Tablighi Jamaat:
It is also necessary to discuss the Tablighi Jamaat of Raiwind; in this regard, the following points are noteworthy:
[1] Remember, they are Hanafi Deobandi. There are frequent discussions with members of the Tablighi Jamaat,
Among them are the educated class and the general members of the Tablighi Jamaat. When they are asked how many types of shirk (polytheism) are currently present in the Muslim Ummah and how many types of worship are being performed, till today no member of the Tablighi Jamaat has been found who knows these matters. This is a very regrettable thing. The Tablighi Jamaat members should have complete knowledge of Tawheed (monotheism), shirk, their types, and the types of worship in the light of the Quran and Hadith. If a person does not have knowledge of these fundamental beliefs of Islam, then what will he preach? It is like someone going out for jihad, and when the battlefield heats up, he says that he does not even have any weapons. This matter is extremely astonishing because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ preached these very fundamental beliefs of Islam during his thirteen years in Makkah, and the Quran and Hadith bear witness to this.
[2] The three books of the Tablighi Jamaat, Faza’il-e-A’mal, Faza’il-e-Sadaqat, and especially Faza’il-e-Durood, are filled with connections between the deceased and the living people of the world. These matters fall under shirk in knowledge and shirk in action, as previously explained under shirk in knowledge, Tawheed in knowledge, shirk in action, and Tawheed in action; these issues require contemplation.
[3] In the above-mentioned books of the Tablighi Jamaat, many statements and actions of elders are written that are directly against the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and these points need to be considered. For example:
(1) It is written in Faza’il-e-A’mal that Maulana Zakariya started this book when he was not mentally capable.
(2) Those who died from reciting the Holy Quran.
(3) Not everyone should follow the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them.
(4) A Companion who follows the Shafi’i school of thought. (Strange logic)
(5) Marrying the widow of a martyr without observing the waiting period (‘iddah).
(6) Hasan رضي الله عنه had memorized a few hadiths by the age of seven.
(7) Husain رضي الله عنه had memorized only eight hadiths by the age of six.
(8) Maulvi Zakariya’s father had memorized a quarter of the Quran by the age of two.
Prohibiting taking guidance and direction from the great book like the Quran, urging to read virtues of deeds, taking pledges to spread it in gatherings, etc. This is merely a claim, while in practice the love is for the way of their elders who are spreading it. Therefore, it was necessary to make common Muslims aware of this reality, for which efforts have been made according to one’s capacity. Similarly, the elders and devotees of the Tablighi Jamaat are also requested not to make the matter of religion an issue of their ego, stubbornness, and honor, and to reform the virtues of deeds or else not present it for preaching, and instead read and recite the better book, the Holy Quran, for invitation and preaching. Likewise, instead of adhering to certain customs and innovations in Tablighi gatherings, they should be reformed:
[1] Stop the business of distorting Quranic verses and present the Holy Quran exactly as Allah revealed it and the Prophet ﷺ explained it to the Ummah.
[2] Stop opposing jihad and prepare people to fight against disbelief, so that trials are removed from the earth, Islam prevails, Muslims can practice Allah’s religion freely, and peace is established in the world. May Allah grant us the ability to serve the religion of Islam, grant us a conclusion in faith, and bless us with martyrdom at death. Ameen!!
[3] We have tested practically many times that the Tablighi Jamaat of Raiwind neither recites the Quran nor listens to it, neither do they listen to books of hadith nor do they recite them. Trial is a condition.
[4] And nowadays, the widespread polytheism, disbelief, and innovations in the Muslim Ummah are not even mentioned. Such confrontations and debates with the people of falsehood have always been the capital of action for the people of truth, and the fact that no one openly repented from disbelief and atheism in these debates has never become an obstacle for future debates. This is the Sunnah of the Prophets. The preaching of enjoining good along with forbidding evil is the Sunnah of the Prophets. If you emphasize enjoining good and do not even mention forbidding evil, then this cannot be the Sunnah of the Prophets; rather, this was the method of the Jews, which the Quran has criticized as follows:
Do you believe in part of the Scripture and disbelieve in part?
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ explicitly mentioned forbidding evil along with countering the trials of the people of falsehood.
References of Various Editions of the Virtues of Deeds
[1] This book was started by Maulana Zakariya when he was not capable of mental work.
[2] Those who died from reciting the Quran. (Unique style)
[3] Following the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) should not be done by everyone. (Encouragement of virtuous deeds)
[4] A Companion of the Shafi’i school of thought. (Strange logic)
[5] Second marriage with the widow of a martyr without observing the waiting period. (A feat of virtuous deeds)
[6] Hazrat Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) had memorized a few hadiths by the age of seven.
[7] Hazrat Hussain (may Allah be pleased with him) had memorized only eight hadiths by the age of six.
[8] Maulvi Zakariya’s father had memorized a quarter of the Quran by the age of two.
[9] Beyond rules and regulations
[10] Without expertise in fifteen sciences, explaining the Quran is forbidden.
[11] Love.
[12] The fifteenth science is Wahbi, which perhaps no one claims.
[13] Prohibition of Love and Excellence at Other Places.
[14] Eight Qur’ans Completed Daily. (Record of Virtuous Deeds)
[15] Mockery of the Qur’an. (The Entire Qur’an in One Dot)
[16] Method to Create Love. Blessed Love is Wealth.
[17] Beloved in Burqa, Will Cool Eyes from Above.
[18] Every Gesture of the Beloved is Pleasing.
[19] Imam Abu Hanifa (may Allah have mercy on him) used to see sins falling with falling water. (Claim of Virtuous Deeds)
[20] Death upon the Prophet but Not Upon His Elders. (Dual Aspect of Virtuous Deeds)
[21] A Companion Could Not Pray Two Rak’ahs.
[22] The Deeds of the Living are Presented Before the Dead. (Faith-Shaking Claim)
[23] Difference Between Faith and Disbelief.
[24] The Prophet ﷺ’s Zeal for Jihad Before Migration. (But the Preachers are Opposed to It)
[25] Sufyan Thawri’s Episode of Overpowering Condition.
[26] Deception by Satan. (The greatness of a saint)
[27] The reward of thirty million prayers. (An exaggeration)
[28] Two hundred or three hundred rak’ahs daily.
[29] Ignorant Sufi.
[30] Fasting all day and Tahajjud all night. (A great saint)
[31] Screaming and died.
[32] Restlessness for forty years.
[33] The story of the fish.
[34] Twelve days of all prayers from one ablution.
[35] The dead stood up in the grave.
[36] A saint’s wife kept crying while he remained engaged in worship.
[37] Prayed Isha and Fajr from one ablution for fifty years.
[38] Always fasting. (Against Hadith)
[39] Twelve thousand things in prayer.
[40] They used to tie with a rope. (Slander on the Prophet ﷺ)
[41] One thousand rak’ahs daily. (Record)
[42] Prayer, drum, and saint.
[43] Waiting from Zuhr until the next day, elders and guests.
[44] A unique style of worship
[45] Love.
[46] They were spinning. (The excellence of the elder)
[47] The story of a king.
[48] Satan and the worshiper.
[49] Load shedding in the Haram.
[50] Love.
[51] Meeting with Satan.
[52] Prohibition of Quranic lessons.
[53] Screaming and dying.
[54] Shoes have to be straightened.
[55] Twenty-five thousand daily.
[56] Two hundred times in one breath.
[57] The story of a disbelieving king.
[58] Elder, soldier, and donkey.
[59] The spectacle of falling sins.
[60] Avoidance of istinja (cleaning after relieving oneself).
[61] Due to the risk of increase in greatness and prohibition of dhikr.
[62] The glorification of inanimate objects and animals.
[63] False claim of seeing Allah.
[64] Paradise with its furnishings.
[65] Hadith of Tasbih.
[66] Whoever thinks well should act upon their words.
[67] Command to practice a profession. (Practice)
[68] Viewing Paradise and Hell.
[69] Fighting over leaving Taraweeh.
[70] Encouragement to follow the elders.
[71] I am happy seeing the women of the house.
[72] The Kufi group that killed many rulers.
[73] Ate food once in fifteen days.
[74] Experiencing the pleasure of Paradise.
[75] Never fasted nor prayed in a lifetime. (Miracle)
[76] Completed the entire Quran in one night.
[77] Hazrat Ali (RA) woke up a companion.
[78] Prayed Isha and Fajr with one ablution for fifty years.
[79] Heard the response to greeting from the grave.
[80] Reward greater than twenty jihads. (New discovery)
[81] Saw the Prophet ﷺ old or young in a dream.
[82] Drank wine. (False accusation against the Prophet ﷺ)
[83] Sending blessings once in a lifetime is obligatory.
[84] Distribution of the Prophet Muhammad’s ﷺ beard hairs.
[85] Method of meeting men (70 thousand forgiven).
[86] One great sinner became the cause of forgiveness for the entire cemetery.
[87] The Prophet ﷺ became uneasy due to excessive sending of blessings.
[88] Shibli mad and the call of Ya Muhammad (ﷺ).
[89] Black-faced.
[90] The usurer became a pig.
[91] The Prophet ﷺ placed his hand on the black-faced one’s stomach. (نعوذ باللہ!)
[92] The soul of the Prophet ﷺ descended from the sky, bread was with it.
[93] Explanations of the Prophet ﷺ.
[94] Beard hairs were in the hand.
[95] Bread and the Disrespect towards Usman (May Allah be pleased with him).
[96] The Fragrance of Saffron.
[97] A Hand Will Emerge from the Grave for Handshaking Which Will Cause Fitnah.
[98] The Prophet ﷺ Had No Shadow.
Here we will comment on some issues of the Tablighi Jamaat’s book Faza’il-e-A’mal:
[1] This book was started by Maulana Zakariya when he was not mentally capable of working.
This is the reason that in this book truth and falsehood have been mixed up.
[3] Not everyone should follow the Prophet ﷺ and the Companions (May Allah be pleased with them).
This is explicitly against the verse
. In this verse, Allah Almighty has strictly commanded to follow the way of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the Companions, and Allah Almighty has said that whoever deviates from this path will be among the inhabitants of Hell.
[4] A Companion who was Shafi’i in Madhhab. (Strange logic) It should be noted that Imam Shafi’i was born in 150 AH and Taqlid (imitation) started in the fourth century AH.
[5] Second marriage to the widow of a martyr without observing the waiting period (‘Iddah).
No companion (Sahabi) may do this, so this is a lie.
[8] Maulvi Zakariya’s father had memorized a quarter part of the Quran at the age of only two years.
Is this possible?
[10],[12] Without expertise in fifteen sciences, it is forbidden to explain the Quran, and the fifteenth science is probably one that no claimant exists for.
This is against the Quranic text.
In which Allah Almighty said that We have made the Quran easy to understand.
[14] Eight Quran completions daily.
Impossible and also against
.
[19] Imam Abu Hanifa (may Allah have mercy on him) used to see sins falling from dripping water.
◈ This is outright exaggeration (Ghuloo), see Allah Almighty’s command regarding the Messenger of the Universe ﷺ: [وَ مِمَّنۡ حَوۡلَکُمۡ مِّنَ الۡاَعۡرَابِ مُنٰفِقُوۡنَ ؕ وَ مِنۡ اَہۡلِ الۡمَدِیۡنَۃِ مَرَدُوۡا عَلَی النِّفَاقِ ۟ لَا تَعۡلَمُہُمۡ ؕ نَحۡنُ نَعۡلَمُہُمۡ ؕ سَنُعَذِّبُہُمۡ مَّرَّتَیۡنِ ثُمَّ یُرَدُّوۡنَ اِلٰی عَذَابٍ عَظِیۡمٍ]
And there are some hypocrites around you and some from the people of Medina who are persistent in hypocrisy. You do not know them, We know them. We will punish them twice, then they will be returned to a great punishment.
Although the hypocrites would pray in front of you (ﷺ), travel with you, attend your gatherings, and you did not know that they were hypocrites. It should be noted that this Surah ،،التوبہ،، was revealed after the conquest of Mecca in 9 AH, and your (ﷺ) death occurred in 10 AH.
[22] The deeds of the living are presented before the dead. (A faith-breaking claim)
It is purely false.
[30] Fasting all day and Tahajjud all night. (A great elder)
Would a person who performs such acts not be expelled from the Ummah of Muhammad? Because this is completely against the practice and command of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
[34],[78] Twelve days of all prayers with one ablution.
Would a person who performs such acts not be expelled from the Ummah of Muhammad? This is practically impossible.
[37],[38],[73] Fifty years of performing Isha and Fajr prayers with one ablution. Would a person who performs such acts not be expelled from the Ummah of Muhammad?
[41] 1000 rak’ahs daily (record)
Every literate praying person knows that on average, one unit of prayer takes one and a quarter minutes. For one thousand units, twelve hundred and fifty minutes, that is twenty-one hours, were spent, leaving only three hours for the remaining obligations. Is this daily routine possible? Is this the Sunnah of the Messenger ﷺ or the method of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them?
[63] The false claim of seeing Allah.
It is purely false.
[66],[70] Encouragement to follow the elders.
Remember, unconditional obedience to scholars and elders is forbidden.
[88] Shibli is mad and the call of O Muhammad ﷺ.
Then what difference remains between the teachings of the Barelvi followers and the Tablighi Jamaat?
[98] The Prophet ﷺ did not have a shadow.
Then what difference remains between the teachings of the Barelvi followers and the Tablighi Jamaat?
The Blessed Shadow of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ:
Some people say that the Prophet ﷺ was not a human but only light, and therefore he had no shadow; this is also false. Come, I will prove from the Quran and Sunnah that he ﷺ had a shadow:
First Evidence:
[وَ لِلّٰہِ یَسۡجُدُ مَنۡ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الۡاَرۡضِ طَوۡعًا وَّ کَرۡہًا وَّ ظِلٰلُہُمۡ بِالۡغُدُوِّ وَ الۡاٰصَالِ]And to Allah prostrates whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and their shadows also prostrate at morning and evening.
In this verse, it is stated “whatever is in the heavens and the earth,” so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is also on the earth, therefore you also prostrated to Allah and you also had a shadow. The Quran proves the shadow of the Prophet ﷺ.
Second Evidence:
[اَوَ لَمۡ یَرَوۡا اِلٰی مَا خَلَقَ اللّٰہُ مِنۡ شَیۡءٍ یَّتَفَیَّؤُا ظِلٰلُہٗ عَنِ الۡیَمِیۡنِ وَ الشَّمَآئِلِ سُجَّدًا لِّلّٰہِ وَ ہُمۡ دٰخِرُوۡنَ]Have they not seen that whatever Allah has created, all their shadows move to the right and to the left, humbly prostrating before Allah?
The shadows of all creatures are proven in this verse. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ is also a creature, therefore you ﷺ also had a shadow.
Third Evidence:
Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that we were on a journey with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when Sayyida Safiya’s (may Allah be pleased with her) camel became ill. Sayyida Zainab (may Allah be pleased with her) had an extra camel. The Prophet ﷺ said: Zainab! Give this camel to Safiya for riding. Sayyida Zainab (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Should I give it to this Jewess? (Sayyida Safiya (may Allah be pleased with her) had converted to Islam from a Jewish family.) The Prophet ﷺ became displeased upon hearing this and stopped speaking to Sayyida Zainab (may Allah be pleased with her). Several days of Dhu al-Hijjah, Muharram, Safar, and some days of Rabi’ al-Awwal passed. After a long boycott, Sayyida Zainab (may Allah be pleased with her) thought that now the Prophet ﷺ no longer needed me. She wanted to pick up her belongings and her bed and says: (فَبَيْنَمَا أَنَا يَوْمًا بِنِصْفِ النَّهَارِ إِذَا أَنَا بِظِلِّ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مُقْبِلٍ)
That while I was sitting in this contemplation, it was noon, suddenly I saw the shadow of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Ahmad Raza Khan’s translation mentions the blessed shadow of the Prophet ﷺ but, as usual, with a little confusion.
Fourth Evidence:
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik رضي الله عنه narrates that once the Prophet ﷺ led us in the morning prayer. During the prayer, he ﷺ extended his hand forward and then pulled it back. When he ﷺ finished and turned in salaam, the companions رضي الله عنهم asked him about it. He ﷺ said: During the prayer, I saw Paradise in a state of unveiling before me, and its fruits were bending close. I intended to pluck some of those fruits, but Paradise was removed by the command of Allah. Then I saw Hell: ( ثم عرضت علي النار، بيني و بينكم حتى رأيت ظلي و ظلكم )
Then Hell was presented before me between me and you, until in the light of that fire I saw my shadow and your shadow.
I have proven from the Quran and Sunnah that it is the shadow of the Prophet ﷺ.
[91] The Prophet ﷺ placed his hand on the belly of the black-faced woman. (استغفر اللہ)
This is an open attack on the honor of the Messenger (ﷺ) that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed his hand on the belly of a non-mahram woman. (نعوذ باللہ من ذلک!)
Finally, it would not be inappropriate to mention a cassette of a very prominent scholar and preacher of the Tablighi Jamaat. This cassette has been widely distributed across the country and contains a long speech by them (T.J.), in which, among many other things, they state that when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ went to his Lord, all the veils of light were removed, and Allah Almighty and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were face to face, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw his Lord. However, this statement is explicitly contrary to the Holy Quran
and also contradicts the Hadith of Sayyida Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), in which she said: Whoever says that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw his Lord is a liar.
We will earnestly request the members of the Tablighi Jamaat to read the Quran carefully, to study Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and other books of Hadith thoroughly, to read the famous books of Hanafi jurisprudence carefully, to read the book Haqiqat al-Fiqh, to form a board of scholars who write books on beliefs in the light of the Quran, Hadith, and jurisprudence. Then preach with enthusiasm, teach every member of the Tablighi Jamaat about beliefs so that they can inform the public.
