A brother has an argument to justify Maulana Tariq Jameel's visits to fusaaq amd fujjaar, please comment.

Answer

Hidaayat (Guidance) is Allah's prerogative. No one has the power to bestow hidaayat to anyone. The Qur'aan Majeed declaring this principle, says to Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam):

"Verily, you (O Muhammad!) cannot give hidaayat to those whom you love. But Allah guides whomever He wills, and He knows best who are the ones to be guided."

The obligation of the Ambiya and of the Muballigheen is only to deliver the Message of the Deen. Employment of haraam ways for Tabligh purposes is haraam. In the process of his ill-found methods of 'tableegh', Tariq Jameel indulges in haraam – in fisq and fujoor. His 'tabligh' is therefore baseless and haraam. Hidaayat does not pivot on his methods or the methods of anyone else. Allah Azza Wa Jal is PURE. He does not countenance filth and haraam. He is not in need of Haraam methodology which misguided individuals fabricate.

Innumerable fussaaq and fujjaar all over the world had gained guidance from the original method of the Tabligh Jamaat. Almost all of these fussaaq and fujjaar do attend the Musjid even though it may not be on a regular basis. Almost all Tabligh Jamaat recruits were former fussaaq and fujjaar. Yet the Tabligh Jamaat did not go into brothels and cinemas and into Shiah temples to win over these people. They were enlisted in the Musjid.

Allah Ta'ala did not allow Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) to deliver the Message of Islam by compromising with shirk, kufr, fisq and fujoor. The arguments which the miscreant 'muballigheen' proffer in justification of their haraam are all whisperings of shaitaan. The Muballigheen should restrict their methods to only what is halaal. Allah Ta'ala will guide whomever He wants. If Allah Ta'ala wants a faajir to become a muttaqi, He will create the circumstances and in an unexpected way link up the faajir with the people of the Deen who will become the medium for his reformation. There is no need to indulge in fisq, fujoor and zina to deliver Allah's Message.