The Religion is Advice:

An Essay on Jamaa’at ut-Tableegh

by

Shaykh Faalih Bin Naafi’ al-Harbee

[English Translation]

All Praise to Allaah the Lord of All the Worlds. O Allaah, grant Your salaah

and salaam upon Your Servant and Messenger, Muhammad, and upon all

of his family and companions and those who follow them with perfection

until the Day of Judgement.

Allaah Ta’aala said:

O you who believe! Violate not the sanctity of the Symbols of Allâh, nor of

the Sacred Month, nor of the animals brought for sacrifice, nor the

garlanded people or animals, etc. [Marked by the garlands on their necks

made from the outer part of the treestems (of Makkah) for their security],

nor the people coming to the Sacred House (Makkah), seeking the bounty

and good pleasure of their Lord. But when you finish the Ihrâm (of Hajj or

'Umrah), you may hunt, and let not the hatred of some people in (once)

stopping you from AlMasjidalHarâm (at Makkah) lead you to transgression

(and hostility on your part). Help you one another in AlBirr and AtTaqwa

(virtue, righteousness and piety); but do not help one another in sin and

transgression. And fear Allâh. Verily, Allâh is Severe in punishment. [5:2]

And He Ta’aala said:

And hold fast, all of you together, to the Rope of Allâh (i.e. this Qur'ân),

and be not divided among yourselves, and remember Allâh's Favour on

you, for you were enemies one to another but He joined your hearts

together, so that, by His Grace, you became brethren (in Islâmic Faith),

and you were on the brink of a pit of Fire, and He saved you from it. Thus

Allâh makes His Ayât (proofs, evidences, verses, [3:103]

And He Ta’aala said:

And verily, this (the Qur'ân) is indeed a Reminder for you (O Muhammad

(sallallaahu alayhi wasallam)) and your people (Quraish people, or your

followers), and you will be questioned (about it).[43:44]

And the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said: “The

Religion is advice…”[1]1

And in the hadeeth of Jareer Bin ‘Abdullaah al-Bajalee is that from the

things to which he made an oath with the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu

alayhi wasallam) is “…advice to every Muslim,”[2] 2meaning to every

Muslim who seeks the truth, who has zeal towards his religion, who

advises himself, who is a defender standing up for the correct ‘aqeedah,

who traverses the sound way of the Salaf us-Saalih. as-Salaamu ‘Alaykum

wa Rahmatullah wa Barakaatuh, to proceed:

So indeed, these lands, which have been founded upon the tawheed of

Allaah Ta’aala, are open in their ‘aqeedah and envied for their security in

which one can live in comfort. [This is] due to the grace of Allaah firstly

then due to their ruling according to the Sharee’ah of Allaah in their

‘aqeedah, worship, judgments, characteristics, mannerisms, and the rest

of their affairs. And indeed, the enemies of the ‘aqeedah have been

persistent in their enmity [of these lands] due to that which they (the

enemies) broadcast from calls of misguidance, deformed realities, and

what is similar to that from what has been broadcasted by the trumpets of

the Raafidah, Soofiyyah, and whoever travels in their direction from the

deviants upon their different methodologies and various sects. So they are

1) Reported by Muslim, Abee Daawood, Ahmad, and others.

2) Reported by al-Bukhaaree, Muslim, an-Nasaa’ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ahmad, and others.

agreed upon the resistance of the ‘aqeedah of tawheed and the enmity of

its people wherever they encamp and wherever they are found.

And when they failed in these false calls, they resorted to a different, more

severe technique – and it is to attack this society under the veil of da’wah

to Islaam and in the form of various partisan societies. Each party (hizb)

adopted a specific methodology in their da’wah which did not agree –

neither from near nor afar – with the methodology which the Prophets and

Messengers traversed - and at their head, their last and most superior, our

Prophet Muhammad (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) - and nor with the

methodology of the Salaf us-Saalih from the Sahaabah and Taabi’een and

those who followed them with perfection in terms of concentrating on

spreading the ‘aqeedah of tawheed and giving importance to all of the

principles of Islaam, from the fundamental matters to the subsidiary

branches. Rather, these varying groups, methodologies, and ideologies are

agreed upon not speaking about tawheed, alleging that it splits the

Ummah, just as they do not place importance on seeking shar’ee

knowledge, nor gaining understanding of it, nor spreading it. And what is

important to them is implementing a specific hizbee (partisan)

methodology upon which they show loyalty and disownment. And

therefore, it becomes obligatory upon whoever has knowledge[3]3 to bring

3) [Notice how the Shaykh says that it obligatory upon everyone with knowledge of

these affairs to prevent their evil. The Ikhwaan, more specifically the Mumayyi’oon,

created confusion in this arena by equating this with jarh of the narrators of hadeeth,

thus limiting this type of criticism to the Scholars only, and stipulating that before

criticizing any specific group or individual, one must consult with the Scholars, even if

their affair is clearer than the sun on a cloudless day. And this is falsehood, for this

type of criticism is not analogous to jarh of the narrators of hadeeth, rather, it merely

al-amru bil-ma’roof wan-nahee ‘an il-munkar (enjoining the good and forbidding the

evil), and it is binding upon all those who have the knowledge and capability of doing

so.]

this forward so as to stop the evil of these groups or to reduce it. And

there is no quittance except by this.

And from these groups is the jamaa’ah which has called itself Jamaa’at ut-

Tableegh, and it is a jamaa’ah which is Maatureedee, Ash’aree in its

‘aqeedah and Soofee, Khuraafee (superstitious) in its characteristics,

resistant to the true ‘aqeedah of tawheed, ignorant and causing ignorance

in their way and principles.

And whoever is deceived by this jamaa’ah, then it is only because he saw

what they have in terms effecting the commoners and sinners. And the

reality is that this is a temporary effect, for they remove him from sins and

enter him into shirk, bida’, and tasawwuf (Soofee practices) from

directions which he may or may not perceive. And with this severe

technique, they succeeded in leveraging many of the commoners and

ignoramuses. And from the things that helped them in doing this is that

they move them towards spiritual exercises and spend their time traveling

the earth and performing the khurooj which they call jihaad. And they

always repeat the weak hadeeth: “…we returned from the minor jihaad to

the major jihaad.”[4] 4And they interpreted the texts about jihaad in the

path of Allaah to take this meaning, and they aborted the true principle of

jihaad under the veil of the sufficiency of performing jihaad against oneself

in this age. And in this is a severe Soofee principle, which is to abort the

foundation of Islaam in terms of the tawheed of Allaah Ta’aala, jihaad in

the path of Allaah, knowledge, and educating.

And from their severe principles is their not meddling in speech regarding

4) al-Khateeb reported it in his history [of Baghdaad], as did ad-Daarimee and al-

Bayhaqee in “az-Zuhd.” The latter graded it weak, as did al-‘Iraaqee, as-Suyootee, and

other than them.

‘aqeedah, nor Islaamic politics, nor the points of difference, neither in the

fundamentals nor the subsidiary branches, just as they impose these

conditions upon their followers. And any individual or jamaa’ah which

leaves this manhaj is openly shown hostility and alienated, especially those

who call to tawheed. And this manhaj undoubtedly and unquestionably

serves the enemies of Islaam.[5]5 Thus, they boast about the fact that they

have entered every land in the world, amongst them Russia and Israel.

And this issue by itself calls for questioning and suspicion – can anyone

imagine that the enemies of Islaam would be pleased to strengthen these

people in performing da’wah in their lands if indeed they were calling to

the true Islaam?

Rather, the reality is that this da’wah serves them (the Kuffaar) in their

objectives due to its aborting jihaad in the path of Allaah – and this is what

the enemies of Islaam long for. Added to this is the fact that this da’wah,

which arose from the lands of India about 80 years ago and spread to

various lands, if it was a true da’wah to Allaah, then where is its effect on

the manifestation of shirk and idolatry which is spread throughout the

lands of the Muslims and exemplified by the worship of graves and the

acts of devotion near them, the sacrifices and vows made to them, the

du’aa (invocation) of their inhabitants, and other than that – especially in

the lands from which this da’wah started and resides, such as India,

Pakistan, and Bangladesh?! All the while, this manifestation [of shirk]

spreads within the view and hearing of Jamaa’at ut-Tableegh, who have

5) [And this is why, as mentioned by Shaykh Muqbil, they were allowed to enter the

communist lands during the peak of communism and this is why the French would not

permit him to come perform da’wah except under the name of Jamaa’at ut-Tableegh.

And even in these so-called times of ‘maximum security’, we see that groups of

Tableegh from the subcontinent and Arab world (many of whom have criminal records

and dubious backgrounds) easily obtain visas and hold large conferences in the United

States and Canada with no resistance.]

reached millions yet have not changed this even one bit - rather, they do

not reject this - rather, they actually partake in these rituals with others.

And to them, all of mankind has committed shirk by loving the worldly life

- except for the Tableegh.[6]6 So they alone are free from this shirk. And

they derive this corrupt, bogus belief by way of their statement: “Love of

the worldly life is the head of every evil.”[7]7 And they allege that this a

hadeeth yet it is not a hadeeth, rather, it is nothing but a fabrication and

lie upon the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam). And we are

not talking about individuals here, rather, we are interested in this narrow

manhaj upon which they have traversed, and that it is a manhaj which is

not in conformity with the manhaj of the Prophets of Messengers in

da’wah to Allaah Ta’aala, and [we are also interested in] the extent of the

6) And they say that the people in Saudi Arabia, even if they boast about not

worshipping graves and rocks and calling upon other than Allaah, etc., have indeed

regressed towards the worship of the worldly life and shirk with regards to the comfort

of the worldly life. And indeed, a group of trustworthy Saudi individuals who made a

pledge of allegiance to the head of Tableeghee da’wah in India have testified that he

dictates to them during the pledge of allegiance: “Say: I repent from shirk.” And the

last of which they make them pledge allegiance to is loyalty only to the Tableeghee

da’wah, loyalty to whoever shows loyalty to it, enmity towards whoever shows enmity

to it, defending it, and spending life in its path. Then they pledge allegiance upon the

four-part chain, which is the pledge of allegiance of In’aam ul-Hasan to Muhammad

Illiyaas. And this four-part chain is a simultaneous pledge of allegiance to four Soofee

orders: al-Jishtiyyah, an-Naqshabandiyyah, al-Qaadiriyyah, and as-Sahrawardiyyah.

And what the Naqshabandiyyah possess from misguidance is sufficient without these

other orders, so what if it is combined with them? [From those trustworthy Saudi

individuals who reached the level of pledging allegiance to this jamaa’ah is ‘Abbaas al-

Sharqaawee, whose many writings and statements on the Tableegh will be posted later

in this thread, in shaa’ Allaah. The testimonies of those who went out with the Tableegh

and later abandoned them have been purposely delayed because precedence has been

given to the writings and statements of the Senior Scholars.]

7) al-Bayhaqee reported it in “ash-Shu’ab.” as-San’aanee judged it to be fabricated as

did Shaykh ul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah and as-Suyootee.

effect of this manhaj upon individuals.

And it is possible for us to clarify the condition of this manhaj in

the following statements, and we will enumerate them with brevity:

1. The foundation of the Tableegh is Soofee: they pledge allegiance to the

[four major Soofee] orders and do not see guidance except in them.

2. They take the pledge of allegiance (bay’ah) to the orders from all of

their followers except for the Arabs and the people of the Haramayn (i.e.

the two sacred places - Makkah and Madeenah).

3. The current head of the jamaa’ah, In’aam al-Hasan, acknowledged this

bay’ah in a letter to Shaykh Sa’d al-Husayyin and claimed that it is a

bay’ah of tawbah (repentance).

4. The testimony of Sa’d Bin ‘Abdur-Rahmaan al-Husayyin regarding the

head of the Tableegh in the Kingdom [of Saudi Arabia], Sa’eed Ahmad,

that he confessed to taking the pledge of allegiance from some of the

Saudis to them (the Tableegh).

5. The individuals who made bay’ah to In’aam al-Hasan, the head of the

Tableegh who is present in Delhi, India at their headquarters, confess [to

having made bay’ah to him]. And [their headquarters] has in it the grave of

the founder of the jamaa’ah, Muhammad Illiyaas, his son and successor

Muhammad Yoosuf, and the graves of other than them from their family.

And they are in corner, within the walls of the masjid of the jamaa’ah, and

they (the Tableegh) single them out with specific rituals.[8]8

8) [According to the eyewitness account of Shaykh Rabee' posted earlier in this thread,

these graves are worshipped clearly and openly. It is also clear from a seperate audio

6. The Shaykhs of the Tableegh, upon conducting the bay’ah, warn their

followers from the correct ‘aqeedah and call them (i.e. those who follow

the correct ‘aqeedah) Wahhaabiyyah. And they point out their own corrupt

‘aqeedah to them, and state that the differences between themselves and

the Wahhaabiyyah are in ‘aqeedah. And from the things they point out to

them are the life of the Prophets, which they believe is a true, worldly life

and not a life of barzakh, the permissibility of tawassul through the

‘selves’ of the Prophets and Righteous[9]9 and seeking aid (al-istighaathah)

from them, etc.

7. The individual who desires his pledge of allegiance passes through an

examination phase in front of the Shaykhs of the Tableegh which reaches

the level of worship in obedience – rather, committing what Allaah has

made forbidden by order of the Shaykh or making forbidden what Allaah

has made permissible[10]10, to the extent of fearing annihilation by way of

recording of Shaykh Faalih that he has witnessed these same acts of shirk during a

visit to the Tableeghee headquarters as well - Allaah knows best whether or not he

accompanied Shaykh Rabee' or conducted a seperate visit.]

9) [Tawassul is the act of using someone or something as a means of nearness to

Allaah. Some types of tawassul are permissible, such as tawassul through one’s

righteous deeds or through the Names and Attributes of Allaah, whereas other types of

tawassul, such as those referred to here, constitute major shirk which nullifies one’s

Islaam. Refer to the second nullifier from “Nawaaqid ul-Islaam” of Shaykh Muhammad

Bin ‘Abdil-Wahhaab or Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Bin Baaz and their respective explanations

for further clarity on this topic.]

10) Muhammad Zakariyyaah, one of the majors leaders of Jamaa’at ut-Tableegh, wrote

in “Tableeghee Nisaab” (now called Fadaa’il ul-A’maal) on page 31: “Favor your Shaykh

over yourself by doing whatever he desires, for giving preference to yourself is not

befitting. And be hasty in obedience to his orders and abstaining from whatever he

forbids you from doing, even if he orders you to commit adultery (zinaa) – do it as per

calamities, tribulations, misguidance, deviance, and the most severe

affairs for whoever opposes the Shaykh. And the ruling is the opposite for

whoever blindly obeys the Shaykhs – so he is the guided and successful

one and the one safe from fitnah, etc.

8. They change the life of the follower from head to heel in every way – in

‘aqeedah, manhaj, sulook (way and characteristics), fikr (ideology), and

other than that.

9. They established six attributes: they made memorization of them

obligatory for followers and put them in place of the pillars of Eemaan and

pillars of Islaam and its fundamentals. From these six attributes is the

his order, not your pleasure." [This, as Shaykh Faalih alluded to, is shirk ut-taa’ah, i.e.

shirk in obedience, and it is amongst the major shirk which ejects from the religion and

nullifies one’s Islaam. Shaykh ul-Islaam Muhammad Bin ‘Abdil-Wahhaab said: “The

third [type of major shirk] is shirk ut-taa’ah, and the evidence is the statement of

Allaah Ta’aala: 9:31

They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides

Allâh (by obeying them in things which they made lawful or unlawful according to their

own desires without being ordered by Allâh), and (they also took as their Lord)

Messiah, son of Maryam (Mary), while they (Jews and Christians) were commanded [in

the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)) to worship none but One Ilâh (God - Allâh)

Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He)[]. Praise and glory be

to Him, (far above is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him)."

And the tafseer of this regarding which there is no confusion is: obeying the scholars

and worshippers in committing disobedience [to Allaah], as the Prophet (sallallaahu

alayhi wasallam) explained to ‘Adiyy Bin Haatim when he asked him and said: ‘We do

not worship them.’ So he (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) mentioned to him that their

worship is by obeying them in committing disobedience [to Allaah].” Taken from "al-

Waajibaat al-Mutahatimaat" as compiled by Imaam ‘Abdullaah al-Qar’aawee.]

pure statement that La Ilaaha ila-Allaah, and its meaning according to

them is: “…eliminating the false certainty regarding various things from

the heart and inserting the correct certainty regarding the Self (dhaat) of

Allaah.” And they explain it as being tawheed ur-ruboobiyyah, i.e. there is

no beneficiary nor harmer except Allaah Ta’aala, etc.

And from them is honoring the Muslim[1111]: and they explain this

attribute as whoever bares witness that La Ilaaha ila-Allaah is a Muslim,

regardless of what his actions are and even if he commits shirk and does

everything that nullifies the shahaadah. And whosever is not like this, then

he (according to them) is strict and cruel, rather, he is a khaarijee who

makes takfeer of the Muslims. And likewise, they explain the remainder of

the six attributes with explanations that demolish Islaam or apply them in

such as way that conflicts with the reality of the tawheed. And indeed, we

found amongst their followers in our lands those who memorize these six

principles and apply them, so when we asked him about the pillars of

11)[As Muhammad al-Haajiree mentioned when discussing this issue, where is their

honor for those Salafiyyoon and ‘Ulamaa’ who warned against their innovations and

misguidance? Furthermore, where was their honor for Shaykh Saalih al-Fawzaan and

Hammaad al-Ansaaree, when they disrespected these two A’imah by needlessly leaving

their lectures? Or do they just honor those who are either sympathetic to them,

ignorant of their reality, or silent about their hideous deviations due to hizbiyyah? The

truth is, the Tableegh show no honor towards those most deserving of being honored,

and they are Ahl us-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah and their ‘Ulamaa’. And their filthy, vulgar

behavior towards Ahl us-Sunnah has become commonplace in our times – there are

first-hand accounts on sahab which mention how the Tableegh physically attacked

some brothers, labeled others as Shayaateen (devils), and committed other abominable

acts not befitting for a group which claims to honor the Muslims.]

Islaam and Eemaan, we found that he did not know them.[12]12

10. They send out whoever ascribes to the jamaa’ah, [stating] that he is

pious caller, and that he is doing what the ‘Ulamaa’ [of Ahl us-Sunnah] are

not doing, even if he is amongst the most ignorant of the ignoramuses.

And there is found in their hearts a hatred towards the ‘Ulamaa’ and a

love for the Shaykhs of the Tableegh, and they warn against listening to

anyone but them. Nonetheless, it is befitting that we know that the

terminology of the Tableegh in granting the name ‘Shaykh’ or

‘Mashaayikh’ differs from our terminology: so the well-experienced caller

who went to India and Pakistan, conducted various travels (i.e. khurooj for

the specified periods of time), practiced the entire manhaj in da’wah of the

Tableegh and was loyal to it, and so on, then he is the Shaykh according to

them, even if he is amongst the most ignorant of the ignoramuses. And the

reference points are the Indian Shaykhs who are upon this manhaj.

11. Their hatred of the people of ‘aqeedah and the Imaams of the Salafee

da’wah, and their complete hatred of Shaykh Muhammad Bin ‘Abdil-

Wahhaab, may Allaah have mercy on him, and his followers who carried

the da’wah. So they accuse them of ignorance and stupidity, and that they

are Khawaarij, and that they make takfeer of the Muslims, as is written in

Kitaab ush-Shihaab uth-Thaaqib by Husayn Ahmad, one of the major

Imaams of the jamaa’ah (p. 42). So he said: “Know that Muhammad Bin

‘Abdil-Wahhaab made his affair apparent in the beginning 13th century,

and that he had corrupt beliefs bogus opinions. As such, he killed and

fought against Ahl us-Sunnah and forced them to speak ill of his ‘aqeedah

12)[And this is not an isolated case, rather, it is common that a Tableeghee would not

know the five pillars of Islaam nor the six pillars of Eemaan, yet would simultaneously

speak openly in the masaajid and make da’wah. Can the one who does not possess

something give it to others?]

and opinions, and he used to make lawful the pillaging of their wealth, and

he thought that, in killing them, there was reward and recompense –

especially the people of Hijaaz, for indeed, he harmed them in the most

severe way. And he used to insult the Salaf us-Saalih and speak about their

status in the most evil manner, and many of them were called to account

by his hand. In conclusion, he is a tyrannical oppressor and sinning

murderer, thus, the Arabs hated him more severely than the Jews and

Christians…”

And Anwar Shaah al-Kashmeeree, also one of their Imaams, said in Faydh

ul-Baaree (1/170): “As for Muhammad Bin Abdil-Wahhaab an-Najdee, then

he was a stupid man with little knowledge, so he used to hurry to pass

judgments of kufr. And it is not befitting [for anyone] to dive into this

valley (i.e. takfeer), except for he who is precise and knowledgeable of

kufr and its causes.”

As such, the Jamaa’at ut-Tableegh believe that the way of the Salaf in

passing judgments of shirk upon the mushrikeen, innovation upon the

innovators, and so on is harsh and severe, and that it is a fruitless way, and

that it is not from the wisdom in da’wah. And the da’wah of the Tableegh

prevents differentiation between the muwahhid (monotheist) and the

mushrik (polytheist), innovator, and sinner. So the manhaj according to

them is leaving the people upon what they believe, since the important

issue according to them is carrying out the rituals and the specific

principles upon which their da’wah is based.

12. Their allegation that tawheed and ahkaam are causes of dissension,

and that teaching them and calling to them divides the Muslims and repels

them from the da’wah, and that it is not from the wisdom in calling to

Allaah. And this is nothing but scattering ashes into the eyes, such that

their enmity towards the manhaj of the Salaf followed in our lands is not

exposed.

13. They do not forbid the evil – ever – and they openly admit that. And

they do not enjoin the good in the correct manner, and they believe that

the forbiddance of evil repels the Muslims and divides them, and that it is

not from the wisdom in calling to Allaah.

14. They teach their followers many corrupt things from their ‘aqeedah,

amongst which are: that at-tawakkul (trust in Allaah) is not completed

except by abandoning al-asbaab (the means by which things come about)

by claiming that they have no effect, and that performing al-asbaab

damages the validity of at-tawakkul[13]13. And with this they affected many

people, such that they abandoned their governmental jobs and their

business-related activities. And they affected the youth, such that they

abandoned their knowledge-based studies with the claim of at-tawakkul,

and that, for whoever goes out in this da’wah and practiced its manhaj,

everything will suffice for him and his provision will come from places

which he perceives not, even if he doesn’t do any work. And the affair does

not stop at this level, rather, they have been able to affect the young

children, such that they removed them from their schools and classrooms

and away from their fathers, mothers, and families, and they performed

khurooj with them upon their way.

13) [And this is a heinous lie upon Allaah ‘Azz wa Jal, for the belief in al-asbaab is from

the ‘aqeedah of Ahl us-Sunnah wal-Jamaa’ah. Refer to this article. Aside from what is

mentioned by Shaykh ul-Islaam and Ibn Sa’dee in the aforementioned article, Shaykh

Saalih al-Fawzaan also refuted the falsehood of such innovators by mentioning how the

Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) used to prepare strategies, wear

armor, and wield a scimitar when preparing for and fighting in various battles – yet,

despite his performing these asbaab, he was still the most trusting in Allaah of all

mankind.]

And what results from this in terms of waste, misguidance, corruption, and

what results from the khurooj of those youths in terms of corruptions and

perils is known, [yet] only Allaah knows their extent.

15. They fill the minds of their followers with stories which are all lies. And

all of the miracles which they claim and all of the khuraafaat

(superstitions) which they spin up and attribute to Islaam are false and

slanderous. And they support their claims with weak and fabricated

ahaadeeth, and the goal of this is sticking to and associating with the

da’wah and its Shaykhs and leaders as well as their distinguishing

between everything with which they associate.[1414]

16. In Asmaa’ and Sifaat (the Names and Attributes of Allaah 'Azz wa Jal),

they teach them the beliefs of the Maatureediyyah and Ashaa’irah, and

they reject the fact that tawheed ul-‘ibaadah (the tawheed of worship) is

the meaning of Laa Ilaaha ila-Allaah.

17. They closely surround them with authority figures and supervisors and

instill fear in them, perhaps until they lose their mind or are on the verge

of losing their mind.

14)[That is, their intent in spreading these stories and superstitions is causing their

followers and potential recruits to be even more attracted and participant in their

activities. As such, some of their stories are meant to scare unsuspecting people into

joining them, whereas others are meant to make the Tableegh appear ‘miraculous’ and

‘blessed’, thus fooling the foolish into going khurooj with them. And these are all

shameless tactics used by those who lack any textual evidence for their forged

manaahij – in fact, these tactics are common with Christian missionaries, who regularly

resort to story-telling, narrations of false miracles, and other khuraafaat to gain

converts.]

18. They show bigotry to the Hanafee madh-hab with an abominable, blind

sort of bigotry, such that they do not accept the texts and proofs from the

Book and Sunnah if they differ with the madh-hab.

19. They believe in the misguidance and lack of eemaan of everyone who

fails to enter the da’wah of the Tableegh, and that all of the Muslims are

the object of their da’wah – exactly like the Kuffaar.

20. Some of the people only notice their effect on the sinners, but the

reality is that they have an effect on the upright people as well but in a

greater way – especially in our lands, for they removed them from the

upright manhaj of the Salaf and assigned them to the fruitless manhaj of

the Tableegh, which is founded upon innovation and misguidance.

21. Some of the people imagine that they are [only] slight ignoramuses

and that they do not create evils for anyone. And the truth and reality is

that they are callers who, in the foundations of their heretically-

superstitious da’wah, deliberately hold tightly to these foundations without

looking to the legislative proofs and knowledge. And what opposes them is

discarded by the jamaa’ah [only] because it is in opposition to these

fundamentals. And they have a severe principle, and it is that the end goal

justifies the means[15]15. So they believe in the permissibility of arriving to

their goals even by committing acts which oppose the shar’ (legislation),

15)[This “principle of kufr” – as named by Imaam al-Albaanee – is attributed to the

Italian Nicolo Machiavelli (d. 1527 C.E.) and it is the fundamental operating principle

for many secret societies and heretical cults, such as the Freemasons, Illuminati, and

their various derivatives. The misguided innovators of this Ummah also base their

activities on this principle, with the prime example being the Ikhwaan and their

seedlings, such as the Qutubiyyah and Surooriyyah, all of whom are structurally and

operationally similar to the aforementioned secret societies. May Allaah sever them

all.]

such as lying, forgery, and false promises. So they dislike that they should

promise to change what they are upon and what is in their books in terms

of tasawwuf, misguidance, lying, and other than that from that which does

not agree with the Religion, and they do not keep their promises. And

whatever a person possesses from characteristics Even if he imagines that

they are hidden from the people, they are known.

22. They say that the people, except for the Tableegh, are being put to

trail: the rulers are put to trail by their leadership, the businessmen are

put to trail by their business, the employees are put to trail by their jobs,

and so on. And [they claim that] the Scholars have not benefited from their

knowledge, have remained at ease, and have abandoned da’wah and

khurooj, thus they are being put to trail. And they say to whoever follows

them amongst the ignoramuses and their likes: “As for you, then Allaah

has protected you from the trials and has granted you eemaan, and with

your little knowledge, you have sacrificed the worldly-life and have

abandoned it and its people, and have performed khurooj in the path of

Allaah. And thus, you all have an effect on the people because your speech,

which comes from the heart, enters into the heart.”[1616]

24. Since the establishment of Jamaa’at ut-Tableegh in the Kingdom until

today, previous opposition has risen against them from the ‘Ulamaa’,

Shaykhs, and students of knowledge, amongst whom are the Permanent

Committee of Scientific Research, Legal Verdicts, Da’wah, and Counsel –

we will mention this shortly. And indeed, Shaykh Sa’d Bin ‘Abdur-Rahmaan

16)[And the Tableegh claim that, while Ahl us-Sunnah might speak with knowledge in

their da'wah, they speak with the ‘heart’, and that this is why so many people embrace

their da’wah. And the reality is, people embrace their da’wah because, like Shaykh

Muqbil stated, it is a dead da’wah – they do not call to tawheed, do not warn against

shirk, and do not forbid the evil. Thus, it is expected that many people would embrace

such a hollow call.]

al-Husayyin pointed this out in his refutation of In’aam al-Hasan, the

current head of the jamaa’ah. And two scientific research papers of

criticism of the jamaa’ah were presented at the Islaamic University in al-

Madeenah an-Nabawiyyah, and we will refer to them in what follows, in

shaa’ Allaah.

25. All or most of what we have mentioned in terms of the ideologies,

methodologies, beliefs and other than that of those mutasawwifah (i.e.

those who practice Soofiyyah) is known by the commoners, ignoramuses,

and their likes from our lands who were affected by them. And they do not

perceive their corruption, and they become enthusiastic in calling to them,

believing the picture that they painted for them – that they are callers to

guidance, and that what they perform in terms of da’wah to Allaah,

according to their allegations regarding them, is not performed by the

Shaykhs, the people of the rotating chairs (i.e. holding important

positions), and those who are Sultans – that is what they say to them. And

these [commoners] are not capable of performing da’wah except upon

their way (the Tableeghee way), because they and those similar to them

are ignoramuses. There have no criterion with them [to distinguish

between truth and falsehood] and are not capable of anything except what

they have learned from them and what they trained them to do. And they

are currently fulfilling the role of the Tableeghee da’wah in these lands.

And they have a secret, perfected, and precise order of operations upon

which they trained them. And they have great propagation throughout

various cities, nay, even villages and desert communities. And they have

heads in every area from the areas of the Kingdom – they move according

to the orders of Sa’eed Ahmad, who is present in al-Madeenah an-

Nabawiyyah, and according to guidelines from the general leader In’aam

al-Hasan, who is present in India.