A word about the Tablighi Jama'ah from one of the attendees, and their fanaticism, and in their gatherings in Pakistan there are graves in the mosques where they pray
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The Shaykh : Yasar.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah.
I wanted to ask a question, but if you allow me, I would like to make just a note regarding these questions that have been raised, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. Through approximately ten years of following the Tablighi Jama'ah in the United States and elsewhere, we have found much of what you mentioned regarding the issue of fanaticism and these things. Yes, there are some matters they do, such as visits and so on, and these are good, and praise be to Allah, they are good. But these are among the characteristics of Islam. The thing that is taken from them is that they seem to claim this exclusively for themselves; this is a point.
As for what happens in Pakistan and elsewhere in the annual gatherings, approximately two million common people attend these gatherings, coming from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and so on. If some scholars and preachers from Najd are present, you hear the word of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), praise be to Allah, on the microphones. But most of the mosques surrounding the gathering location have graves, and graves here and there, and so on, and you do not hear any forbidding of evil at all regarding this. They travel to many countries, and especially America, for example. We used to advise them and say: O brothers, shirk (associating partners with Allah) exists there, why do you not warn against it? This is one thing. Also, the issue of education, as you mentioned, they cannot bear to hear two words: the word of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) or the word of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah or Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. We have seen this, and it is very, very noticeable. Some of the noble Saudi and Qatari brothers were with them, but they could not speak about anything from the books of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah in the lessons, except in things precisely specified where they allowed them a little. I say this faithfully to your eminence so that you are aware of what I have seen, and I am responsible, if Allah wills, for what I say before Allah. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is correct regarding some of their leaders there, but as for the group here in the Kingdom, they do not approve of this at all, yes.
The questioner : Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah.
I wanted to ask a question, but if you allow me, I would like to make just a note regarding these questions that have been raised, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. Through approximately ten years of following the Tablighi Jama'ah in the United States and elsewhere, we have found much of what you mentioned regarding the issue of fanaticism and these things. Yes, there are some matters they do, such as visits and so on, and these are good, and praise be to Allah, they are good. But these are among the characteristics of Islam. The thing that is taken from them is that they seem to claim this exclusively for themselves; this is a point.
As for what happens in Pakistan and elsewhere in the annual gatherings, approximately two million common people attend these gatherings, coming from Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, and so on. If some scholars and preachers from Najd are present, you hear the word of tawhid (the oneness of Allah), praise be to Allah, on the microphones. But most of the mosques surrounding the gathering location have graves, and graves here and there, and so on, and you do not hear any forbidding of evil at all regarding this. They travel to many countries, and especially America, for example. We used to advise them and say: O brothers, shirk (associating partners with Allah) exists there, why do you not warn against it? This is one thing. Also, the issue of education, as you mentioned, they cannot bear to hear two words: the word of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) or the word of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah or Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab. We have seen this, and it is very, very noticeable. Some of the noble Saudi and Qatari brothers were with them, but they could not speak about anything from the books of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and the Sunnah in the lessons, except in things precisely specified where they allowed them a little. I say this faithfully to your eminence so that you are aware of what I have seen, and I am responsible, if Allah wills, for what I say before Allah. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes, this is correct regarding some of their leaders there, but as for the group here in the Kingdom, they do not approve of this at all, yes.