Going Out with the Tabligh and Da'wah Group
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The questioner:
A large group claims that going out with them is jihad in the path of Allah.
The Shaykh:
Call to your face.
The questioner:
May Allah welcome you
The Shaykh:
Da'wah is jihad; da'wah is part of jihad in the path of Allah. However, it may be obligatory or it may not be obligatory. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ... and there is no sin beyond that of love and turning back. So, calling to Allah and enjoining what is right is jihad according to one's ability. You may do it with your hand, you may do it with your tongue, or you may do it with your heart. Going out in da'wah to Allah to the tribes, the Bedouins, the villages, and the towns to change the call of Allah is part of jihad. It may be obligatory for one who is able, or it may not be obligatory, according to one's ability. Also, knowledge is necessary. There must be knowledge. Among the group of tasbih (remembrance of Allah), there are people who are discerning and knowledgeable, and there are people who are not. Among our brothers in Pakistan and India, there are people of insight, and there are people who are not people of insight. So, it is obligatory to associate with people of insight, knowledge, and sound, righteous creed.
The questioner:
We ask Allah for you the known going out with the Tabligh group, this specific one.
The Shaykh:
This is according to one's abilities. One may come for a month, one may come for two months, one may come for a month. Everyone is for the sake of the "zaybun" (a term likely referring to a specific group or practice, possibly a mishearing of "zawb" or similar), they put down the "zaybun," they take the "zaybun," it is enough for them. When they are not "hadud" (boundaries/limits), I do not know how they "zaybun" (verb form unclear). If they direct the "zaybun" for forty days, two months, three months, or a year, according to their ability and their agreement, there is no harm if everyone agrees. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent the da'is (callers) to the tribes and the towns. He sent the da'is and dispatched the messengers, peace and blessings be upon him. So, if the group goes out, or if they intend to go out for a month, or forty days, or two months, or thirty days, they should prepare for it. That is good, there is no harm. This is the way of Allah, which is better. But the mosque must be on knowledge and insight, and for this path, calling to Allah on insight. As for if they are ignorant or people of deviant creed, then there is no good in that.
The questioner:
Do they not start with tawhid (the oneness of Allah) on the excuse that tawhid divides people?
The Shaykh:
This is from ignorance. It is obligatory that the caller to disbelievers starts with tawhid, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) started with tawhid. And he ordered Mu'adh to start with tawhid [when calling] the disbelievers. But if the da'wah is for the people of Islam, he advises them regarding what they have neglected of prayer or other things. But if he is calling disbelievers who have not entered Islam, he starts with tawhid before everything.
The questioner:
Allah [guide] you. They go to the worshippers of graves in Pakistan or in India, and they call them to the etiquettes and morals of Islam, and they say we do not call them to this?
The Shaykh:
Ignorant. This is ignorance. Some of the Tabligh group are ignorant; they have no insight. Rather, the worshippers of graves in Pakistan and in India are of no account. The point is that the Tabligh group who have insight, who have knowledge, and who have guidance are the role models. As for those, no, the people of graves, they are of no account. Most of the time in the mosque, how is it that I go out? I ask Allah.
These people sit in the mosque for their needs. They sit and call the people of the mosque, and they preach to the people of the mosque. The people of the mosque may need a sermon. But the point is that the Tabligh group are of two types: a type who are discerning and have insight; these are the ones with whom one cooperates. And a type who are worshippers of graves; no, they are of no account. In "Zand" (likely a mishearing of a place name, possibly "Zanzibar" or a local term) and Pakistan, they are of no account. May Allah destroy you. May Allah bless you.
A large group claims that going out with them is jihad in the path of Allah.
The Shaykh:
Call to your face.
The questioner:
May Allah welcome you
The Shaykh:
Da'wah is jihad; da'wah is part of jihad in the path of Allah. However, it may be obligatory or it may not be obligatory. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Before him, unless he had from his ummah (community) disciples and companions who would enter upon his Sunnah and withdraw from his command. Then, when they took a secluded place after them, they would say what they do not do and do what they are not commanded. So, whoever fights them with his hand is from him, and whoever fights them with his tongue is from him, and whoever fights them with his heart is from him.
قبله إلا كان له من أمته حواريون وأصحاب يدخلون بسنته ويعتزلون بأمره ثم إذا اتخذوا من بعدهم خلوة يقولون ما لا يفعل ويفعلون ما لا يؤمرون فمن جاهدهم بيده فهو منه ومن جاهدهم بلسانه فهو منه ومن جاهدهم بقلبه فهوThe questioner:
We ask Allah for you the known going out with the Tabligh group, this specific one.
The Shaykh:
This is according to one's abilities. One may come for a month, one may come for two months, one may come for a month. Everyone is for the sake of the "zaybun" (a term likely referring to a specific group or practice, possibly a mishearing of "zawb" or similar), they put down the "zaybun," they take the "zaybun," it is enough for them. When they are not "hadud" (boundaries/limits), I do not know how they "zaybun" (verb form unclear). If they direct the "zaybun" for forty days, two months, three months, or a year, according to their ability and their agreement, there is no harm if everyone agrees. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent the da'is (callers) to the tribes and the towns. He sent the da'is and dispatched the messengers, peace and blessings be upon him. So, if the group goes out, or if they intend to go out for a month, or forty days, or two months, or thirty days, they should prepare for it. That is good, there is no harm. This is the way of Allah, which is better. But the mosque must be on knowledge and insight, and for this path, calling to Allah on insight. As for if they are ignorant or people of deviant creed, then there is no good in that.
The questioner:
Do they not start with tawhid (the oneness of Allah) on the excuse that tawhid divides people?
The Shaykh:
This is from ignorance. It is obligatory that the caller to disbelievers starts with tawhid, just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) started with tawhid. And he ordered Mu'adh to start with tawhid [when calling] the disbelievers. But if the da'wah is for the people of Islam, he advises them regarding what they have neglected of prayer or other things. But if he is calling disbelievers who have not entered Islam, he starts with tawhid before everything.
The questioner:
Allah [guide] you. They go to the worshippers of graves in Pakistan or in India, and they call them to the etiquettes and morals of Islam, and they say we do not call them to this?
The Shaykh:
Ignorant. This is ignorance. Some of the Tabligh group are ignorant; they have no insight. Rather, the worshippers of graves in Pakistan and in India are of no account. The point is that the Tabligh group who have insight, who have knowledge, and who have guidance are the role models. As for those, no, the people of graves, they are of no account. Most of the time in the mosque, how is it that I go out? I ask Allah.
These people sit in the mosque for their needs. They sit and call the people of the mosque, and they preach to the people of the mosque. The people of the mosque may need a sermon. But the point is that the Tabligh group are of two types: a type who are discerning and have insight; these are the ones with whom one cooperates. And a type who are worshippers of graves; no, they are of no account. In "Zand" (likely a mishearing of a place name, possibly "Zanzibar" or a local term) and Pakistan, they are of no account. May Allah destroy you. May Allah bless you.
Source
التعليق على رياض الصالحين، كتاب حمد الله - تعالى - وشكره : الأحاديث : [ 1396 - 1399 ] — islamhouse.com (8:34)
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