Tabligh Movement
1. MAULANA ILYAS
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permanent world, where the good would enjoy the
bliss of paradise and the wicked would be cast into
raging hell.
The Maulana impressed upon the people that
believing personally was not all that was required
of one; one was also entrusted with conveying the
word of God to others. All obstacles in the path
would be overcome with God’s help. Here is an
incident which shows how convinced his followers
were of the help of God.
Once a Mewati, asked to narrate some event during
his preaching career, said “the Maulana once
despatched a Jama’at (group) consisting of three
men, to Moradabad, I being one of them. On
reaching the city he went to a mosque and stayed
there. After the Maghrib (evening) prayer, we made
an announcement that people should stay for a
while after the prayer so that we could discuss some
religious issues. But, much to our astonishment, not
a single person stayed after the prayer. We waited
for the next day. At the same point we made a
similar announcement, but to no avail. Once again
all the worshippers got up and left without showing
