The Ruling on Going Out with the Group of Da'wah and Tabligh
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, on the occasion of your remarks regarding groups, what is your view on the Da'wah and Tabligh group? Should we go out with them, considering that there are sinful people who need them?
The Shaykh:
I do not advise going out with them. First, because they are Sufis, followers of Sufism, who established the school or the methodology in Pakistan. They are Sufis from the extreme Sufis, and their actions also display Sufism. Even here, Sufism is evident in their actions; there are things in their practices that belong to Sufi works. Also, they are ignorant; they have no knowledge, but rather they strive to learn knowledge. They have some bid'ah (religious innovations), such as adhering to staying for forty days or four months. They also have the six principles, which they call the six foundations. There is no evidence for these from the Shari'ah. So, the result is that it is not permissible to go out with them. Rather, one must warn against them. And the da'wah, praise be to Allah, in our lands is clear, on a sound methodology, on a sound creed, and on knowledge. So what is our need for the Tabligh group or such and such a group? Let us stick to what we are upon, the methodology we are upon, of which we are certain of its validity, and which has proven its validity, praise be to Allah. It has proven its validity from the beginning of the second century until now, and it is, praise be to Allah, continuing and successful. A state was established upon it, a state that is characterized by security, stability, and tranquility. So why do we leave this methodology and this correct Sunnah way and go to adopt other suspicious methodologies about which we know nothing and do not know their people?
Another questioner:
Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, on the occasion of your remarks regarding groups, what is your view on the Da'wah and Tabligh group? Should we go out with them, considering that there are sinful people who need them?
The Shaykh:
I do not advise going out with them. First, because they are Sufis, followers of Sufism, who established the school or the methodology in Pakistan. They are Sufis from the extreme Sufis, and their actions also display Sufism. Even here, Sufism is evident in their actions; there are things in their practices that belong to Sufi works. Also, they are ignorant; they have no knowledge, but rather they strive to learn knowledge. They have some bid'ah (religious innovations), such as adhering to staying for forty days or four months. They also have the six principles, which they call the six foundations. There is no evidence for these from the Shari'ah. So, the result is that it is not permissible to go out with them. Rather, one must warn against them. And the da'wah, praise be to Allah, in our lands is clear, on a sound methodology, on a sound creed, and on knowledge. So what is our need for the Tabligh group or such and such a group? Let us stick to what we are upon, the methodology we are upon, of which we are certain of its validity, and which has proven its validity, praise be to Allah. It has proven its validity from the beginning of the second century until now, and it is, praise be to Allah, continuing and successful. A state was established upon it, a state that is characterized by security, stability, and tranquility. So why do we leave this methodology and this correct Sunnah way and go to adopt other suspicious methodologies about which we know nothing and do not know their people?
Another questioner:
Yes.
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