“My
respected friends! It is a matter of crying and weeping, a matter full of
pains, if the wife of a man suffers from cancer, and doctors say she cannot
remain alive; the wife is suffering on the cot; (just imagine) how much the man
would weep, (thinking) that O Allah, if this woman dies, what would happen with
the marriage of my two young daughters, what would happen with the marriage of
my two young sons, what would happen with these two little suckling children, they
always come to ask the mother for milk and tea, and this woman dies and goes
deep into the grave. And why is this pain; it is because these children will remember
their mother. The man feels restlessness on his wife’s suffering from cancer.
But the grief of not fulfilling the duty assigned to the Holy Messenger (peace
and blessings of Allah be to him), as a result of which crores of people die
without Iman (faith) and go to the Hell for ever, is not in our hearts even as
much as that of the wife’s suffering from cancer. How un-conscientious we have come to. So now
we should seek forgiveness of Allah, saying: O Allah! We are Your sinful
servants; You forgive my sins; now we would do the Dawah work, keeping in view
the entire world.”
The spirit of the statement
This extract
is from a statement made by Maulana Umar Palanpuri published in December issue
of the monthly Armaghan. Maulana
Palanpuri, the world knows, was associated with the propagation of the Deen; he
spent all his life in this service. He was a distinguished Aalim and an
outstanding orator. Thousands of people used to listen to his speeches with
patience. The most important is that he used to lay emphasis on the need to
convey Islam to non-Muslims along with his efforts to reform Muslims and make
them practising. In this extract he has attracted the attention of Muslims
towards this need. And the readers can feel the pain and heart-touching quality
in it. The spirit of his statement is that conveying the Deen to non-Muslims is
the responsibility of Muslims; but they are oblivious of this duty. Around them
people are dying without Iman in large numbers but they have no inkling of it;
no restlessness is found in them – not even equal to the grief one has on the
illness of one’s near and dear one. The late Maulana was willing to do the
Dawah work, keeping the entire world in view.
Cooperation in virtues
Besides
Maulana Palanpuri, there had been many Ulama in the Tablighi movement who had
the same thought and view. Even the founder of the movement, Maulana Muhammad
Ilyas, was of the same view as found expression in his teachings and
statements. A distinguished scholar of Deoband movement, Maulana Qari Muhammad
Tayyab, had a formal plan in his mind. We do not know what Maulana Palanpuri
and his like-minded Ulama practically did in this regard or to what extent
their respective followers felt the impact of their statements; but it is a
fact that any practical work on this line is not seen in this quarter. Rather
in some way this work is considered wrong or unnecessary. Not only this, the
organisations and individuals that do this work are opposed and charged with
many allegations. – However, even today there are many persons in the Tablighi
circle who feel the obligation of this work, the proof of which is there in the
extract of Maulana Palanpuri. It would be better if these people tell others in
their respective circles of influence about the importance of this work with
reference to the Qur’ān and Sunnah and the purpose of the prophethood of
Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be to him). If they cannot do this work
themselves, they should cooperate with the organisations and individuals who
are doing this work to the extent of their limitations.
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