Tabligh Movement
1. MAULANA ILYAS
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1. To implant the significance of Kalimah (The
creed of the Muslims): there is no deity but
God; Muhammad is His Apostle;
2. To observe prayer as is proper;
3. To acquire religious knowledge;
4. To give due respect to Muslims;
5. To spare time, that is, to withdraw from one’s
worldly engagements and go forth in
missionary groups;
6. To purify one’s intentions and to remain
sincere and self-appraising.
These six points can be condensed into three:
The Kalimah Tauhid, prayer and sparing time for
good works. The other three are, in actual fact,
offshoots of the main tenets. When they are adopted
whole-heartedly all other things follow in
consequence.
There are many ways of explaining this preaching
mission. The Maulana, however, preferred to allude
to this programme in terms of the revival of the
