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way of prophets (’alaihi mu ’s-salâtu wa ’s-salâm) and were notaimed at changing the heretical beliefs that had spread amonghuman beings; therefore, it has become a must to establish anew jamâ’at! Those who have wanted to separate al-Ummat al-Muhammadiyya and to start a new heretical movement againstAhl as-Sunna have always come about by saying such words;claiming that the whole Ummat Islâmiyya has deviated from theright path and dissented from the way of salvation, they havefounded new paths. They have put their invented, corrupt,heretical ideas forth in this way.“Another similar one, Abul Ala Mawdûdî, recently founded anorganization called Jama’at Islami in Pakistan. On the fifteenthpage of his Urdu booklet Min Musliman ur mawjûduhû sîyasî,he explains the cause of his founding this organization in thisway: ‘I have investigated and studied much. I decided to takethe present Islamic ring off my neck. If I did not do so, I, too,would be in the footsteps of the irreligious called ilhâd anddahriyya [he calls the religion of his ancestors as ‘ilhâd anddahriyya’.] Therefore, I have put forth a new religionconformable to the meaning of kalimat at-tawhid.’ He claimed tobe the first true Muslim of his time and called everybody,Muslim or not, to this new religion.“Muhammad Ilyâs said the same, claiming that what theUmmat al-Muhammadiyya had done for centuries were notconformable to the way of prophets. Muhammad Manzûr an-Nu’mânî, on the twelfth page of his booklet Malfûzât, quoteshim: ‘All of what the Ummat al-Muhammadiyya do now are ritesand customs. Those who taught religion and directed religiousaffairs depended on rites and customs.’ Muhammad HasanKhân, one of the leaders of Jamâ’at at-tablîgh, wrote in thepreface to Miftâh at-tablîgh, ‘Because religious affairs aremisdirected at the present time, many people are caught by thecurrent of shirk, kufr and ilhâd. Pitying at this situation of men,Allâhu ta’âlâ sent Shaikh Muhammad Ilyâs as a mu’jiza toawaken Muslims from unawareness and to initiate them into thespirit of religion. This mujâhid endeavoured to awaken people inthe Mivat town, south to Delhi, as possible as the conditions ofhis time permitted.’ It would not be easy for them to answer thequestion, from where did Ilyâs find the right path while thewhole Umma was in kufr and dalâla?’“In summary, the group of Jamâ’at at-tablîgh, like their other- 254 -
upstart colleagues, say that the Ummat al-Muhammadiyya hasfallen for dalâla, dissented from the right path. These words areexactly opposite to what our Prophet (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi wasallam) had conveyed, for he said in a hadîth reported by at-Tirmidhî, ‘My umma do not agree on deviation.’ This hadîthabsolutely tells that the knowledge on which the mujtahidîn, thatis, Muslim scholars agreed are always right. Not only scholars,but also every sane person will immediately understand this.“In the following, the establishment of the Jamâ’at attablîghiyyawill be detailed:“Abu ’l-Hasan Alî Nadvî, famous authority on religion andhistory in India, quotes the founder of the Jamâ’at attablîghiyya,Ilyâs, as saying, ‘I started this job when I was inMedina in 1345 A.H. (1926). I was given the good news thatrealization of this movement would be through my hands.’These are written in Urdu on the 77th page of the bookMawlânâ Ilyâs Urankî dîni Da’wat. On the next page, it iswritten that he began to call people to religion after his returnfrom Medina to India. From the two lines quoted from him, it isunderstood that he claimed to begin this invitation upon thecommand and good news of Allâhu ta’âlâ. The inner aspect ofthis movement is written in detail in Malfûzât al-Ilyâs. On page50 of this book, his pupil Muhammad Manzûr an-Nu’mânî givesthis good news of his master to his friends: ‘Ru’yâ (dream) isone of the 46 parts of prophethood. Promotions (taraqqî) thatcannot be obtained through riyâda and mujâhada can occur tosome selected men in ru’yâ. Teachings that dawn upon them inru’yâ are parts from prophethood. Won’t promotion come aboutwith these? Knowledge increases ma’rifa. And ma’rifa makesone closer to Allah. Therefore, Allâhu ta’âlâ commanded us tosay, “Oh Allah! Increase my knowledge!” Man is given sahîhknowledge in ru’yâ. Therefore, pray so that this leader of yoursshall sleep much. When I sleep little because of getting angry, Iresort to a physician and use the medicines he gives me toincrease my sleep. This way of invitation through tablîgh wasshown to me in ru’yâ. The interpretation of the âyat, “You arethe best umma. You have been created for the welfare ofhuman beings. You command the goodness to be doneand prohibit the wrong,” was told to me in ru’yâ. Likeprophets, I have been created for the invitation of the people.The phrase ‘You have been created’ in the âyat indicates that- 255 -
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Publisher’s Note:Those who wish t
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madrasas, and to cause Muslims to d
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some âyats and mutawâtir hadîths
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ISLAM’S REFORMERS(THE BIGOTS OF S
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Muslim to feign irreligiousness, un
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anything which could be said to be
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themselves will not; they will be a
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learning about the greatness of the
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grammar, ‘rahîm’ is a ‘sifat
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“The disputes on whether the Qur
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proofs showing that Islam is the ri
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knowledge is learned by way of narr
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demands the suppression of such evi
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eason should be freed from being a
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changed through a proof shown by re
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a mosque, to a madrasa or to a derv
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which was more perilous, and thus t
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next world, or is it because reform
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next world and works for both,” a
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extensively but in the sense of tru
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utterly ignorant people, who believ
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are in the wrong path. Allâhu ta
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declares that they speak out of ign
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ta’âlâ has predestined it so, b
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astonished at these âyats.The conv
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(repentance) came together. Repenta
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Mahmûd ibn ’Abdullah al-’Âlû
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advantage of this state of the peop
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They want deeds to be a part of îm
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will attain its reward.” (Sûrat
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his faults and feels shame in the p
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words, writings, caricatures, plays
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not,” since he who slights these
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willingly, as humanity requires. It
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eligious knowledge like those who a
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performance. Hadrat Prophet (’ala
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eligion, their government, themselv
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when His attribute of Jamâl (Beaut
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talk behind anybody’s back. He do
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eligion, who, while teaching that t
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to place ignorance and evils into t
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every creature comes into existence
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ta’âlâ by thinking over morals
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observations on the atom, radioacti
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and his men had called Mûsâ (’a
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(’alaihi ’s-salâm) revealed an
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nation. We have already said that m
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(radiy-Allâhu ’anh) was based on
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full of îmân and his beard wet wi
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our religion! While it would become
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drunken people whose hearts burn wi
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her honesty through her reason and
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eginning not to let the nafs move a
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ights and freedom more than women w
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they are too ugly to be looked at o
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their happiness! Let them get used
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face and hands, is awrat according
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grave sin.“When a Muslim who insi
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month. A man who owns (the amount o
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place of the world, woman wants to
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intercourse illegitimately and his
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private prostitution were prohibite
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conscience, for ta’addud az-zawja
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under the harmful influence of rati
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In the third group of religion refo
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was the chief of the freemasonic lo
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egan to observe minutely the way he
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were to be solved through ijtihâd.
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ecome hostile towards or torture or
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Hell meant that sinful believers wi
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has bestowed upon His Messenger is
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Muzanî (radiy-Allâhu ’anh). Her
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Allah! Do shafâ’a for me, come t
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someone means to entreat them and t
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called al-Lât and al-Uzza and ange
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as-Suyûtî and reported by Ibn Mâ
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Islam by Ahl as-Sunna scholars as,
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“As Allâhu ta’âlâ has made p
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time,” and “My companions are l
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condescended to use the word ‘lit
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Rasûlullah (sall-Allâhu ’alaihi
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Book and our Prophet’s Sunna. The
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ased on the Qur’ân, the Sunna an
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Damascus.’“It is declared in a
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his cheek on the ground. He took an
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Islamic scholars have been the very
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doubtful îmân is not îmân. But
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have been following) disagrees with
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and who followed the same path and
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hadîth books. When the teachings w
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that those who perform the dhikr ar
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matter and observes each rule ident
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would be to reinforce the teachings
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Madrasa and the Head of the Pious F
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time, and for the accurateness of t
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Christianity, will shake hands and
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“There is a devil in every person
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preaches and books of Burhân ad-d
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“Islam is not a religion to be im
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salâm) said ‘harâm’ and who d
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it is sufficient for Muslims and dh
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nubuwwa: “One of the most honoura
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the one hand, and the Wahhâbîs an
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and is one only through the compreh
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work in the world. These branches o
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elief (îmân), it is necessary to
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seems to be indifferent towards wor
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teachings of the Sharî’at which
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hungry eats something. He who becom
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is a vice.” It was stated in anot
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person is a Walî?” He said, “I
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a hadîth-i-sherîf, “He who hate
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GLOSSARYBI, SP, AM, AEI and EB (I-V
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-Ka’ba: the big room in al-Masjî
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shirk: (statement, action causing)
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A’ûdhu billah-imin-esh-shaytân-
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