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Praise be to Allah ﷻ,
Possessor of majesty and honor.
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He calls to Paradise, the Home of Peace.
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I testify that there is no god
but Allah ﷻ alone, with no partner.
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Whoever fulfills this testimony enters
Paradise, the Home of Peace.
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And I testify that Muhammad ﷺ
is His servant and Messenger.
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He called to his Lord by His leave,
and was sent as mercy to mankind.
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May Allah ﷻ grant him the finest blessings
and perfect peace.
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May Allah ﷻ be pleased with his family
and noble Companions.
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Now then, beloved ones.
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Calling to Allah ﷻ is among the noblest
of tasks and the greatest honors.
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Those who do it with sincerity
and Sunnah are in the loftiest ranks.
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Allah ﷻ described Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
with these words.
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"O Prophet, We sent you as a witness,
a bringer of good news and a warner."
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"We sent you as a caller to Allah ﷻ
by His leave, and an illuminating lamp."
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Allah ﷻ made clear that the caller to Him
holds fast to tawhid and righteous deeds.
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He is the best of people in speech
and the best of them in condition.
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He, Glorified is He, said this.
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"Who speaks better than one
who calls to Allah ﷻ and does good deeds?"
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"He says, 'Indeed,
I am one of the Muslims.'"
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So reflect,
may Allah ﷻ preserve you.
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This is how Allah ﷻ described him:
his words are the best of words.
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He calls to Allah ﷻ;
his call is to Allah ﷻ.
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He does righteous deeds
and holds fast to tawhid.
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Our Lord explained in two great verses
the lawful call that wins praise and rank.
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He says, exalted is He:
"This is My straight path, so follow it."
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"Do not follow other paths,
or they will turn you from His path."
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A call is lawful only if it follows
the path of Allah ﷻ.
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That is Allah's path.
He commanded us to follow it.
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If it follows invented paths
here and there, it is unsound.
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It is neither useful nor effective.
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Allah's path is explained
in Surah Al-Fatihah. We recite it in our prayers.
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It is the path marked by two qualities.
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The first is knowledge,
and the second is acting on knowledge.
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Straying from the path of Allah ﷻ may stem
from ignorance.
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Or it may be by turning away knowingly.
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As for the second verse, Allah ﷻ says:
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Say, "This is my way: I call to Allah ﷻ
with insight, as do my followers."
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"Glory be to Allah ﷻ,
and I am not one of the polytheists."
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Da'wah is only sound and successful,
and a path to good on the Prophet's way.
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Say, "This is my way."
Say, "This is my path."
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What is this path?
It is to call to Allah ﷻ.
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This is the first of these qualities:
it is a call to Allah ﷻ.
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It is not a call to nationalism,
tribalism or party groups, but to Allah ﷻ.
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The very basis of calling to Allah ﷻ
is the oneness of the Lord of all worlds.
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And it must be with knowledge.
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That is why Allah ﷻ said,
"I call to Allah with insight"—knowingly.
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There is no calling with ignorance.
Rather, it must be with true insight.
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This means insight into what one calls to,
how to call, and people's condition.
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The third quality is this.
I and those who follow me.
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Those who followed the Messenger ﷺ
are his Companions.
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A beneficial call follows
the righteous predecessors' path.
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May Allah ﷻ be pleased with them.
This is the path of the Companions.
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A successful call glorifies Allah ﷻ
above all that does not befit Him.
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I am not one of the polytheists.
I call to tawhid as a monotheist.
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This is the lawful, successful call
that brings good to people.
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It follows the Prophet's way
and is sincere for Allah ﷻ alone.
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It is based on knowledge
and the righteous predecessors' path.
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May Allah ﷻ be pleased with them.
It exalts Allah ﷻ above false claims.
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And it calls to tawhid.
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Success and guidance in all matters
rest on tawhid of the Lord of the worlds.
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The basis of a lawful call
is tawhid of the Lord of all worlds.
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It must call people to tawhid.
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Otherwise, it is not the lawful call
for which its caller is praised.
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Beloved ones, Muslims have differed
over da'wah, as in other matters.
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Prophet Muhammad ﷺ showed us the way
when differences arise in Sharia matters.
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How do we know the truth
if some come saying, "This is the truth"?
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Others say, "This is the truth,"
and yet others say the same.
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How do we know the truth?
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Prophet Muhammad ﷺ explained this clearly,
fully, and completely. He said:
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"Whoever lives after me
will see much disagreement."
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So keep to my Sunnah and
the way of the guided caliphs.
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Cling to it tightly.
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Beware of newly invented matters.
Every such matter is an innovation.
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This is the sound method to know the truth
and its people in Sharia disputes.
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So look to what Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
and his Companions (RA) followed.
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Look as well to those who agree with them.
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Whoever follows the path
of those righteous men is upon the truth.
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Adhere to it and hold fast to it.
Bite it with your molars, even if opposed.
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Beware of innovations in religion.
They are not in the way of the Prophet ﷺ.
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Nor was it known to the pious Salaf.
May Allah be pleased with them.
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In light of the above,
we will address this in this session.
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It is a preaching group.
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It is called Tablighi Jamaat
and also Jamaat al-Ahbab.
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We will judge it by Shariah.
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This is because many of our brothers
from our land and elsewhere joined it.
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They leave their families,
leave their lands and spend money on this.
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We believe they seek what is with Allah ﷻ
and think this path pleases Allah ﷻ.
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Exalted is He.
So does this path please Allah ﷻ?
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This is what we wish to explain
and make clear.
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We will weigh it by the Shariah,
not by emotion or personal whims.
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This group is Tablighi Jamaat,
founded in the mid-14th century AH.
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Its founder was Muhammad Ilyas
ibn Muhammad Ismail.
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He started learning under his brother
Muhammad Yahya and memorized the Quran.
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He went to Darul Uloom Deoband
and studied Hanafi jurisprudence there.
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He took the Sufi pledge of allegiance,
and pledged to his shaykh Rashid Ahmad.
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Then, when his shaykh Rashid Ahmad died,
he renewed the pledge with Khalil Ahmad.
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This shaykh authorized him to administer
the Sufi pledge to others.
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So he began administering the Sufi pledge
after having taken it himself.
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His thinking was Sufi,
and his practice was Sufi.
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He was known for keeping vigil at graves
and staying beside them.
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So in his creed, upbringing, and worship,
he followed the Deobandi method.
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In Maturidi doctrine, he was not upon
the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jama'ah.
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In conduct and method, he was a Sufi.
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He was the leader of Tablighi Jamaat.
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Then he appointed his son Muhammad
to lead Tablighi Jamaat.
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Muhammad too followed his father's path.
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We say this to show
the group's idea rests on Sufi thought.
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It revolves around Sufi thought.
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It is one group in Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Egypt, and Jordan.
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In Iraq, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan,
and Britain, it is one group.
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Don't say, "This is the Saudi one."
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This group is one: one outlook, one basis,
one starting point, though people differ.
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The son stayed long at his father's grave,
head covered in what Sufis call muraqabah.
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May Allah SWT save us.
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One goes to the grave, bows,
covers head, and 'reflects.' They call it muraqabah.
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He was a Maturidi Sufi
and Tabligh's second amir.
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Brothers, he wrote Hayat al-Sahabah
for Arab readers in Tabligh.
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Tabligh has two books written
especially for its followers.
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"Tablighi Nisab" is for non-Arabs.
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"Hayat al-Sahabah" is for Arabs.
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So the matter would gain traction
among Arabs who have some tawhid.
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Shaykh Mahmoud al-Tuwaijri said this.
He knew Tablighi Jamaat very well.
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He was a just scholar, known for piety,
honesty, and restraint in speech.
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May Allah ﷻ grant him abundant mercy.
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"Muhammad Yusuf's Hayat al-Sahabah
is full of myths and false tales."
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"It also contains forged
and weak hadiths."
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"It is an evil book of
misguidance and strife."
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This is the book polished for Arabs,
so what about the original book?
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The book for non-Arabs is Tablighi Nisab.
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After Muhammad Yusuf's death,
Inam al-Hasan became their third amir.
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He followed the same path
as his predecessors.
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They lived by Sufi bay'ah,
Sufi dervish ways, and Sufi orders.
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They give bay'ah only to those trusted
not to object to Sufism in Tabligh Jamaat.
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But anyone known not to accept
Sufi orders isn't asked about bay'ah.
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The group also has a well-known book:
Fada'il al-A'mal.
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It was written by Muhammad Zakariyya,
son-in-law of founder Muhammad Ilyas.
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They saw him as their scholar, though
the group ignores and shuns knowledge.
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As we'll see, if Allah ﷻ wills.
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Tablighi Jamaat promotes its way.
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It answers objections with stories
and examples.
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They do not say this outright.
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Instead, they say, "The scholar is
like a well, the preacher a river."
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"The scholar is like a well."
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"A well benefits only the one
who comes and draws from it."
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"But the preacher is like a river:
people benefit as he passes."
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So a false idea settles in his mind.
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He thinks even an ignorant preacher
is better than a scholar.
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That is the idea they plant in him.
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They never say it that way.
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They know sound minds would reject it.
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But through this repeated parable,
the idea settles in his mind.
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Then the young man who comes to them
no longer likes to sit with scholars.
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How can he sit by a well
when he himself is a river?
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Wherever he goes, he reaches people
and benefits them.
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This method is their way.
Through it, they instill what they want.
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For example, they think aid from heaven
comes to preachers doing dhikr in mosque.
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Then those preachers distribute it
to the preachers who knock on doors.
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This is how they instill it
in those who come to them.
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They say that a group went out.
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They left some of their brothers
in the mosque to do dhikr.
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Each preacher, whenever he knocked,
was driven off, door shut in his face.
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So they all came back
and found their brothers asleep.
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What does this instill?
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Aid, success, and the like come only
through those doing dhikr in the mosque.
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They then pass it on to the preachers
who go out and knock on doors.
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And they are known for telling stories
about the virtues of their preachers.
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It's the Sufi way.
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A group set out for Allah
and ran out of gas.
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They had only water left.
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They said, "In Allah's name."
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They poured it into the car,
and it kept going until they returned.
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And other such methods.
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One of the oddest things I heard from them
was an elder saying a brother bought meat.
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He passed by the brothers at the mosque
and sat with them, meat in hand.
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He took the meat home, but when
his wife cooked it, it wouldn't cook.
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It didn't cook. She cooked it longer,
but it still wouldn't cook.
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He went to the sheikh and told him.
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"What did you do?"
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"I sat with the brothers,
and I had the meat with me."
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"This blessing descended on this meat.
Because of the blessing, it didn't cook."
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And so on with such stories.
This is common; it's central to their way.
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Why?
Because they have no knowledge.
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And if they judged their way by knowledge,
it'd show it isn't valid, so they shun it.
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They are averse to knowledge.
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At its core, this group believes
Sufism best links people to Allah ﷻ
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So its method is based on dervishism,
even if they present it differently.
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People are drawn in little by little,
as is well known.
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Scholars have pointed out grave errors
in Tablighi Jamaat's books.
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They have also warned against
the stories in those books.
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Those stories are found
throughout their books.
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I do not wish to take too long
mentioning some things related to this.
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Their books depart from Sunni creed
and way, and abound in Sufi superstitions.
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In their books, they adopt what
extremist Sufis hold on many issues.
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Their books largely rest on myths
and stories the learned know are lies.
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Unfortunately, many of our brothers
do not see this matter clearly.
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That is why they deny it
and say it is not found in this group.
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This group does not call to tawhid.
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Nor does it take the proper stance
on tawhid, in Lordship or divinity.
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The same applies to the Names
and Attributes, and that is in two ways.
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First, it is not concerned with tawhid
or with calling people to tawhid.
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It claims that calling people to tawhid
divides people.
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Calling to tawhid surely divides people:
it separates truth from falsehood.
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Secondly, if they touch on tawhid,
they reduce it to Lordship.
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When they call to "La ilaha illa Allah,"
they interpret it as Lordship.
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They say it means there is no creator,
provider, or disposer but Allah ﷻ.
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There is no doubt: no creator,
provider, or disposer but Allah ﷻ.
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But that is not the meaning.
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"La ilaha illa Allah" means:
Allah ﷻ alone deserves worship.
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And tawhid of Lordship
is one type of tawhid.
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They are deeply misguided
in how they portray tawhid.
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They warn against calling to tawhid
in detail.
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As we said, they only explain tawhid
in general terms as Lordship.
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Why?
For one thing, they have a rule.
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A rule of da'wah that everyone follows:
Avoid whatever leads to dispute—avoid it.
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That is why they avoid a great deal
of da'wah.
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They do not call people to tawhid.
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They say detailed tawhid
causes disputes.
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It divides those who uphold it
from those who oppose it.
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Consider this, brother.
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"La ilaha illa Allah" means
Allah alone controls affairs.
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"Who provides for us?
Allah does."
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No one would object to that.
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But if you say, "Tawhid means
worshipping Allah alone."
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Direct no worship or prayer
to anyone else.
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Call on and seek help from none
but Allah.
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Then many people will object,
so they reduce tawhid to Lordship.
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As for the Names and Attributes,
they do not address tawhid there.
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It is disputed, and they themselves
oppose Sunni orthodoxy in it.
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This is how the Salaf understood tawhid,
and how the Ummah's pious ulama still do.
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Explain tawhid this way,
and expose the group's false foundations.
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The group believes that its sheikhs
and saints know much of the unseen.
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They even claim that some of their sheikhs
know when a disciple will die.
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We seek refuge in Allah ﷻ from deviation,
and they even have stories about that.
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We have found many such stories
in their books and statements.
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But I do not want to take up your time
mentioning them. They are known to exist.
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Some brothers deny them out of ignorance,
not because they don't exist.
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And their stories that contradict
Tawhid are very numerous.
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This is very important.
Be sure: Tablighi Jamaat is one group.
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It has the same roots and method.
It is not made up of separate groups.
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"Perhaps this exists in such-and-such
a place, but not here among us."
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This is really ignorance of the true
situation—ignorance of the group itself.
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This is one group, with one root.
At times, they mislead tawhid brothers.
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Let me mention something here, brothers.
I entered the group's center in India.
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I toured its floors until I reached
the one with the mosque.
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In the middle of the mosque was a grave.
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I mean, the grave was in the ground,
right in the middle of the mosque.
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They put a line and a sign before
the grave, toward the qiblah.
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"This is the end of the mosque."
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They did this in case a brother objected
to the grave.
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"No, the mosque ends before the grave."
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In fact, the mosque extends past
the grave, and it is carpeted.
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And I saw some of them deliberately
pray behind the grave.
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He puts the grave between himself
and the qibla.
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And this is one of their ploys.
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They deceive our sincere brothers
who object to some things.
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They make them believe
these things don't exist.
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I told you, brothers, that they build
and establish their method this way.
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Through stories and dreams,
they neglect knowledge entirely.
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And they use expressions
no Muslim would accept.
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Let me mention this to you.
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Once, I was at a camp during Hajj.
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They had a large tent there.
I prayed in the camp prayer area and spoke.
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I passed their tent and found the sheikh
urging them to go to Russia.
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"Brothers,
who will go to Russia after Hajj?"
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"Raise your hand.
The divine cameras will capture you."
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Glory be to Allah ﷻ!
The divine cameras.
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And this was during Hajj in Makkah,
while we were in Mina among scholars.
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And this is common and well known.
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Those against the Sunni creed support,
not oppose, and praise Tablighi Jamaat.
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Sufis today praise Tablighi Jamaat,
saying it is a divinely inspired call.
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How is it divine?
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Prophet Muhammad ﷺ is the last prophet.
There is no prophet after him ﷺ.
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They said it was a divine call,
known through kashf, through unveiling.
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This takes us back to Sufism.
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Yes, that is well known.
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Through mystical unveiling.
That is the Sufis' path to knowledge.
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Muhammad Ilyas, the group's founder, said:
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"I did not formulate its principles
and guidelines
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by my own will or understanding.
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Rather, Allah ﷻ disclosed these principles
and foundations to me
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and I was commanded to follow them."
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These are the six principles.
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The wording is fine,
but the meanings are unsound.
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The first is the good word,
"There is no god but Allah ﷻ."
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The second is establishing the prayers.
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The third is knowledge and remembrance.
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The fourth is honoring every Muslim.
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The fifth is sincerity,
by which, they say, they mean correcting one's intention.
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The sixth is going forth in the cause of
Allah ﷻ.
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These are pleasant terms and
fine expressions.
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But their meanings are unsound.
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Sects use fine names for their doctrines,
but give them meanings outside Shariah.
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At first, the group had two principles:
the good word and prayer, then added more.
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Tablighis require the call stay within
these six principles, banning any breach.
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That is why some brothers say,
"We'll go out with them and reform them."
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"We'll go out with them
and read Kitab al-Tawhid."
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We'll go with them and read
The Three Fundamental Principles.
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They forbid this.
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They do not allow this.
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Because their call rests on six principles
they claim came from Allah ﷻ by unveiling.
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The six principles are not preached
through knowledge, but by inspiration.
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They take a young man who knows nothing,
then tell him, "Get up and give the talk."
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He says, "I don't know."
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They say, "Open your mouth,
Allah ﷻ will open for you."
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They take young men from bars
and the like without telling them to stop.
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Once, as a university student, I sat
with a professor from this group.
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I addressed the students.
They were elite Gulf university students.
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I spoke about calling to Allah ﷻ
and the Shariah criterion.
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Anything that goes against
the Shariah criterion is not legitimate.
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After dinner, the professor in charge
said this.
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"I think you mean Jamaat al-Tabligh."
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"No. I said the Shariah criterion."
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"Whatever contradicts the Shariah
criterion is not legitimate."
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Then he started saying,
"We do this and we do this."
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Among his exact words was this.
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We win over young men.
We take one from a bar and buy him wine.
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I carried a bottle of wine
in a bag for one young man.
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00:38:19,232 --> 00:38:26,282
So I told him, "Expect the curse.
The Prophet ﷺ cursed wine carriers."
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How can a path to pleasing Allah ﷻ
lead to the curse of Allah ﷻ?
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When they explain these six principles,
as we said, they do it through stories.
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"I used to do this. Once this happened,
and once that happened," and the like.
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As we said, they explain them
not in their proper Islamic sense.
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00:39:07,932 --> 00:39:12,432
They state this explicitly.
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Dawah is confined to the six principles
mentioned. They have their own terms.
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They use Sufi expressions to explain
these six principles.
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"Remove false belief from the heart
and instill true faith in Allah ﷻ." Listen.
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"Remove false belief from the heart
and instill true faith in Allah ﷻ."
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"None creates, provides, or governs
except Allah ﷻ."
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They mention its virtues,
but neglect its meaning.
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They explain it only as Allah's Lordship,
without its conditions or details.
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00:40:15,876 --> 00:40:21,552
As for prayer, they say it is
prayer with humility.
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They do not think what matters in prayer
is praying according to the Sunnah.
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No. Mentioning the Sunnah brings dispute.
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What matters to them is
that you pray with humility.
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They mention the virtues of prayer
and keep speaking of humility.
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Such humility in prayer is contrived.
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The same goes for the other principles:
they interpret them in a non-Islamic way.
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They mention only a principle's virtues.
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00:41:13,572 --> 00:41:18,272
They omit its Islamic meaning,
its conditions, and legal basis.
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Then they tell stories
about their members.
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Here is the point, brothers.
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It did not follow
the Salaf's way.
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May Allah be pleased with them.
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Its method was also deficient.
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It lacked the conditions
for valid dawah.
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00:42:06,152 --> 00:42:14,632
For this reason, a Muslim must not
follow its path or adopt its method.
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If you call to Allah, follow the Prophet ﷺ
and the Companions (RA), not innovations.
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Let me conclude with a question
people ask.
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Why do we speak about this group?
Why do we warn against following its path?
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Why not leave people to their own affairs?
Why not speak the truth and stay silent?
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00:43:06,748 --> 00:43:12,128
And is it appropriate to point out
this group's errors to ordinary people?
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00:43:12,948 --> 00:43:15,928
The answer is this.
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We explain this group's method and warn
against its path. That is the Shar'i way.
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00:43:27,072 --> 00:43:31,568
In the Qur'an, Allah ﷻ described
the hypocrites' traits.
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00:43:32,548 --> 00:43:34,608
He also warned against their path.
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00:43:35,828 --> 00:43:41,768
At the start of Surah Al-Baqarah,
He explained the division of people.
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One group was believers,
and He mentioned some of their traits.
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One was disbelievers,
and He named some of their traits.
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00:43:50,928 --> 00:43:54,748
Another group was hypocrites,
and He mentioned many of their traits.
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00:43:56,548 --> 00:43:59,308
This is because they deceive people.
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00:43:59,392 --> 00:44:03,457
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ described
the hypocrites and the Khawarij.
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00:44:03,541 --> 00:44:15,148
Prophet Muhammad ﷺ warned against them
and ordered fighting and opposing them.
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00:44:16,828 --> 00:44:19,708
This is the way of those grounded
in faith.
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I mean distinguishing the people of truth
from the people of falsehood.
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It is the way of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
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It was followed by the early generations
and by scholars grounded in faith.
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The second point is this.
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This group spread far and wide,
and many were taken in by it.
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00:44:59,168 --> 00:45:05,928
Many of them had good intentions
and thought its path was sound.
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If I stay silent.
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And you and Zayd do too.
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We betray the Prophet's ummah
by hiding this path's errors and flaws.
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It contains flaws.
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00:45:30,648 --> 00:45:33,138
This is sincere advice to the public.
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It is to fulfill our duty to the ummah
and set the course right.
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00:45:42,708 --> 00:45:51,358
It is also to guide our brothers
who mean well but do not know the facts.
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We speak about this group
and others like it.
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For laypeople, if fitnah is absent,
the truth is made clear to them.
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00:46:11,268 --> 00:46:20,948
What opposes the truth is not addressed
except by clarifying the principles.
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00:46:23,128 --> 00:46:27,028
For the rule is that fitnah is avoided,
not invited.
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00:46:28,048 --> 00:46:30,168
But things change
when fitnah arises.
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If those behind it mislead laypeople,
it must be made clear to them.
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That is the reason, brothers.
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Recently, the Ministry
of Islamic Affairs did its duty.
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It warned against certain groups.
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00:46:53,008 --> 00:46:58,608
Those groups oppose Ahl al-Sunnah
wa'l-Jama'ah.
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00:46:58,692 --> 00:47:01,708
They contain grave
religious violations.
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They tear down the truth,
not build it.
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00:47:06,928 --> 00:47:13,148
Then some people began circulating clips
from some shaykhs and scholars.
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No details for laypeople.
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00:47:18,262 --> 00:47:21,368
Tell them the good
and keep them to it.
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00:47:23,228 --> 00:47:28,968
This was an attack on our
scholars' methodology.
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00:47:29,868 --> 00:47:31,988
It was also a deception of the people.
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00:47:32,768 --> 00:47:38,168
The fact is, both that statement and this
action are appropriate.
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00:47:40,028 --> 00:47:42,428
This statement means the following.
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Laypeople get no details.
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Nor are such groups named.
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00:47:47,088 --> 00:47:49,984
They are shown the truth
and told to keep to it.
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00:47:50,068 --> 00:47:58,388
This applies when evil is absent,
and fitnah has not reached them.
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00:47:59,928 --> 00:48:09,288
But when fitnah becomes confusing,
common people may fall into it unawares.
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00:48:10,468 --> 00:48:17,996
Then it becomes necessary
to clarify it, warn them, and teach them.
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00:48:18,308 --> 00:48:22,668
This is the method of the righteous Salaf
and of our scholars.
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00:48:23,328 --> 00:48:26,808
They do not differ on this.
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00:48:28,588 --> 00:48:35,440
These are some points
I wanted to raise and explain.
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00:48:35,650 --> 00:48:37,100
I have greatly abridged them.
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00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:48,220
Otherwise, I have many documented quotes
from the group's books and its shaykhs.
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00:48:49,300 --> 00:48:57,860
They explain many of the violations
we need to watch out for.
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00:48:57,944 --> 00:49:00,020
My brothers, I am astonished.
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00:49:02,240 --> 00:49:03,780
I am utterly astonished.
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00:49:04,750 --> 00:49:16,300
We have an example of successful,
beneficial, fruitful, Sharia-based da'wah.
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00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:19,600
A great example in our land.
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00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:27,620
Namely, the da'wah of Shaykh al-Islam
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, rahimahullah.
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00:49:29,100 --> 00:49:35,040
It was founded on the method
of Allah's Messenger ﷺ.
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00:49:35,124 --> 00:49:37,800
It also followed the path
of the Companions.
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00:49:38,160 --> 00:49:41,280
Yet most people then opposed it.
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00:49:43,500 --> 00:49:48,760
So the Shaykh, rahimahullah, was patient.
He suffered harm in it, yet was patient.
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00:49:51,080 --> 00:49:57,360
And he began calling to tawhid,
and to Allah ﷻ with knowledge and insight.
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00:49:59,300 --> 00:50:00,940
How did this da'wah bear fruit?
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00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:09,140
How did it succeed? How did it bring us
the great good we enjoy in our land?
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00:50:10,080 --> 00:50:16,590
Many of our brothers in various lands
also enjoy its fruits.
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00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:20,500
It is a blessed,
Sharia-based da'wah.
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00:50:21,700 --> 00:50:34,580
How can we abandon this model
for paths not on the way of the Prophet ﷺ?
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00:50:35,340 --> 00:50:43,180
They are not the scholars' way,
nor do they yield real, lawful good.
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00:50:43,620 --> 00:50:49,900
Brothers, let me say this:
I forgot to mention it, but I'll say it now.
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00:50:52,480 --> 00:51:03,419
Indeed, uprightness in Tablighi Jamaat
comes from the setting, not from hearts.
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00:51:05,520 --> 00:51:07,620
What is environmental steadfastness?
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00:51:07,704 --> 00:51:10,360
They stay steadfast while together.
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00:51:13,620 --> 00:51:19,380
But when one of them is apart,
he loses that steadfastness.
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00:51:23,920 --> 00:51:26,180
This is well known.
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00:51:27,420 --> 00:51:37,880
Second, Tablighi Jamaat stirs emotion
in sinful youths but doesn't shield them.
431
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:46,220
That is why it is a bridge
to deviant takfiri groups.
432
00:51:47,660 --> 00:51:57,090
Many youths who turned to bombing
and destruction began in Tablighi Jamaat.
433
00:51:57,740 --> 00:52:05,680
I say this from experience on
counseling committees and meeting youths.
434
00:52:07,100 --> 00:52:17,200
Over 70% of youths who strayed in takfir
bombed and destroyed, or nearly did.
435
00:52:18,920 --> 00:52:23,700
At first, they were astray in desires:
alcohol, women, or drugs.
436
00:52:28,520 --> 00:52:30,880
Then they moved to Tablighi Jamaat.
437
00:52:32,160 --> 00:52:38,000
There, religious fervor was stirred
without grounding or insight.
438
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:41,340
Then what? Nothing.
439
00:52:42,840 --> 00:52:44,980
Then deviant groups on another front
appeared.
440
00:52:45,064 --> 00:52:56,400
They snatched those youths away
and pushed them into vile acts.
441
00:52:57,260 --> 00:53:07,320
So, brothers, the point is to advise
by clarifying the Islamic method.
442
00:53:09,320 --> 00:53:10,300
We should advise our families,
our brothers, and all who listen.
443
00:53:10,384 --> 00:53:14,740
That includes anyone seeking
guidance.
444
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:20,980
We must explain that this group
is not based on Sharia principles.
445
00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:31,680
It was not founded on what
the Messenger ﷺ explained.
446
00:53:32,280 --> 00:53:34,880
It did not follow the path
of his Companions.
447
00:53:35,920 --> 00:53:44,300
This is what I was able to present and
wanted to explain in this gathering.
448
00:53:45,280 --> 00:53:49,680
I ask Allah to make it
a source of good and blessing.
449
00:53:49,764 --> 00:53:54,880
I ask Him to grant us sincerity
in word and deed.
450
00:53:55,600 --> 00:54:01,220
I ask Him to make us beneficial
to Muhammad's ummah.
451
00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:06,020
Allah Most High knows best.
Peace and blessings on our Prophet.
452
00:54:06,104 --> 00:54:09,360
Peace be upon you, and Allah ﷻ's mercy
and blessings.