Tabligh Movement
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in the least affected. Not only are baneful influences
kept at bay, but the message can thus be better
spread at home and abroad. Once students are
trained they can continue to take up the task by
sparing some time from their business or service,
depending upon what course they have embarked
upon after completing their education. If this plan is
successful, the same process can be repeated once
again, Insha Allah, which occurred in Arabia in the
early period of Islam when Muslim merchants
travelled to all the corners of the globe, making
commerce a means of spreading the divine
message.
The Tabligh people believe in conveying the
message by means of personal approach: through
conversation, speech, meetings and so on. They
undertake journeys to convey these thoughts and
ideas directly to the congregation. The only part the
press plays in this mission is the publication of
certain books, for example on the sayings of the
Prophet and his companions and on the virtues of
good deeds, etc. These books provide the
missionaries with material for their speeches, and
they are read out at congregations in order to
