Shaykh Muhammad Amaan Jami (HA) & Shaykh Abdul-Kareem
Murad (HA)
Muhammad
Amaan Ibn Ali Jami from the faculty of Hadeeth and Abdul-Kareem Murad from the
faculty of Shariah Jamia Islamiyya
(Islamic University Madina Munawwara, Saudi Arabia)
Full Arabic
Report and english translation available
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Taken from Eye witness
account of Bangladesh (Tableeghi) Ijtema send as a fact finding mission.
“A noteworthy trait of this Jamaat is that this Jamaat
concerns itself with matters which other Jamaats don't find appealing and it is
that they take people with them (for reformation) and remain patient (on their
excesses) and make their Tarbiyah (nurture them) in an excellent manner and
have concern for their guidance. Their worry and concern is similar to a
merciful mother towards her beloved son. Allah (SWT) has guided many kinds of
people through them and foremost amongst them are those youth whom we have sent
to America & Europe for education and then left them to their
(affairs) and not worried about their welfare and Tarbiyah. Allah (SWT) has
deputed this Jamaat for many such individuals when these youngsters had left
this (Deen of Islam) after being impressed by the irreligious society around
them and I have many such eye witness accounts and stories and it will be too
long to write them all so I will suffice with recounting only one incident.
A resident of Riyadh brought a group (Jamaat) of
American youth to the Dhaka Ijtema. Allah (SWT) had enable him to climb out of
the abyss (of misguidance) through the work of Jamaat. This youth desired to
perform Umrah as he longed for the Umrah to become a means of his (forgiveness
of sins) and his distance from his actions (of Jahilliyah). I congratulated him
and told him about the virtues of repentance to which he embarrassingly replied
"O Br Muhammad! I intend to perform Umrah but don't know how to actually
perform it and I don't know what I should do when I reach Makkah and before
going to America whatever I had learned in primary (education), I have
forgotten and lost it." I told him to go to one side so we may be away
from the (rush of people) and that I may describe the actions of Umrah to him
in detail. He requested of me to record it on a cassette to which I replied
that if you have a cassette recorder and a cassette then there is nothing
preventing us from this matter. So he brought me a cassette and I recorded the
actions of Umrah and then also he also asked for a cassette of actions of Hajj
and I also summarised those actions for him. I also encouraged him to visit
Masjidun-Nabawi and to also visit Jamia Islamiyya so that he may obtain
beneficial books and magazines from there.
The purpose of recounting this incident and other
(incidents) which I have presented in your presence and there are many other
successes of this Jamaat and the mention of these will be rather long and these
success are real (and palpable so that can be touched by hand) and some of
other Jamaats which are engaged in Dawah (towards Allah (SWT)) are not able to
achieve these and no one (friend or foe, alike) can deny this. The secret is
that this Jamaat has made Dawah-Illallah and the work of reformation of morals
(of people) its primary objective (of life) and it is not so that they have
taken the work of dawah in their left hand and the (fame and enjoyments due to
Dawah) in their right; rather this Jamaat has grasped the work of dawah
(itself) with both hands and these people are far from the greed of fame and
popularity and to them praise and condemnation is equal until the life of this
world has no value in their eyes.
And I suffice at this hint and since the issue is
clear so the effects of the Dawah of this nation is also clear as I previously
elucidated so the ones to make decisions can do so as the work, its effects and
its successes are in front of them to decide.
We spent 3 days in the environment of this Ijtema and
on the fourth day on Monday after Dhohar prayers we returned to Karachi and on
the 23rd of Safar 1399 on Sunday we returned to Jeddah via our flights and we
hope that this journey will be a blessed one, Insha'Allah.
Observations:
1 The name "Tableeghi Jamaat" is not an organized
adaptation, rather it is an identity and they didn't propose but people
witnessed their work (of Dawah and Tadhkeer) and gave them (this name).
2 Dawah, discipline and repeated Ijtemaas have
inculcated in them skills of organisation and structure which enables to
perform their duties in an excellent manner without getting tired.
3 They have the ability to organise and conduct
large-scale Ijtemaas in a structure and organised manner and if someone else
was to organise such a large scale Ijtema they would need to exert themselves
(heavily), require large sums of money while they (Tableeghi Jamaat) are able
to do so with the minimum of expenditure except for when they host (long
distance foreign) guests. All participants of Jamaat consider themselves
responsible for the work of the Ijtema.
Every person performs his assigned task and presents
his belongings (according to his capacity) and performs his duty himself and it
is the intention of every individual that he may become a Khaadim (i.e. serve
others) and not a ruler and strives to benefit his brothers as to them it is an
exalted action, indeed.
Recommendations:
There are clear and apparent qualities and successes
associated with this Jamaat (and its work) which we have highlighted and are
accepted by friends and foe, alike. Subsequently, we deem it appropriate to
present the following recommendations:
1 For benefit and advantage, practical and sincere
cooperation with the Jamaat should be done.
2 We recommend that this movement (of Tableegh) should
also be present amongst our students so that they may benefit from it and for
them to benefit Jamaat. Our students are in need of this blessed Dawah compared
to many other people.
3 Jamia Islamiyya (Madina) should frequently (and in
great numbers) attend these Ijtemaas and teachers and students alike should be
represented here.
We beseech Allah (SWT)to make our actions pure and
exclusive for His Benevolent Diety (SWT) and to keep show and fame away from us
for surely He (SWT) is the most exalted and the one towards whom beseechment is
directed.
Muhammad Amaan Ibn Ali Jami (HA)
10th of Rabiul-Awwal 1399 (8th of February 1979)
