Question
In the Qur'aan Shareef there are many aayaat on the subject of Jihaad. The Tabligh Jamaat interprets these aayaat to apply to their form of Tabligh. Is it proper to convey the idea that the Jihaad verses apply to Tabligh?
Answer
The relevant Aayaat refer specifically to Jihaad - Qitaal fi Sabeelillah, not to Tableegh. It is highly improper to peddle the idea that these Aayaat were revealed for Tabligh. Furthermore, the Tablighi Brothers commit the grave error of understanding that Tabligh refers to the specific methodology of the Tabligh Jamaat. This is haraam ghulu' (extremism and bigotry).
Tabligh is a multifacetted Institution having a variety of forms and
methods of Tabligh. It is not restricted to Tabligh Jamaat activity. While it is correct to say that Tabligh is also fisabeelillaah, i.e. in the Path of Allah, just as the Hadith mentions that the Taalib-e-Ilm (Student of Deeni Knowledge) is fisabeelillaah, it is not permissible to convey the idea that the Qur'aanic verses pertaining specifically to Jihaad, were revealed for the objective of Tabligh. Such an impression is false.
It may be said that the Muballigh in the Path of Allah, will also receive the thawaab of the Mujaahid in the Path of Allah, Insha-Allah, but it is not permissible to disseminate the falsehood that these Aayaat were revealed specifically for Tabligh Jamaat khurooj.
- Source
- themajlis.co.za
- Published in
- The Majlis Vol 24 No 02
- PDF page
- 6
Verbatim verified against the source PDF
Appears under ‘THE JIHAAD AAYAAT:. This heading is the nearest headline at or before the page and is approximate. Do not cite it alone.