Is it permissible for a Salafi to go out with the Tablighi Jamaat if he is safe from fitnah?
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The Shaykh : What do you have?
The questioner : A question, Shaykh, just a question, but we hope, if Allah wills, that you will give us your opinion frankly. We know, praise be to Allah, that the Tablighi Jamaat has some religious innovations, some misguidance, and ignorance. So if a person believes in one of these groups, meaning the least harm, the least amount, meaning the amir you go out with, assuming he has some knowledge, and that he follows, for example, the words of Ibn Baz and the words ofThe Shaykh : Nasir, meaning you, and so on, and if the proportion of misguidance or the proportion of religious innovations present in this group is the least, is it permissible to go out with them? I mean, if a person feels that his faith increases with them, meaning he is not greatly affected, and that he can benefit and his faith rises, and that he has what he reads in the books, meaning we are currently reading in the books, we might know that something is forbidden, but the faith is relatively weakened, especially in the society we live in, and especially as young people, for example, not married.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it possible that if a person goes out with a group that has the least proportion of harm and the least proportion of religious innovations present in this group, and he goes out knowing that this is a religious innovation and this is not a religious innovation, meaning he distinguishes relatively according to the knowledge he has, is it permissible for him to go out if he is safe from fitnah and safe for himself, knowing that if they call for a collective du'a, sometimes he is forced to make du'a with them before leaving the mosque, he can sometimes clarify to the amir that this is not permissible or that this is not what the Salaf did, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do it, is it permissible for the person to go out with them if he feels a good benefit?
The Shaykh : I will give you the answer.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : A brief answer that you should not fear, and a detailed answer that you will be pleased with. The brief answer: is it permissible or not? And the detail: if the one who goes out is within the limits you mentioned, that he guarantees for himself that he will not deviate with the group, and so on, it is permissible on the condition and within the limits of what he knows, that he enjoin good and forbid evil. If he sees something from the group that contradicts [the Sunnah], he should forbid them from it, of course, with wisdom and the best way, as is the text of the Noble Qur'an. But if they are, as we know about them, they impose on everyone who goes out with them to adhere to the etiquette of the path, meaning the etiquette of the Tablighi Jamaat, which is to submit to the system of the path, their followers, and their leader, and he is not able to speak a word that falls under the category ofSahih Muslim 49a , if they prevent him from performing this obligation, then it is not permissible for him to go out with them. And among the requirements of this condition is that he clarifies to the group that your going out, which is regulated by three days or forty days, or similar known restrictions among them, has no basis in the Sunnah. And at that time, I believe that if they allow him, that this is the beginning of good from them. And if they do not allow it, as we hear about them, then at that time we say it is not permissible for us Salafis to go out with them, because in this case they would be like the Muslim Brotherhood, imposing their partisanship on everyone who mixes with them, and not allowing him to offer them an opinion containing advice. And religion is advice. And we know about the group that many of our brothers mixed with them, and when they started speaking about tawhid, and that this is a Sunnah and this is a religious innovation, they said, "This is not part of our system." Perhaps the answer is clear?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good. I really went out to clarify the matter, and the amir we went out with accepted from me...
The Shaykh : I am not concerned with the amir. I am concerned with the commanded one. The amir says to you, between you and him, "Good talk," and "May Allah will it," and "May Allah bless you," and so on, but that is between you and him. We are concerned with these flocks that he is driving. Where is he driving them? To the Sunnah or to religious innovation? That is what is important. And we know that some of these amirs, from the Tablighi, are fed with Salafiyyah. We want this feeding to be general, not just in some heads. Is the speech clear?
The questioner: Yes.
The questioner : A question, Shaykh, just a question, but we hope, if Allah wills, that you will give us your opinion frankly. We know, praise be to Allah, that the Tablighi Jamaat has some religious innovations, some misguidance, and ignorance. So if a person believes in one of these groups, meaning the least harm, the least amount, meaning the amir you go out with, assuming he has some knowledge, and that he follows, for example, the words of Ibn Baz and the words ofThe Shaykh : Nasir, meaning you, and so on, and if the proportion of misguidance or the proportion of religious innovations present in this group is the least, is it permissible to go out with them? I mean, if a person feels that his faith increases with them, meaning he is not greatly affected, and that he can benefit and his faith rises, and that he has what he reads in the books, meaning we are currently reading in the books, we might know that something is forbidden, but the faith is relatively weakened, especially in the society we live in, and especially as young people, for example, not married.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Is it possible that if a person goes out with a group that has the least proportion of harm and the least proportion of religious innovations present in this group, and he goes out knowing that this is a religious innovation and this is not a religious innovation, meaning he distinguishes relatively according to the knowledge he has, is it permissible for him to go out if he is safe from fitnah and safe for himself, knowing that if they call for a collective du'a, sometimes he is forced to make du'a with them before leaving the mosque, he can sometimes clarify to the amir that this is not permissible or that this is not what the Salaf did, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not do it, is it permissible for the person to go out with them if he feels a good benefit?
The Shaykh : I will give you the answer.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : A brief answer that you should not fear, and a detailed answer that you will be pleased with. The brief answer: is it permissible or not? And the detail: if the one who goes out is within the limits you mentioned, that he guarantees for himself that he will not deviate with the group, and so on, it is permissible on the condition and within the limits of what he knows, that he enjoin good and forbid evil. If he sees something from the group that contradicts [the Sunnah], he should forbid them from it, of course, with wisdom and the best way, as is the text of the Noble Qur'an. But if they are, as we know about them, they impose on everyone who goes out with them to adhere to the etiquette of the path, meaning the etiquette of the Tablighi Jamaat, which is to submit to the system of the path, their followers, and their leader, and he is not able to speak a word that falls under the category of
He who amongst you sees something abominable should modify it with the help of his hand; and if he has not strength enough to do it, then he should do it with his tongue, and if he has not strength enough to do it, (even) then he should (abhor it) from his heart, and that is the least of faith.
من رأى منكم منكرا فليغيره بيده فإن لم يستطيع فبلسانه فإن لم يستطيع فبقلبه ، وذلك أضعف الإيمانThe questioner : May Allah reward you with good. I really went out to clarify the matter, and the amir we went out with accepted from me...
The Shaykh : I am not concerned with the amir. I am concerned with the commanded one. The amir says to you, between you and him, "Good talk," and "May Allah will it," and "May Allah bless you," and so on, but that is between you and him. We are concerned with these flocks that he is driving. Where is he driving them? To the Sunnah or to religious innovation? That is what is important. And we know that some of these amirs, from the Tablighi, are fed with Salafiyyah. We want this feeding to be general, not just in some heads. Is the speech clear?
The questioner: Yes.
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