One of the attendees recounts a conversation that took place between him and a member of the Tabligh, and offers advice to the Tabligh group.

Abu Layla : My Shaykh, something happened to me today, and perhaps we can benefit from this noble brother. One of our brothers, a man from the Tabligh, a noble and religious man, is a customer of mine. He often comes to my shop and buys some goods from me. But today, I found him in a strange state, my Shaykh. He came in rudely and greeted me.

The Shaykh : Yes.
Abu Layla : He said to me, "I want to travel."

The Shaykh : Yes.
Abu Layla : Meaning, I am going out in the path of Allah. I said to him, "Good, but where to?" He said, "To Pakistan and the Philippines, and if Allah wills, I will go to Japan." I said to him, "Okay, isn't it a condition of the Sunnah for the one who goes out that he has knowledge?" He said, "That is not a condition. I want to call [people to Allah] and so on, and this and that." I said to him, "What I know is that it is from the Sunnah for the one who wants to go out; there is no objection to restricting the days, months, or hours. He should go out and call [people to Allah], and he should have knowledge, knowledge from knowledge. Of course, I was surprised when he said, 'You should sit in your shops and be like this,' meaning, 'I don't want to go out and so on...' I said to him, 'Man, the country here actually needs the call [to Allah] right now, and I advise you to stay here with your children and your wife. There is no need for you to go out because you do not have sufficient knowledge. Generally, you do not have the knowledge.' He said, 'The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: ' I said, 'Yes, this hadith is authentic, we do not say anything against it, but you are not obligated in it except for a specific matter. You know the answer to a question, perhaps you can answer these people about this thing to the extent of your ability. I did not find you, my Shaykh, except that you became angry with the man, as if you did this to him with anger, until I said to him, and even I have women in the shop, and I was surprised by his anger, although I know he is calm. I have two drunkards under my care who repented, and I am like this and that, and I used to do such and such, and I used to do such and such. I said to him, 'This is a good thing, okay, this, but call [people to Allah] in this country. We need some knowledge regarding the call to these people, meaning those who have no knowledge at all. How can they leave their children and their women? And this man who was with me was taking some goods from me on credit because he is not well-off. So how can he go out? What do these trips cost him? And I swear to you, my Shaykh, a woman came to me who thought I knew her husband or something, and she complained that he left her without expenses and went out, and it has been months he has been out, and they are without expenses now. So does the religion speak like this, my Shaykh? Does the religion do this, my Shaykh?' I said to her, 'Of course, the religion does not speak like this and does not do this. And my sister, you should be patient.' May Allah reward you with good, my Shaykh, we need advice from you.

The Shaykh : In any case, this issue is repeated often, and we are sitting today with the brother 'Aqil here, specifically, meaning specifically. Your first words were directed to him, so I do not know if he wants to say something, or do we want to hear from him if he has no questions, and we answer them for him?
Abu Layla : I, of course, my Shaykh, when I heard about the brother, he said, 'I was out and I returned,' so he reminded me of today's incident, and this happened today, glory be to Allah.

The Shaykh : Yes, and it becomes a sequence.

The questioner : No problem, my Shaykh, the question is directed to you, but I want to intrude a little on the answer, partially.

The Shaykh : Please, my brother.