The Ruling on the Tabligh Group and the Book *Al-Qawl al-Baligh*
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The questioner:
The questioner says: Your Eminence, father, there has been a lot of talk about the Tabligh Group, so what is the correct position on that? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
As for the Tabligh Group, we are among those who have gained insight and recognized the correct creed; these people are beneficial and possess much good. Many of them are students of al-Sa'di who learned from and benefited from his methodology, and Allah has made them beneficial in traveling and calling people to Allah. However, there are people who have ignorance and lack of insight, so it is better not to go with them. If you know that these callers have knowledge from the scholars among you, and you ask them about them and they support them, and they inform you that they have knowledge, then there is no harm in going out with them to call in the path of Allah, to the readers and the desert dwellers, to teach people good and what distracts them from people.
The Tabligh Group in India, this is well known. They had some of the deviated paths, but many of them gained insight, were guided, and abandoned those paths. So, if one knows that a person has been guided and has gained insight, or if one of the well-known people in Najd has gained insight and recognized the truth, and one cannot find in them any of the sorcery or ignorance, then there is no harm with them. The result is that the student of knowledge knows the state of the one who claims to be of the Tabligh Group. If he knows that he has knowledge, or if he directs him to this knowledge, then there is no harm in cooperating with him.
The questioner:
Your Eminence, father, continues this question by saying: What is your opinion of the book by the Honorable Shaykh Mahmud al-Tuwajiri, titled *Al-Qawl al-Baligh* (The Eloquent Statement) in response to the Tabligh Group?
The Shaykh:
It is well known that al-Shahm responded to the people well-known for ignorance and superstitions. These people should be avoided by those who know them. And if one has followed their path in calling, but has a good creed, then there is no harm. They have shortcomings. If one knows them for good, knowledge, and insight, then there is no harm in cooperating with them. And if one knows them for ignorance and a deviated creed, then he should avoid them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
The questioner says: Your Eminence, father, there has been a lot of talk about the Tabligh Group, so what is the correct position on that? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh:
As for the Tabligh Group, we are among those who have gained insight and recognized the correct creed; these people are beneficial and possess much good. Many of them are students of al-Sa'di who learned from and benefited from his methodology, and Allah has made them beneficial in traveling and calling people to Allah. However, there are people who have ignorance and lack of insight, so it is better not to go with them. If you know that these callers have knowledge from the scholars among you, and you ask them about them and they support them, and they inform you that they have knowledge, then there is no harm in going out with them to call in the path of Allah, to the readers and the desert dwellers, to teach people good and what distracts them from people.
The Tabligh Group in India, this is well known. They had some of the deviated paths, but many of them gained insight, were guided, and abandoned those paths. So, if one knows that a person has been guided and has gained insight, or if one of the well-known people in Najd has gained insight and recognized the truth, and one cannot find in them any of the sorcery or ignorance, then there is no harm with them. The result is that the student of knowledge knows the state of the one who claims to be of the Tabligh Group. If he knows that he has knowledge, or if he directs him to this knowledge, then there is no harm in cooperating with him.
The questioner:
Your Eminence, father, continues this question by saying: What is your opinion of the book by the Honorable Shaykh Mahmud al-Tuwajiri, titled *Al-Qawl al-Baligh* (The Eloquent Statement) in response to the Tabligh Group?
The Shaykh:
It is well known that al-Shahm responded to the people well-known for ignorance and superstitions. These people should be avoided by those who know them. And if one has followed their path in calling, but has a good creed, then there is no harm. They have shortcomings. If one knows them for good, knowledge, and insight, then there is no harm in cooperating with them. And if one knows them for ignorance and a deviated creed, then he should avoid them.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good.
Source
وجوب التعاون على البر والتقوى — islamhouse.com (35:26)
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