bid'ah (religious innovation) have testified to this. Therefore, its methodology and following it are not permissible. We have no need for that, as we have the correct, sound, and clear methodology that the ummah (the Muslim community) has followed in these lands.
That is, for about two hundred years, it has followed this sound methodology. It is not beneficial to import other madhhabs (schools of jurisprudence) and other methodologies when we do not know their principles or who is behind them. Benefit is not measured by numbers. People love bid'ah more than they love the sunnah (recommended practice). If someone calls them to the sunnah, they are reluctant, except for whom Allah wills. But if someone calls them to a bid'ah, by the will of Allah, they become active and enthusiastic, because Shaytan (Satan) urges them to it. So, the large number of followers is not a sign of merit, nor is the claim of great benefit valid. Where is the benefit in them?
They know tawhid. Ask them about the meaning of "La ilaha illa Allah" (There is no god but Allah), what its conditions are, what its pillars are, and what its nullifiers are? They do not know anything. They do not know anything about tawhid. This is observed and evident from them. Most of them are common people, not students of knowledge, so they do not know anything. How can you be callers to Allah when you are ignorant common people? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-103-واجب المسلم تجاه الأفكار والآراء المضللة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (43:36)
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