Fatwa #36597 October 2001India
Dear imam,assalamualaikum. tableeg workers do not preach to non muslims.Is not Quran for the whole of mankind.Where does it say reform muslims first and then non muslims?Quran says preach nonmuslims
Answer
Kindly refer below our reply to a similar query.%0D%0A%0D%0Aand Allah Ta'ala Knows Best%0D%0A%0D%0AMufti Ebrahim Desai%0D%0AFATWA DEPT.%0D%0A%0D%0AShari'ah had not mandated a particular format for Da'wah work. Religious%0D%0Aeducation, Tabligh, Jihaad, etc. are different ways of discharging this%0D%0Acollective responsibility and they are all important in their own right. The%0D%0Apopular format chosen for a given function is an administrastive matter. For%0D%0Aexample, today our religious institutes offer instruction for 10 months a%0D%0Ayear, six days a week, six hours a day. They also have exams at%0D%0Apredetermined intervals. This arrangement has been found useful through%0D%0Aexperience, but it was not used at the time of Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi%0D%0AWasallam) and one cannot find any evidence supporting it in the books of%0D%0AHadith.%0D%0A%0D%0AHowever, since this arrangement is not considered mandated by the Shari'ah,%0D%0Abut it is only an administrative matter, therefore, it cannot be considered%0D%0Aa Bid'at. The format adopted by the Tablighi Jamaat is also of this nature%0D%0Aand does not need evidence in its favour as long as it is not considered as%0D%0Amandated by the Shari'ah. However, for our understanding, it is sufficient%0D%0Ato note that all prophets (Alayhis salaam), including Nabi (Sallallaahu%0D%0AAlayhi Wasallam), had gone out to invite the people to the greatness of%0D%0AAllah. This is an answer given to a similar question by Mufti Taqi Usmani.%0D%0A%0D%0ATo claim that Tablighi Jamaat accords no importance to Qur'aan is an%0D%0Aerroneous notion reinforced by non-conformance to Usool (principles) and%0D%0Alaxity by some of its members which cannot be used as a basis to come to a%0D%0Ageneral conclusion. In fact, a lot of emphasis is given to the Qur'aan as%0D%0Aregularly mentioned in the Hidaayat (guidance) talks delievered daily in the%0D%0Acentral Markaz Nizaamuddeen that every Haafidh should recite no lesser than%0D%0A1 Juz. Brothers are also encouraged to teach one another, those who know how%0D%0Ato recite, to teach those who don't. In Fadhaail-e-Aamaal itself, is a%0D%0Acomplete chapter dedicated to the virtues of reciting, learning and teaching%0D%0Athe Qur'aan.%0D%0A%0D%0AConcerning the Mehfils of Dhikr in the manner you describe, many Ulama,%0D%0Aregarding it to be nothing more than an exercise to gain concentration, have%0D%0Ataken it to be permissible. It should be noted, however, that many evil%0D%0Apractices accompanying these Mehfils (when held by Barelvis) do in fact%0D%0Aconstitute Bid'at, such as belief that Nabi (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) is%0D%0Apresent in the gathering, etc.%0D%0A