From: mmirza@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu (Muhammad Mirza)
Subject: Jamaat Tableegh: Some Clarifications
Originator: mmirza@mitchell.eng.ohio-state.edu
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Electrical Engineering
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 15:36:11 GMT

           Quran, Jihad and Jamaat Tableegh
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  About my posting "Jamaat Tableegh: The murderer of Muslim Dignity",
a brother raised some questions. The detail answer to these questions
will be posted in the coming series, here, I just want to give a brief
reply to his queries. I will mainly discuss about two issues, Quran
and Jihad, including Qital Fi Sabeel Allah.


 1. Quran 
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  The brother writes:

Now as for the destruction of the Quran.  PLease elaborate what you
mean by this.  Muhammad (SAW) left 2 things for us, the Quran and the
Sunnah.

The Quran is a tool for guidance.  It is for the god-fearing.  But how
do we receive guidance from it?  Do we open it up and start reading it
and following what our interpretations of it is?  There are scholars
who spend their lives studying the Quran, the mufassirs, the Hadiths,
the Sirah and the Salifs.

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This is what I mean destroying the Quran. How beautifully Zakariyyah,
the compiler of Tableeghi Nisab, has been able to convince a muslim
that you cannot understand the Quran. If a jew or a christian or a
hindu had said the same, no muslim would have accepted it. Brother, be
careful what you say about Allah's Book. Let me quote some ayahs from
the Revealer of the Book Himself, and then evaluate your statement.


    " These are the verses of the Book that makes it object perfectly
      clear. We have sent it down as Quran in Arabic so that you may
      understand it well. O Muhammad (saw), by revealing this Quran to
      you, We narrate to you events and truths in the best manner,
      though before this you were utterly unaware." (12: 1-3)

    
    " Indeed, the Quran shows that way which is perfectly straight.
      To those who believe in it and do good deeds, it gives the good
      news that there is a great reward for them, and to those who
      do not believe in the Hereafter, it gives the warning that a 
      painful torment has been made ready for them." (17: 9-10)

    " Allah has sent down the best of discourses, a Book all whose 
      parts are uniform in style and whose themes have been repeated
      over and over again. Those who fear their Lord are filled with
      awe when they listen to it, and then their bodies and their
      hearts soften and turn to the remembrance of Allah. This is
      Allah's guidance, whereby He guides to the Right Way whomever He
      wills: and the one whom Allah does not guide has no guide
      whatever. ................ We have cited for the people in this
      Quran every kind of parable, so that they may take heed. It is a
      Quran in Arabic without any crookedness in it, so that they may
      guard against the evil end." (39: 23- )

    " Ha-Mim. This is a Revelation from the All-Compassionate, the
      All-Merciful Allah, a Book whose verses are well-expounded, an
      Arabic Quran for those who have knowledge, a giver of good news
      and a warner. 
      Yet most of the these people have turned away from it, and they
      pay no heed. They say, "Our hearts are covered with veils from
      that to which you are calling us; our ears have become deaf, and
      between us and you there is a curtain: so do as you please; we
      shall do as we will." (41: 1-5)

I can quote hundreds of ayahs from Quran, which I will (Insha Allah)
do in my coming postings. Prophet Muhammad (saw) said, "Quran will be
for you or against you."  How can a Book go against me when I cannot
understand its contents. Please be careful to utter such words about
the "Lucid Book" of Allah. The Creator knows best how to communicate
to His creation. He has sent down the Book and He alone can lay down
the pre requisite for His Words. He did not leave it to Zakariyyah to
take this responsibility after fourteen centuries, that you need
fifteen "uloom" to understand the Book of Allah. If Quran could not
(and I seek Allah's refuge to utter such words) explain its message to
pagans of Arabia, then why should Allah, the most Merciful, punish
those who rejected it. The ahadiths are more complicated than Quran,
because of their compilation, context and authenticity. Quran is the
yardstick to check even the ahadiths. But, it is easy to mould Islam
and devise six points through ahadiths than using Quran. If Zakariyyah
could use ahadiths (including weak and fabricated), why cannot he do
the same through Allah's Book? What is the use of reading Quran in
prayers if we cannot understand it?
   
Moreover, Quran is not a tool for guidance, it is the only source of
guidance. Prophet Muhammad (saw) said: "Anyone who looks for guidance
besides this (Quran), Allah will lead him astray." He (saw) was
commanded to warn the people of Mecca for 13 years only through Quran.
 
     "Therefore, admonish with this Quran every such person who fears
      My warning."  (50: 45)

Sunnah of Prophet(saw) for Dawah and warning is again Quran. To put
the message of Quran in space and time, we have to look towards his
methodology. This principal again comes from many verses of Quran:

      " Nay O Muhammad, by your Lord, they can never become believers
        until they accept you as judge for the decision of the
        disputes between them, and then surrender to your decision
        with entire submission without feeling the least resentment in
        their hearts." (4: 65)

This discussion needs more elaboration, which I will undertake in
future postings.      


  2. Jihad 

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   The brother writes:

Firstly, what is jihad in the first place?
Firstly, Jihad is also in the spiritual sense.

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This is the blessing of staying with this Jamaat and being away from
the Book of Allah. If you have been as close to Quran as to Tableeghi
Bible, you would not have any confusion about what Jihad means. I hope
you are aware that after Aqeedah, Quran spends its pages on this
aspect of its Message. All the madni surah like (al-Baqarah, al-imran,
al-Nisa, al-Maidah, al-Anfal, al-Taubah, al-Ahzab, Muhammad, al-Saff
etc.) expound on this issue. The books of ahadiths have the longest
chapters on Jihad. But thanks to jamaat tableegh that today the so
called "practising" muslim does not know what jihad means while Kuffar
are well aware of it. This is the direct consequence of ignoring
Allah's Book, making the "lucid Book" not understandable by every
muslim, and giving the authority to few chosen people to explain the
Quran. When Quran is not understandable, then there is no point in
discussing the concept of Jihad. Quran and Jihad go hand in hand. I
congratulate Zakariyyah's soul that his tableeghi nisab has brought
its fruits. He has been able to conceal and confuse the most vivid
concepts of Islam, Jihad, Qital, Hijrah, Nusrah, Amr bil Maaroof and
Nahi anil Munkar etc. 

Jihad in nutshell, is the struggle to put Quran into space and time.
Since the message of Quran will never be accepted by people in
authority and the existing man-made systems, Quran makes it obligatory
on every Muslim to do Jihad for the cause of Allah, to prove his
sincereity for his Deen and assure his entrance into Paradise.

   " Do you think that you will enter Paradise without undergoing such
     trials as were experienced by the believers before you? They met
     with adversity and affliction and were so shaken by trials that
     the the Prophet of the time and his followers cried out, "When
     will Allah's help come?" (2:214)  

       (revealed after almost 15 years of the advent of Prophet(saw))

   " Do you think that you will enter Paradise without undergoing any
     trial? Allah has not yet tried you to see who among you are ready
     to lay down your lives in His way and who will show fortitude for
     His sake."  (3: 142)

       ( revealed after the battle of Uhd)

   " Do you think that you will be left (without a trial)? Whereas
     Allah has not yet seen which of you exerted your utmost (in His
     way) nad did not take as intimate friends any other than Allah,
     His Messenger and the Believers, Allah has full knowledge of what
     you do."  (9: 16)
  
      (revealed after the battle of Tabuk, about 22 years)

Zakriyyah brought a weak hadith (unfortunately he himself admitted
that it is weak based on the opinions of the majority of scholars)
twice in his bible to make Jihad as non-obligatory which can be
compensated by "zikr". Allah (swt) knows only how he can do that.
 
The importance of Jihad is obvious from the nature of this Deen. Islam
came to dominate and that was the mission of the Prophet Muhammad
(saw).

    " He is Allah Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the
      right way so that He may make it prevail over all other ways,
      even though the mushriks be much averse to it." (9: 33)

When he (saw) conveyed Quran (and not the six points), it changed his
status from "the most truthful", "the most trustworthy" to "liar",
"sorcerer" and "mad". His blood became lawful in the most sacred land.
He was forced out of his city under drawn sword. The people who claim
to follow his sunnah are having a peaceful time under the Mushrikeen
of India, Jews of Israel and the Christian of West.  This superficial
cover of Islam does not bother them. They are after the true Islam,
the FUNDAMENTAL Islam of Prophet Muhammad, which they call "MILITANT
ISLAM". That was the one of the main reason of modern crusaders in
going for war in the gulf.


The brother writes:

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And I find it appauling for someone to make such a harsh
claim calling it a Kuffar initiated movement!
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I think there is difference between initiating a movement and using
some existing platform which can serve the purpose. I said clearly
that Ahmadi movement was initiated by kuffars while tableeghi movement
is used by kuffars. The partial answer was the article I posted and
more will come in my series. Their role in Afghan Jihad convinced the
Russians to invite them to their country to preach this version to
their people. Their stand in all the struggles of Muslims for their
dignity and honor is clear to every discerning person (Kashmir,
Afghanistan, Palestine etc.). Today they are giving a completely wrong
meanings to "tawakkul" (trust in Allah) and preaching Muslims that
they donot need physical means to fight just Iman (I donnot what gauge
they will use to test the Iman). Allah (swt) described Quran (for them
the most dificult Book) and Jihad (not clear) as the two means to
test the Iman. 

The concept of "spiritual jihad" and "spiritual qital" are two
beautiful terms coined by Zakariyyaha's party to keep Muslims away from
the struggle to uproot the kufr systems. I would love to see some
ayahs from the "Lucid Book of Allah" or Prophet Muhammad (saw) sayings
concerning these terms. I will explain in detail in future that these
are just innovations while Jihad and Qital are meant to establiah
Allah's Deen on His earth.


And finally, the brother writes:

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I believe really has no idea what the Tableeghi jamaat is.
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This will become clear when the things start moving.

I will continue my series of articles after this and if any genuine
questions are raised, I will try to answer them within the articles.


Brother: You asked me from where to start. My answer is QURAN, the
Book of the Most Merciful Allah, the source of Guidance and Success in
this life and the Hereafter.


Wassalam.

-- 
Muhammad Javed Mirza
The Ohio State University 
Electrical Engineering Dept.