It is attributed to you that it is permissible for women to go out with men in the Tabligh Jama'ah. Is this correct? Is it a true group? And should one go out with them?
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The questioner : Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah, his family, and his Companions, and those who follow them... O Shaykh, may Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The Tabligh Jama'ah now preach to men and women, and women even more than men.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : By going out to all countries.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Whether in Kuwait, they request short durations, training the woman for three days, then a week, and likewise in the Gulf, meaning two weeks. After that, they move her to a higher stage, which is the stage of India and Pakistan, so that the woman trains, by their claim, in calling to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) for forty days. And the question is: It was also reported from you that one of the brothers comes here to al-Qassim and says: You mean, you see the permissibility of going out with women? Is this correct? We want a word: Are they a group of truth, and should one go out with them, meaning should a person strive with them in calling to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and spend his wealth and time?
The Shaykh : As for what is attributed to me that I say: Even women go out, this is not correct. And I did not know that women go out in the Tabligh Jama'ah except from you now. Yes. And as for the group, no one doubts that the group has an impact in reforming people. How many disbelievers have embraced Islam, and how many open sinners have been guided? This is a known thing.
But the group is predominantly characterized by ignorance. They do not have students of knowledge or scholars. Also, going to other countries from the lands of the non-Arabs, such as Pakistan or others, we do not see it. We do not see traveling there, and we do not see a pilgrimage except to the House of Allah the Sacred.
And this annual gathering in which more than a million people gather is like Hajj, and we do not see this.
And we see that the Tabligh Jama'ah should be in their places, calling to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in the villages and cities. And we also see that it is obligatory for students of knowledge to go out with them to correct their methodology and reform the errors they are upon, which may be from anyone among the people. So I am not one of those who condemn them absolutely, nor one of those who praise them absolutely. But I see that there is good in the people, and that Allah has benefited through them greatly.
And I do not know, up to this moment of mine, that anyone among the people has had an impact, especially among the common people, like the impact of these people. There is not one question or follow-up.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The Tabligh Jama'ah now preach to men and women, and women even more than men.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : By going out to all countries.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Whether in Kuwait, they request short durations, training the woman for three days, then a week, and likewise in the Gulf, meaning two weeks. After that, they move her to a higher stage, which is the stage of India and Pakistan, so that the woman trains, by their claim, in calling to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) for forty days. And the question is: It was also reported from you that one of the brothers comes here to al-Qassim and says: You mean, you see the permissibility of going out with women? Is this correct? We want a word: Are they a group of truth, and should one go out with them, meaning should a person strive with them in calling to Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) and spend his wealth and time?
The Shaykh : As for what is attributed to me that I say: Even women go out, this is not correct. And I did not know that women go out in the Tabligh Jama'ah except from you now. Yes. And as for the group, no one doubts that the group has an impact in reforming people. How many disbelievers have embraced Islam, and how many open sinners have been guided? This is a known thing.
But the group is predominantly characterized by ignorance. They do not have students of knowledge or scholars. Also, going to other countries from the lands of the non-Arabs, such as Pakistan or others, we do not see it. We do not see traveling there, and we do not see a pilgrimage except to the House of Allah the Sacred.
And this annual gathering in which more than a million people gather is like Hajj, and we do not see this.
And we see that the Tabligh Jama'ah should be in their places, calling to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in the villages and cities. And we also see that it is obligatory for students of knowledge to go out with them to correct their methodology and reform the errors they are upon, which may be from anyone among the people. So I am not one of those who condemn them absolutely, nor one of those who praise them absolutely. But I see that there is good in the people, and that Allah has benefited through them greatly.
And I do not know, up to this moment of mine, that anyone among the people has had an impact, especially among the common people, like the impact of these people. There is not one question or follow-up.