The Impact of the Tabligh Group on Reality
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What is your opinion of the Tabligh Group and going with them as a beginner, given that there is some error?
Does this group have an impact on guiding people?The questioner: No.
Answer: This is a denial of reality. Your statement is a denial of reality. The reality is that they have a tremendous impact on guiding people. How many open sinners have become upright, and how many disbelievers have embraced Islam? This is something no one denies, except for one who has taken a specific stance against them, in which case good deeds become bad deeds.And this is known, as the poet said:
The eye of satisfaction is blind to every defect, just as the eye of anger reveals the flaws.
A person I trust in this specific matter told me about a man I do not trust in other matters. He had a nephew who was an open sinner and a transgressor. There was no sin mentioned that he did not commit. He had a disfigured face and a bad disposition. One day, he said, "We have lost this man." He was gone for five months, or more or less. We said, "Perhaps Allah sent a crazy driver and he crashed into him!" Then, after a while, between the midday prayer and the afternoon prayer, a man knocked on the door. We asked, "Who is it?"Meaning: The uncle, because this was his nephew, knocked on the door and said, "Peace be upon you."And this man said: "I ask Allah not to test me! Who is this bearded man who came to us at this time?" He got up and opened the door. There was the man, handsome, with a radiant face and a beard. "Who are you?"He said: "I am your sister's son." He did not recognize him.He said: "If you want me to count the stones of the house, the rooms of the house, and the bathrooms of the house, and the types of furniture in the house, I would do it! The point is that he said to him: Come in. So he came in.And he said: What changed you so that you became in this state?He said: By Allah! The truth is that I did not know the world, nor that I was a created being, until this happened.He said: What happened?He said: Brothers from the Tabligh Group came to me and contacted me, saying, "Come in with us to the mosque, listen to the dhikr, and listen to the Qur'an." So I did.Then they said to me: "Go to the bathroom, wash, and freshen up."And they said: "Come out with us." So I went out with them. There was tasbih, recitation of the Qur'an, prayer, self-sacrifice, and service.I was surprised and said: Is this in another world, not our world?He says: So I walked with them, and glory be to Allah, I now know that I am in the world. My heart was illuminated, and Allah guided me. There are many stories of this kind or similar to it. So they have a profound impact.
But there are two issues with them: The first issue is ignorance. They do not have knowledge. Some individuals among them may have knowledge, but most of them do not.
The second issue: The innovations attributed to the people outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, although this is not accepted, because there are people from al-Qassim who went to those places and said: By Allah, we did not see anything! In fact, a man among them who was ninety years old would come, then pray Maghrib and give a sermon until 'Isha. After the 'Isha prayer, he would give a sermon until a third of the night. He was old, and none of his speech contained anything to criticize. When he finished, we came and greeted him. When he realized we were from Saudi Arabia, he sat down and said: The truth is, we do not want anything but the truth. It is obligatory for you, O scholars of Saudi Arabia, if you hear anything about us, to convey it to us.
So, the result is that the group undoubtedly has a profound impact on reforming hearts and returning them, but they need knowledge.
Does this group have an impact on guiding people?The questioner: No.
Answer: This is a denial of reality. Your statement is a denial of reality. The reality is that they have a tremendous impact on guiding people. How many open sinners have become upright, and how many disbelievers have embraced Islam? This is something no one denies, except for one who has taken a specific stance against them, in which case good deeds become bad deeds.And this is known, as the poet said:
The eye of satisfaction is blind to every defect, just as the eye of anger reveals the flaws.
A person I trust in this specific matter told me about a man I do not trust in other matters. He had a nephew who was an open sinner and a transgressor. There was no sin mentioned that he did not commit. He had a disfigured face and a bad disposition. One day, he said, "We have lost this man." He was gone for five months, or more or less. We said, "Perhaps Allah sent a crazy driver and he crashed into him!" Then, after a while, between the midday prayer and the afternoon prayer, a man knocked on the door. We asked, "Who is it?"Meaning: The uncle, because this was his nephew, knocked on the door and said, "Peace be upon you."And this man said: "I ask Allah not to test me! Who is this bearded man who came to us at this time?" He got up and opened the door. There was the man, handsome, with a radiant face and a beard. "Who are you?"He said: "I am your sister's son." He did not recognize him.He said: "If you want me to count the stones of the house, the rooms of the house, and the bathrooms of the house, and the types of furniture in the house, I would do it! The point is that he said to him: Come in. So he came in.And he said: What changed you so that you became in this state?He said: By Allah! The truth is that I did not know the world, nor that I was a created being, until this happened.He said: What happened?He said: Brothers from the Tabligh Group came to me and contacted me, saying, "Come in with us to the mosque, listen to the dhikr, and listen to the Qur'an." So I did.Then they said to me: "Go to the bathroom, wash, and freshen up."And they said: "Come out with us." So I went out with them. There was tasbih, recitation of the Qur'an, prayer, self-sacrifice, and service.I was surprised and said: Is this in another world, not our world?He says: So I walked with them, and glory be to Allah, I now know that I am in the world. My heart was illuminated, and Allah guided me. There are many stories of this kind or similar to it. So they have a profound impact.
But there are two issues with them: The first issue is ignorance. They do not have knowledge. Some individuals among them may have knowledge, but most of them do not.
The second issue: The innovations attributed to the people outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, although this is not accepted, because there are people from al-Qassim who went to those places and said: By Allah, we did not see anything! In fact, a man among them who was ninety years old would come, then pray Maghrib and give a sermon until 'Isha. After the 'Isha prayer, he would give a sermon until a third of the night. He was old, and none of his speech contained anything to criticize. When he finished, we came and greeted him. When he realized we were from Saudi Arabia, he sat down and said: The truth is, we do not want anything but the truth. It is obligatory for you, O scholars of Saudi Arabia, if you hear anything about us, to convey it to us.
So, the result is that the group undoubtedly has a profound impact on reforming hearts and returning them, but they need knowledge.