It was customary with Shaikh Maulana Inamul Hasan (Rahmtullah alaih) to avoid every aspect and attitude having a negative and destructive side in it. He did not permit anything of this sort even in his talks and speeches. He used to say that as compared to a negative approach, a positive and affirmative style was more effective and the listener would accept the truth more easily through this.
Morever, lesser risks and dangers were involved in it.This was the reason why he neither replied any writing published against dawah & tabligh himself nor permitted others to do it. On such occasions he would simply advise to continue the work with sincerity and devotion and make dua to Allah . Your work itself, he said, would eradicate all the doubts. During the last few years, when some books in Arabic were published and widely circulated, an esteemed learned scholar of deen sought his permission to write a reply to them. He said, ' If you reply,they will give a rejoinder. You reply again, they will issue another rejoinder. It will continue like this and no purpose will be served. Therefore, silence and single-mindedness is better.
Once at Secundarabad, (india), the matter of Amr bil ma'roof wa nahy anil munkar' was bought up. Maulana Shabbir Ahmad (Jangaon) reports; Maulana Inamul Hasan gave a brief talk on the secundarabad ground before a gathering of almost a hundred ulama. A silence prevailed, when breaking it i submitted that some people would say that in our effort only the command for the good is there, no prevention from the bad. Where as the two exists simultaneously in the Quran. Shaikh Maulana enquired, ' What is the aim? Exposure of the forbidden or its eradication? ' I said, ' Its eradication. '
Then he said, ' Look around and find whether the forbidden is eradicated or enhanced in the people engaged in this work. '
The audience of the ulama present there, were very impressed by the talk and later on mentioned it to me also. '
(extracted from 'insight into dawah & its understanding & cognition' )
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah
03-Jul-2009
10-Jun-2009
An objection against those involved in Tabligh
Mufti Mahmood Hasan Gangohi (Rahmatullah Alaih) mentioned,
' The rector of a Madressa once sent me a letter complaining about the Tabligh Jamaat.
He enquired about the proofs for spending seven chillas (periods of forty days) in a lifetime,
one chilla a year, two ghusht (joula) a week,and daily taleem. '
The reply i wrote back to him read,
' The fact that these activities do not contravene to the shariah is proof enough.
They do not stand in contravention of the shariah. Do tell me from where you derive the proof
for the syllabus of your Madressa and for the duration of your course? Why are certain works
studied in the first year, others in the second year and in a similar manner
every year has its curriculum? Why are there three examinations during the year?
Where is the proof for all of this? It is obvious for you to claim that these activities
do not contravene the shariah and that experience has shown that the person who studies
in this manner successfully graduates.
This is ample proof. Enough said, therefore you should regard the curriculum of the Tabligh Jamaat in the same manner. '
(Malfuzaat vol. 1 pg. 134)
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah
' The rector of a Madressa once sent me a letter complaining about the Tabligh Jamaat.
He enquired about the proofs for spending seven chillas (periods of forty days) in a lifetime,
one chilla a year, two ghusht (joula) a week,and daily taleem. '
The reply i wrote back to him read,
' The fact that these activities do not contravene to the shariah is proof enough.
They do not stand in contravention of the shariah. Do tell me from where you derive the proof
for the syllabus of your Madressa and for the duration of your course? Why are certain works
studied in the first year, others in the second year and in a similar manner
every year has its curriculum? Why are there three examinations during the year?
Where is the proof for all of this? It is obvious for you to claim that these activities
do not contravene the shariah and that experience has shown that the person who studies
in this manner successfully graduates.
This is ample proof. Enough said, therefore you should regard the curriculum of the Tabligh Jamaat in the same manner. '
(Malfuzaat vol. 1 pg. 134)
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah
05-Jun-2009
An Excerpt from a lecture of Shaikh Maulana Faqihul Ummah (Rahmatulla alaih)
In his final sermon on the occasion of the farewell Hajj,RasulAllah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said:
' I shall probably not be able to gather again with you people after this day. (On the day of Qiyamah) you will be asked whether i have conveyed the message or not. What reply will you give? ' Everyone replied, ' We will reply by saying that you have definitely conveyed to us all the injunctions. ' The Prophet peace be upon looked towards the skies and said :
O Allah! You be the witness! O Allah! you be the witness! O Allah! you be the witness!
He then continued to say, ' I have conveyed all Your commands to the people and have not hidden any. ' He then instructed the people with the following words:
Listen well! Those present here must convey the message to those who are absent.
THE responsibilty that the Prophet bore was given to those sahaba who were there. They were to convey the laws of Deen to those who were not present. After hearing this, a large group of sahaba got prepared from there for the effort of tabligh. They left for distant lands to convey Allah's commandments and never returned home. They spent their entire lives spreading Allah's deen and did not return home throughout their lives. The Sahaba regarded the propagation of Deen to be the true purpose of their lives and although they engaged in trade,they always gave precedence to Tabligh. In fact, they conducted Tabligh in their businesses. People then entered the fold of Islam by merely observing thei behaviour and practices. Islam spread wherever they went and the Deen came alive in this manner.
Nowadays, we are engrossed in our businesses, occupations, farming and so many other engagements. It is only in these pursuits that all our time is spent. We are so busy earning money that we have completely forgotten Tabligh and have made these occupations the central purpose of our lives. We have begun to serve the things that ought to be our servants. It is therefore necessary that we make that object the purpose of our lives that which the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him was sent for and which was placed on the shoulders of the Sahaba after the Prophet passed away. We should make this concern our concern. Although we will still be engaged in our occupations, our minds should be engaged in tabligh. Our mindset should be that we have been sent to this world for Tabligh and although we may engage in business , the business is the servant while Deen is to be served and is the true objective.
Unfortunately, the business today is the objective. We are so enamoured by wealth and riches that we continue opening business after business whereas our businessess need only suffice for our necessities. We need to only pay for basic expenses without usurping the wealth of another person. At the same time,we should ensure that our earnings are lawful and that it is spent for the Deen of Allah. The rest of our time ought to be spent for the Deen. It is therefor necessary to free some of our time and mental energy so that we may spend time in Tabligh. We will then be able to understand the pure lives of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and the Sahaba InshaAllah.
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah.
' I shall probably not be able to gather again with you people after this day. (On the day of Qiyamah) you will be asked whether i have conveyed the message or not. What reply will you give? ' Everyone replied, ' We will reply by saying that you have definitely conveyed to us all the injunctions. ' The Prophet peace be upon looked towards the skies and said :
O Allah! You be the witness! O Allah! you be the witness! O Allah! you be the witness!
He then continued to say, ' I have conveyed all Your commands to the people and have not hidden any. ' He then instructed the people with the following words:
Listen well! Those present here must convey the message to those who are absent.
THE responsibilty that the Prophet bore was given to those sahaba who were there. They were to convey the laws of Deen to those who were not present. After hearing this, a large group of sahaba got prepared from there for the effort of tabligh. They left for distant lands to convey Allah's commandments and never returned home. They spent their entire lives spreading Allah's deen and did not return home throughout their lives. The Sahaba regarded the propagation of Deen to be the true purpose of their lives and although they engaged in trade,they always gave precedence to Tabligh. In fact, they conducted Tabligh in their businesses. People then entered the fold of Islam by merely observing thei behaviour and practices. Islam spread wherever they went and the Deen came alive in this manner.
Nowadays, we are engrossed in our businesses, occupations, farming and so many other engagements. It is only in these pursuits that all our time is spent. We are so busy earning money that we have completely forgotten Tabligh and have made these occupations the central purpose of our lives. We have begun to serve the things that ought to be our servants. It is therefore necessary that we make that object the purpose of our lives that which the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him was sent for and which was placed on the shoulders of the Sahaba after the Prophet passed away. We should make this concern our concern. Although we will still be engaged in our occupations, our minds should be engaged in tabligh. Our mindset should be that we have been sent to this world for Tabligh and although we may engage in business , the business is the servant while Deen is to be served and is the true objective.
Unfortunately, the business today is the objective. We are so enamoured by wealth and riches that we continue opening business after business whereas our businessess need only suffice for our necessities. We need to only pay for basic expenses without usurping the wealth of another person. At the same time,we should ensure that our earnings are lawful and that it is spent for the Deen of Allah. The rest of our time ought to be spent for the Deen. It is therefor necessary to free some of our time and mental energy so that we may spend time in Tabligh. We will then be able to understand the pure lives of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and the Sahaba InshaAllah.
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah.
29-May-2009
Some important advices of Shaikh Maulana Muhammad Ilyas (R.A)
While meeting a jamaat of the students of a Madressa, Maulana started his talk with the question, tell me, who are you? Then himself replied as:
'You are the guests of Allah and the Prophet peace be upon him. If a guest causes displeasure to his host,more pain is felt than is caused by the others.So if you, being the seekers of knowledge,go on the wrong track and do not do those works which are pleasing to Allah and His Messenger, then remember that you are the guests who are causing displeasure to Allah and His Messenger. '
To the same students, Maulana said:
' Look! satan is an artful and cunning deceiver, and hunts only those things which are valuable. ( It is only at the tree loaded with fruit that people throw stones.)
When you left your homes to seek religious knowledge, satan became hopeless of your remaining ignorant. Thus, leaving the effort of keeping you ignorant,he has now decided to let you carry on studying but is trying to involve you in his ends.
This revived effort of mine is a weighty mechanism against this effort of satan. It aims at taking the bondsmen away from satan's path and bringing
them to the path of Allah, and involving them in Allah's work. Tell me, what is your intention? '
Maulana said:
' Those involved in this effort should specially meet three communities with as many objectives;
1) Ulema & reformers: To learn deen and to take the good effects of Deen;
2) People not our ( social or religious) equals; We should go to these people with the object of perfection and gaining firmness in deen by spreading the word of deen in them (i.e the more we spread the word of deen to others, the more we will be inclined towards deen too;
3) Different people: For absorbing the good qualities found in them.
May Allah give us the ability to act upon what we learn, ameen.
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah
'You are the guests of Allah and the Prophet peace be upon him. If a guest causes displeasure to his host,more pain is felt than is caused by the others.So if you, being the seekers of knowledge,go on the wrong track and do not do those works which are pleasing to Allah and His Messenger, then remember that you are the guests who are causing displeasure to Allah and His Messenger. '
To the same students, Maulana said:
' Look! satan is an artful and cunning deceiver, and hunts only those things which are valuable. ( It is only at the tree loaded with fruit that people throw stones.)
When you left your homes to seek religious knowledge, satan became hopeless of your remaining ignorant. Thus, leaving the effort of keeping you ignorant,he has now decided to let you carry on studying but is trying to involve you in his ends.
This revived effort of mine is a weighty mechanism against this effort of satan. It aims at taking the bondsmen away from satan's path and bringing
them to the path of Allah, and involving them in Allah's work. Tell me, what is your intention? '
Maulana said:
' Those involved in this effort should specially meet three communities with as many objectives;
1) Ulema & reformers: To learn deen and to take the good effects of Deen;
2) People not our ( social or religious) equals; We should go to these people with the object of perfection and gaining firmness in deen by spreading the word of deen in them (i.e the more we spread the word of deen to others, the more we will be inclined towards deen too;
3) Different people: For absorbing the good qualities found in them.
May Allah give us the ability to act upon what we learn, ameen.
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah
21-May-2009
Notes: Maulana Tariq Jameel's talk
Assalamu Alaikum WaRahmatullah
Alhamdulillah had the privelege of listening to a bayan by Maulana Tariq Jameel(May Allah reward him greatly) live; and am posting some of what i remember from the talk, which was, mashallah very inspiring.
Maulana started off by relating the power of Allah, and how he is the greatest, all seeing.
If Allah had wished so, he would have made the entire creation obedient to him, following every command of his. Lekin Allah ne humko ikhtiyar diya hain; he has shown us the right, straight path, then given us the choice
Islam
or
kufr.
Every part of us has a choice; with our eyes we can either see good, or view the haram. With our ears we can either hear music, or listen to the recitation of the quran. If we sin now, he will say nothing. But to the disobedient, let them know that Allah is not asleep, he see's and hears everything.
In the darkness, jet darkness of night, in the blackness imagine thousands of jet black ants travelling along a mountain. of those tiny, tiny miniscule ants, Allah can even see its undefinable footprints; Allah us ke paw ka nishaan dekh sakte hain.
He mentioned the beauty, the importance of Iman. Maulana outlined how beloved a heart full of Imaan is in the sight of Allah, to the extent that it is more beloved to Him than the ka'aba itself.Ka'aba ko torna chota ghuna, awr imaan waley ka dil torna bohot bara ghuna hain. i.e it is a lesser sin to break the kaba, than break the heart of a Muslim with imaan.
Maulana mentioned how we are ever concious of keeping our homes bright and well lit, and do not care that the light bulbs in our hearts have been dead for so many years. if a light bulb in our homes goes out, we rush to bring the light back, but our hearts are devoid of noor and we are'nt worried about bringing back the noor of imaan in our hearts. (noor=imaan.)
We beautify ourselves for others; wear make up and dress up to the nines to impress our friends and others, decorate our homes to impress and awe people, but we don''t beautify ourselves for Allah? What about beautifying ourselves for Him who will never leave us? It is the age when through a small mistake of the mother, the young person will create a huge fuss, and not remember, that THIS is the woman who gave birth to me? a woman can cook everyday for her husband, but one day of neglect and he will be harsh. Maulana said why do we sacrifice our Iman for people who treat us like this, we should direct our love towards Allah as his love for his servants has no bounds.
He talked about our prophet Muhammad peace be upon, how much he went through, and how we don't care in the face of that. He was the only prophet when he cried, Allah sent Jibrael down to ask, oh my Prophet, why do you cry? On one such occasion, our Prophet cried to such an extent that jibrael was sent to ask the reason why he cried so. He S.A.W: replied, i am worried about my ummah. Ummati, ummati. Hadhrat Aisha once asked him to make dua for her, and he peace be upon him prayed to Allah to forgive her past sins, her future sins, and to grant her jannah. she showed great happiness, and when he asked her why, she replied she was so happy at his making this dua for her.
To which he replied, but i make this dua for my ummah everyday.
The Prophet peace be upon him went through so much, the Maulana related. at the tender age of 6 his mother passed away, on the way back to makkah with the prophet, and her maidservant, umm ayman. Maulana said he visited this place when Amina (r.a) is buried, and he says even now there is no civilization near that place. a small, dark overgrown place with short, dark mountains. Imagine a small boy of 6, losing his mother, leaving her behind in such a place.
Our prophet peace be upon him was ma'sum, innocent. He was Allah's beloved. His worry for this ummah-us- was never ending. When he became ill, and the fever overcame him, he made hadhrat abu bakr lead the maj'maa and prayed behind him. one day, he faced his congregation, this great prophet innocent of sins, and asked his companions forgiveness, and that if he had ever hurt anyone in any way, for them to take revenge. he was innocent, yet he was scared that someone would complain to Allah regards him. subhanAllah.
When he was on his death bed, Allah sent the angel of death and he peace be upon him was given the choice of passing away, or living. The prophet before anything asked jibrael to go back to Allah and say, what of my Ummah, what of my ummah. Jibrael asked, and relayed to the prophet what Allah said, ' do not worry' i will not abandon your ummah.' when the Prophet passed away, this was the greatest 'sadma', or most saddening thing to happen. Maulana said it was this dua of the prophet, that has saved us, if it hadn't been for our beloved prophet's worry for us, where would we be today.
Ibaadat deen ka bunyad hain, awr akhlaq us ka chat hain; worship is the foundation of deen, and good character is the roof of deen. without the roof, all kinds of sicknessess can get in. Good character is so important for our Imaan. Today, the sickness of gheebah has not left anybody untouched, no man woman or even aalim. As mentioned, it is a great sin to break the heart of the believer. If we clean our hearts, then we will be true Muslims. Excellent character is one of the completions of iman, if we have excellent character, we are beloved in the eyes of Allah who doesn't care how wealthy we are, or what we look like, or what we wear.
Maulana mentioned around the beginning of his talk, a great woman of Islam. Asiya, the wife of firawn. He said that beautiful people with beautiful homes etc, once thy are buried, are forgotten. But this great lady, who died for Islam, she lives on in the best of books, the Qur'an. Nails were hammered into her body, her skin was peeled off but she remained in iman. when she was hung, she made an amazing dua to Allah; along the lines of ; Oh Allah, i do not know if i can take more of this torture. i ask for protection from firawn. Oh Allah please be mine.' after which she made dua for jannah. amazing, she made dua to Allah first, for her to be him, i.e accepted, before asking for jannah. it is said that when she made dua, she was shown jannah and she died laughing. to which firawn said asiya has gone majnoon, she is laughing as she dies. when in reality she laughed because she was shown jannah. and she will be the wife of our prophet peace be upon him in jannah.we women can't compete with such a great lady, but we should follow her example, strive, and live and die for Allah, nobody else.
Maulana also mentioned that we have no excuse not to be deeni muslims, our excuses of ' oh my child prevented me from praying' our tiny excuses; we will ashamed to voice them in front of Allah when Asiya stood firm whilst being tortured in the most awful ways possible.
we cannot say, we lived in a non Muslim country, we couldn't do this. We have the ability to follow Allah's commands and those of his beloved wherever we are, in pakistan or hindustan or europe. As he said, Abdullah bin ubay lived in madina, in the presence of the Prophet peace be upon him, yet he was the greatest of munafiqs.so it matters not where one lives, but it does matter if we obey Allah or not.
May Allah give us all the ability to act upon we hear, read and learn, Ameen.
Wassalam
Alhamdulillah had the privelege of listening to a bayan by Maulana Tariq Jameel(May Allah reward him greatly) live; and am posting some of what i remember from the talk, which was, mashallah very inspiring.
Maulana started off by relating the power of Allah, and how he is the greatest, all seeing.
If Allah had wished so, he would have made the entire creation obedient to him, following every command of his. Lekin Allah ne humko ikhtiyar diya hain; he has shown us the right, straight path, then given us the choice
Islam
or
kufr.
Every part of us has a choice; with our eyes we can either see good, or view the haram. With our ears we can either hear music, or listen to the recitation of the quran. If we sin now, he will say nothing. But to the disobedient, let them know that Allah is not asleep, he see's and hears everything.
In the darkness, jet darkness of night, in the blackness imagine thousands of jet black ants travelling along a mountain. of those tiny, tiny miniscule ants, Allah can even see its undefinable footprints; Allah us ke paw ka nishaan dekh sakte hain.
He mentioned the beauty, the importance of Iman. Maulana outlined how beloved a heart full of Imaan is in the sight of Allah, to the extent that it is more beloved to Him than the ka'aba itself.Ka'aba ko torna chota ghuna, awr imaan waley ka dil torna bohot bara ghuna hain. i.e it is a lesser sin to break the kaba, than break the heart of a Muslim with imaan.
Maulana mentioned how we are ever concious of keeping our homes bright and well lit, and do not care that the light bulbs in our hearts have been dead for so many years. if a light bulb in our homes goes out, we rush to bring the light back, but our hearts are devoid of noor and we are'nt worried about bringing back the noor of imaan in our hearts. (noor=imaan.)
We beautify ourselves for others; wear make up and dress up to the nines to impress our friends and others, decorate our homes to impress and awe people, but we don''t beautify ourselves for Allah? What about beautifying ourselves for Him who will never leave us? It is the age when through a small mistake of the mother, the young person will create a huge fuss, and not remember, that THIS is the woman who gave birth to me? a woman can cook everyday for her husband, but one day of neglect and he will be harsh. Maulana said why do we sacrifice our Iman for people who treat us like this, we should direct our love towards Allah as his love for his servants has no bounds.
He talked about our prophet Muhammad peace be upon, how much he went through, and how we don't care in the face of that. He was the only prophet when he cried, Allah sent Jibrael down to ask, oh my Prophet, why do you cry? On one such occasion, our Prophet cried to such an extent that jibrael was sent to ask the reason why he cried so. He S.A.W: replied, i am worried about my ummah. Ummati, ummati. Hadhrat Aisha once asked him to make dua for her, and he peace be upon him prayed to Allah to forgive her past sins, her future sins, and to grant her jannah. she showed great happiness, and when he asked her why, she replied she was so happy at his making this dua for her.
To which he replied, but i make this dua for my ummah everyday.
The Prophet peace be upon him went through so much, the Maulana related. at the tender age of 6 his mother passed away, on the way back to makkah with the prophet, and her maidservant, umm ayman. Maulana said he visited this place when Amina (r.a) is buried, and he says even now there is no civilization near that place. a small, dark overgrown place with short, dark mountains. Imagine a small boy of 6, losing his mother, leaving her behind in such a place.
Our prophet peace be upon him was ma'sum, innocent. He was Allah's beloved. His worry for this ummah-us- was never ending. When he became ill, and the fever overcame him, he made hadhrat abu bakr lead the maj'maa and prayed behind him. one day, he faced his congregation, this great prophet innocent of sins, and asked his companions forgiveness, and that if he had ever hurt anyone in any way, for them to take revenge. he was innocent, yet he was scared that someone would complain to Allah regards him. subhanAllah.
When he was on his death bed, Allah sent the angel of death and he peace be upon him was given the choice of passing away, or living. The prophet before anything asked jibrael to go back to Allah and say, what of my Ummah, what of my ummah. Jibrael asked, and relayed to the prophet what Allah said, ' do not worry' i will not abandon your ummah.' when the Prophet passed away, this was the greatest 'sadma', or most saddening thing to happen. Maulana said it was this dua of the prophet, that has saved us, if it hadn't been for our beloved prophet's worry for us, where would we be today.
Ibaadat deen ka bunyad hain, awr akhlaq us ka chat hain; worship is the foundation of deen, and good character is the roof of deen. without the roof, all kinds of sicknessess can get in. Good character is so important for our Imaan. Today, the sickness of gheebah has not left anybody untouched, no man woman or even aalim. As mentioned, it is a great sin to break the heart of the believer. If we clean our hearts, then we will be true Muslims. Excellent character is one of the completions of iman, if we have excellent character, we are beloved in the eyes of Allah who doesn't care how wealthy we are, or what we look like, or what we wear.
Maulana mentioned around the beginning of his talk, a great woman of Islam. Asiya, the wife of firawn. He said that beautiful people with beautiful homes etc, once thy are buried, are forgotten. But this great lady, who died for Islam, she lives on in the best of books, the Qur'an. Nails were hammered into her body, her skin was peeled off but she remained in iman. when she was hung, she made an amazing dua to Allah; along the lines of ; Oh Allah, i do not know if i can take more of this torture. i ask for protection from firawn. Oh Allah please be mine.' after which she made dua for jannah. amazing, she made dua to Allah first, for her to be him, i.e accepted, before asking for jannah. it is said that when she made dua, she was shown jannah and she died laughing. to which firawn said asiya has gone majnoon, she is laughing as she dies. when in reality she laughed because she was shown jannah. and she will be the wife of our prophet peace be upon him in jannah.we women can't compete with such a great lady, but we should follow her example, strive, and live and die for Allah, nobody else.
Maulana also mentioned that we have no excuse not to be deeni muslims, our excuses of ' oh my child prevented me from praying' our tiny excuses; we will ashamed to voice them in front of Allah when Asiya stood firm whilst being tortured in the most awful ways possible.
we cannot say, we lived in a non Muslim country, we couldn't do this. We have the ability to follow Allah's commands and those of his beloved wherever we are, in pakistan or hindustan or europe. As he said, Abdullah bin ubay lived in madina, in the presence of the Prophet peace be upon him, yet he was the greatest of munafiqs.so it matters not where one lives, but it does matter if we obey Allah or not.
May Allah give us all the ability to act upon we hear, read and learn, Ameen.
Wassalam
18-May-2009
The incident of Ta'if
Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah
When our beloved Prophet peace be upon him was chased out of Ta'if and the street urchins were set upon him, and he was stoned, He bled so profusely that his shoes were wet and covered in blood. In this pitiable state, the Prophet peace be upon made Du'a:
O Allah, to thee i complain for the feebleness of my strength,
of my lack of resources and my being unimportant in the eyes of people.
O Most Merciful, of all those capable of showing mercy,
Thou art the Lord of the weak, and thou art my Lord.
To whom are thou to entrust me? to an unsympathetic foe who
would sullenly frown at me, or to an alien to whom thou hast
given control over my affairs? Not in the least do i care for anything
except that i may have Thy protection for myself.
I seek shelter in your light- the light that illuminates the Heavens,
and dispels all sorts of darkness and which controls all affairs
in this world as well as the hereafter.
May it never be that i should incur Thy wrath or that Thou
should be displeased with me. I must remove the cause of Thy displeasure
till Thou art pleased.
There is no strength nor power but through Thee.
Allah sent down an Angel who offered to make the mountains around Ta'if to collide together and crush the people or any other punishment that our Prophet peace be upon him desired on the people.
Our Prophet peace be upon him refused to punish the people of Ta'if saying,
' Even if the present population does not accept Islam, perhaps their children might.'
And subhanAllah, they did.
Therefore we must never give up or lag in the work of Dawah InshAllah.
When our beloved Prophet peace be upon him was chased out of Ta'if and the street urchins were set upon him, and he was stoned, He bled so profusely that his shoes were wet and covered in blood. In this pitiable state, the Prophet peace be upon made Du'a:
O Allah, to thee i complain for the feebleness of my strength,
of my lack of resources and my being unimportant in the eyes of people.
O Most Merciful, of all those capable of showing mercy,
Thou art the Lord of the weak, and thou art my Lord.
To whom are thou to entrust me? to an unsympathetic foe who
would sullenly frown at me, or to an alien to whom thou hast
given control over my affairs? Not in the least do i care for anything
except that i may have Thy protection for myself.
I seek shelter in your light- the light that illuminates the Heavens,
and dispels all sorts of darkness and which controls all affairs
in this world as well as the hereafter.
May it never be that i should incur Thy wrath or that Thou
should be displeased with me. I must remove the cause of Thy displeasure
till Thou art pleased.
There is no strength nor power but through Thee.
Allah sent down an Angel who offered to make the mountains around Ta'if to collide together and crush the people or any other punishment that our Prophet peace be upon him desired on the people.
Our Prophet peace be upon him refused to punish the people of Ta'if saying,
' Even if the present population does not accept Islam, perhaps their children might.'
And subhanAllah, they did.
Therefore we must never give up or lag in the work of Dawah InshAllah.
05-Apr-2009
Tabligh; Nabiyon Ka Kaam?
We always hear that 'Tabligh' is the work of the Ambiya (alaihimus salam). Is this true?
Ambiyaa (a.s) came to the world to link mankind to the creater; to show mankind which actions are good, leading to the pleasure of Allah and which actions result in the wrath of Allah and to Jahannam. Every prophet of Allah from Adam (a.s) to Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) called mankind to what we term as usul al deen. These are:
- Tauheed
- Risaalah &
- Aakhirah
- Fear Allah
- We ask of you no remuneration (wages) over preaching because our wage (reward) is with Allah.
- Fear resulting from fright, the end result of which is solely and only linked to harm & injury.
- Fear created by love, respect and remorse at anger created and punishment incurred.
Stemming from one's love, respect and honour for one's parents or teacher, one does not want to do anything contrary to their directives because of 'fear' of their anger or punishment. This type of fear is implied. The other important aspect which all the ambiya (a.s0 made clear was that they recieved no remuneration for preaching, propagating and inviting towards the pleasure of Allah.
In the entire world, there is currently no other group of people bigger than the tabligh jamaat that goes door to door, village to village, town to town, province to provice, city to city country to country and continent to continent trying hard to link the creation with the Creator, calling towards good, learning, teaching, promoting adherence to the practice of the sunnah and doing much more with their own money, without asking for wages,remuneration, votes and with no other ulterior motive. Any reasonable person can observe the striking resemblance between the work of the Ambiya (a.s) and that of the Tabligh jamaat.
When the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) is the last and final Messenger of Allah, the work, duty and responsibility of Nabuwwah has to carry on. The Tabligh Jamaat is definitly fulfilling a major aspect of continuing the work of prophet Muhammad (s.a.w). Some people sceptically & sarcastically ask how one can classify the duty of inviting towards good as work. We say, that in today's world when examining faeces under the microscope is classified as work, why does one not want to classify the work of Amibya alaihimus salam, as work?
wa'alaikum salam wa rahmatullah
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