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Dawah Without Knowledge Allegation on Tablighi Jamaat Myths and Reality?

Assalam O Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu,
Bismillahir Rahmanirraheem
Issue of Knowledge of Tablighi Worker

Tablighi Jamaat is a mass movement involving different strata of   the society through the process of collective consciousness.
It is widely reflected with respect to Wordly Position and with respect to Knowledge of deen also.
1. In Tabligh you will find people ranging from street hawkers,Labourers to doctors,engineers, big businessman and celebrities like Saeed Anwar and Inzamul Haq and Juned Jamshed.etc..

2. On knowledge front also you will find two aspect......

One face of the coin.....................

Let alone thousand and lakhs of ulemae karam involved in the Dawah work with Tablighi jamaat .....
Here I am discussing about Non Alims................
In my Student life at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU)  our Hostel Zimmedar was an Engineer...He started all islamic knowledge after coming in Tabligh............then he learnt Urdu and Tafseer and Islamic books...Amazing his level of Knowledge was....That time computer was not Popular so not the Soft copy of books..........When he left the hostel his islamic books was in big cartoon...........
There are thousands and lakhs of these sort examples............
(I am giving one example because for understanding one is enough  and those who are not ready to understand for them thousands example are of no use......).
 Dr Sanaullah Khan Sb former Prfessor of Statistics Aligarh Muslim University who started the work of Dawah in France...........
He learned Arabic and now at times translate Hayatus Sahba into Urdu in weekly Shabguzari at Aligarh.....
He stated memorizing Quran daily one or two Ayats and by the grace of Allah have become full Hafiz e Quran..........
All these after coming to the effort of Tabligh............

Another face of the coin.....................
You may find illeterate person who cannot read Quran Pak  in khurooj of Tablighi Jamaat................

that creates a confusion........ 
What Tabligh he will do????????.....
Cool down brother/sister .......
Dont confuse with the name Tabligh. 
Tabligh is multifaceted work.......
.The illeterate person will learn reading Quran Pak in Jamaat and he has come for his own Islah and Learning ..........
Maulana Manzur Nomani has detailed this misunderstanding in his book....... https://ia601805.us.archive.org/20/items/ManzoorNomaniEnglishBookonTablighiJamaat/Manzoor%20Nomani%20English.pdf
I have always been of opinion that this name TABLEEGH and those who are working in it as TABLIGHI JAMAAT is creating many confusion for many people. It cause many misconceptions. From the word TABLEEGH people think that it is a work of Preaching (Nassehat o Waaz) and TABLIGHI JAMAAT is a tem or Party of these Preachers.
That’s why they expect that they should have an upper level of knowledge required for Preaching /WAAZ/Naseehat. And practically in action (AMALI) they also expect that they should not have a visiblt shortcoming.1.In this background when they see someone in Tablighi Jamaat not even knowing Wazu Properly or their  appearance is not according to shariah they become extremely critical.2. They further become surprised after seeing them that they are insisting on others to spare some time from their busy schedule and to go in the path of Allah for near and far as they think that
If preaching Waaz and Naseehat has to be done then why not in our locality instead of going far away.
Bhar Hall
All these confusion comes from basic wrong concept of considering Preaching/Waaz Naseehat as the work of Tablighi Jamaat.
Actually here the name  TABLEEGHI JAMAAT means
“Here  TABLEEGHI JAMAAT means a system of developing a deeni and Dawat Environment  in with a person will be with certain Usools will do the Aamal of Dawat Taleem o Taallum (teaching and learning) Ibadat and Khidmat (Service) .
With this environment it is expected to have an increase in 1. attachment to Islam, 2.increase in Emaan,(Belive in Allah and Rasool command and words), 3. reformation of Action 4.seeking of knowledge and 5.Islah e Nafs and the 6.development of Jazba of  sacrifice for Islam.
That’s why all muslims with whatever lag in his knowledge or action (Ilm o Amal ki Kmee) is not only invited rather sometimes pulled and no minimum condition is put as eligibility for going in TABLIGHI JAMAAT.it is expected that with this Environment he will take good effect and Allah the actual caller and the master of our heart will bless him with hidayat.

And that’s why in TABLIGHI JAMAAT all kind of and all strata of people are there.
(Quotes end)

From My own experience 
I would like to say that Patience is required to teach a man of 40-50-60 years which is starting Alif..Baa....
Once I was in such Jamaat where one 45 years illeterate fellow was........In three days after much effort of my friend who was a doctor and ENT specialist the 45 years old man hardly could read Kalima and Half of Surah Fatiha.......................
So if you take this fellow as representative of Tabligh .................it will be like a blind man touching one part of an Elephant and describing it..............


Tabligh work is a mass movement 

and People of different level of knowledge,  having different level of opportunities and  zeal for knowledge are there ........................

so any blanket statement about knowledge of people associated with Tabligh is like a blind man touching and describing an elephant according to part he touched........


A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE AND EYE OPENOR FOR ALL MUSLIMS.........................


By the grace of Allah in 2011 I was in Haj and we stayed near Sindhi masjid MISFALAH (DR) at Ibraheem khaleel road.
There was a semi government local foundation of Saudi Arab .They used to come in sindhi masjid after ASAR and after fajir to teach TAJWEED among Hajis.4-5 teachers used to come. Similar foundation ustad used to go to Hiram also. 
They used to maintain a rergister also with name and nationality.  From the first day I attended there classes and on their order I made announcement in the sindhi mosque in urdu requesting the HAJIS about importance of tajweed and to attend this tajweed class after fazar and after Asar.
What I observed there is the answer of your discussion at the same time question for all muslims.(I know that I have to face Allah so inshaallah there will not be any exaggeration in putting the facts there.)
1.     Very few people took any interest in learning Tajweed that too for free. There time was also relatively free.
2.      There were only some 10-15 brothers who regularly attended and completed some 15 surats.
3.     By the grace of Allah My Tajweed was best among all. They asked me How you TAjweed got corrected. Despite knowing they will not like tabligh, I frankly told them that I used to go in Tableeghi Jamaat and there only I learned tajweed. 
4.     When I became open others also told that they used to go in Tabligh.Nearly 75% of all participants were connected with blessed work of dawah and tableegh.
5.     There was a 60 yrs old man from Bangladesh who has gone for four month and was active worker but his Tajweed was very poor. Some other brothers were also there that has gone in jamaat but there Tajweed was not correct.
6.     Finally I requested them to run their programme in Indian subcontinent also.
Some other observation
I started going in Jamaat from student days at Aligarh Muslim University. When we used to go in jamaat at least 3-4 person whose tajweed are correct used to be there.So correction of Tajweed of others was very easy. After Aligarhat other places when I went in jamaat ,Situation was not very smooth,In many jamaat getting even 2 brothers whose tajweed is correct at times become difficult.
So obviously if anybody goes in jamaat in this situation his correctness effort will be jeopardized, and he will not return with the level that brothers are expecting from them.
Maulana Ilyas was of the view that in every jamaath there should be an Hafiz and Alim. But how to get it is a big question.Number of jamaat /brothers willing to go far exceed than the knoelagable person willing to go in jamaat.If you go markaz nizamuddin there they always remain busy in searching the proper ameer and at times even if they understand that you are not fully suitable but they have no other option to make you.
So it is not the fault of Tableeghi jamaat system lather fault on the part of muslim ummah.We all are equally responsible, even if we are not ready to accept it.
POSSIBLE SOLUTION
1.Dont send jamaat if an Alim/Hafiz/scholar is not available.
 Tableegh objective is broad and multifaceted and knowledge is only one of the aspect of deen so stopping someone is not a good option.
2.Knowlegable people and Ulemas should go in the path of Allah and to teach the people who are less knowlagable.
This solution is viable one and all muslim should co operate and adopt it. So my first request is for brothers who are part of the discussion and at the same time for all muslims specially those who are scholars/Alims /knowlegable Persons.
May Allah give us taufeeq to understand this blessed effort of dawah and to take active part in it and protect dawah from my malfunction and misconduct that possibly gives the effort of dawah a a bad name.
JAZAKALLH
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