What is your opinion of the book *Al-Qawl al-Baligh fi Jama'at al-Tabligh* by Shaykh Abu Bakr al-Jaza'iri?
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The questioner : Have you read Abu Bakr al-Jaza'iri's book *Al-Qawl al-Baligh fi Jama'at al-Tabligh*? What is your opinion of it?
The Shaykh : I have not read it, but as long as he praises them and their methodology, he is mistaken in that, because the group's methodology is not a Salafi methodology, but rather a Sufi methodology. Anyone who has mixed with them knows that their Shaykh in India or Pakistan—I do not know exactly—gives and takes pledges of allegiance from his followers not to one way, but to several ways. It is not sufficient, and it is not sufficient merely for the young Muslim to be enthusiastic about the da'wah. But if he is asked what he is calling people to, he says, "I call to what people are calling to." As is related as a joke in some Arab countries, an enthusiastic man met a Jew on the road, so he drew his dagger from its sheath and threatened to kill him unless he embraced Islam. He trembled in fear of being killed and said, "What am I supposed to say?" He said, "By Allah, I do not know, I do not know." So these are the ones who go out with pure, sincere hearts for the da'wah, but they have not understood the da'wah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to send scholars and jurists as callers, and he did not send with them large groups of people, but rather individuals from among his special companions. This is well known in the authentic biography, such as Mu'adh ibn Jabal, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, and others like them. And when he sent Mu'adh to Yemen, he said: to the end of the hadith. As for the group that the person I mentioned praised with good praise, these are the ones who declare that they do not enter into what concerns 'aqidah.
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And they do not investigate it. Is this how the da'wah is to be?
The Shaykh : I have not read it, but as long as he praises them and their methodology, he is mistaken in that, because the group's methodology is not a Salafi methodology, but rather a Sufi methodology. Anyone who has mixed with them knows that their Shaykh in India or Pakistan—I do not know exactly—gives and takes pledges of allegiance from his followers not to one way, but to several ways. It is not sufficient, and it is not sufficient merely for the young Muslim to be enthusiastic about the da'wah. But if he is asked what he is calling people to, he says, "I call to what people are calling to." As is related as a joke in some Arab countries, an enthusiastic man met a Jew on the road, so he drew his dagger from its sheath and threatened to kill him unless he embraced Islam. He trembled in fear of being killed and said, "What am I supposed to say?" He said, "By Allah, I do not know, I do not know." So these are the ones who go out with pure, sincere hearts for the da'wah, but they have not understood the da'wah. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to send scholars and jurists as callers, and he did not send with them large groups of people, but rather individuals from among his special companions. This is well known in the authentic biography, such as Mu'adh ibn Jabal, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, and others like them. And when he sent Mu'adh to Yemen, he said:
Let the first thing you call them to be the testimony that there is no god but Allah, and if they respond to you or obey you, then command them to pray
ليكُنْ أوَّل ما تدعوهم إليه شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله ، فإن هم استجابوا لك أو أطاعوك فَمُرْهم بالصلاةThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : And they do not investigate it. Is this how the da'wah is to be?
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