Tabligh Movement
1. MAULANA ILYAS
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that the movement of certain chosen groups is
desirable in itself. He once said: “Our method of
working, lays emphasis upon taking people out of
their homes in groups. The main advantage of this
method is to encourage people to come out of a
worldly and static atmosphere in order to enter a
new, pure and dynamic one where there is much to
foster the growth of religious consciousness.
Besides, travel and emigration involve hardship,
sacrifice and self-abnegation for the sake of God’s
cause, and thus entitle one to divine succour.
STRESSING ON THE BASICS
The Maulana described this method as the ABC of
the Tabligh mission, but it does not mean that ABC
and XYZ are far removed from one another. Those
whose eyes are set on appearances are incapable of
observing reality in depth. In fact, this method is
like a drop of water which finally becomes an
ocean. The difference between a drop of water and
an ocean is one of degree. The drop is like the steam
which an engine driver gets up for his locomotive.
Without that, the engine cannot even start, let alone
reach its destination. There has to be that first drop
