What is the meaning of Ma'nwi?

Answer

Tahreef Ma'nwi is a corrupt distortion of Qur'aanic or Hadith text - a distortion which changes the meaning of the text thereby attributing a meaning not intended by the Shariah, or a distortion which overrides or overshadows the true meaning of the texts, or the application of the texts to other meanings/activities not stated by the Shariah. Tahreef Ma'nwi is kufr.

2) It is haraam to change the Qur'aanic and Hadith texts which explicitly refer to Jihad in the meaning of Qitaal fi Sabeelillaah. It is not permissible to convey the idea that these texts which specifically refer to Jihad, refer to the Tabligh methodology of the Tablighi Jamaat. Such an idea is corrupt, false and baatil. Such distortion (Tahreef) is haraam and tantamount to kufr.

3) Regarding fadhaa-il and thawaab Tahreef all the for Deeni acts, it is permissible to employ qiyaas in a restricted sense without distorting or abrogating the original meaning of the texts, and without attributing Qat'iyyat (Absolute Certitude) to the effect of such qiyaas. Thus, it will be said that a Tabligh group making khurooj for the purpose of da'wat is in the Path of Allah (Fisabeelillah) in the literal sense (Haqeeqi ma'na), not in the technical (Istilaahi) meaning.

In corroboration of this, is the Hadith which mentions that the one who leaves home in the quest of Ilm-e -Deen is Fisabeelillah until he returns. However, it will not be proper to make ta-addi (extension) of the exact thawaab of Qitaal fi sabeelillah for the customary tabligh of the Tablighi Jamaat. The thawaab for the former act is established by the Nusoos of the Shariah whereas there is no Nass whatsoever for the customary tablighi activities.

The furthest one may traverse in this sphere is to say that there is great reward for tabligh and da'wat. If there is any specific thawaab and fadhielat mentioned in the Ahaadith for tabligh other than Qitaal, then these should be mentioned. The specific virtues and rewards for Qitaal should not be transferred to the activities of the tablighi Jamaat. In so doing, it will be the commission of Tahreef Ma'nwi.

4) While the Tabligh Jamaat may encourage people by saying that there is much thawaab for participating in their style of Tabligh and Da'wat, it is not permissible for them to equate the fadhielat of their methodology to the Mansoos fadhaa-il of Jihad.

Since the Tabligh Jamaat has been peddling the idea that all the Qur'aanic Aayaat and Ahaadith pertaining to Jihad apply to their specific tablighi methodology, the rank and file -the awaam- have gained the impression that all such texts were revealed specifically for their style of tabligh. This is erroneous and dangerous.

"Do not be wasteful. Verily, the wasters are the brothers of the shayaateen (devils).

And, shaitaan was to his Rabb ungrateful."

Reporting the extent of satanic waste in the world, and in particular in Saudi Arabia, Arab News states:

JEDDAH: Over a billion tons of foods in the world finds its way to garbage containers and dumps, said Ahmad bin Amer Al- Harbi, head of the Volunteerism Unit.

Al-Harbi said that in the Kingdom alone, about 75,000 tons of rice is wasted annually. In addition, about 16 million meals in the center and east of the Kingdom are wasted daily that means the waste amount exceed the rest of the world."

He was speaking at an event to launch of an initiative titled, 'So that the graces do not go away' to disseminate a culture of preserving and maintaining the graces that Allah Almighty has given to the people.

Hadhrat Abu Hurairah (Radhiyallahu anhu) narrating some of the Signs of Qiyaamah, said t h a t R a s u l u l l a h (Sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:

"When spoils of war (booty) will be regarded as private property (to be looted by rulers); when Amaanat (wealth placed in trust) will be regarded as booty, and Zakaat as a fine; Knowledge (of the Deen) will be acquired for purposes other than the Deen; a man will obey his wife, disobey his mother, bring his friend close to him and distance his father; voices will be raised in the Musaajid; a nation will appoint a faasiq as their leader (ruler); the ruler of a nation will be the worst scoundrel among them; a man will be feared for his evil; singing women and music will become rampantly prevalent; l i q u o r w i l l b e (abundantly) consumed; the people (i.e. Muslims) of the Ummah of later times will revile those of former times (i.e. they will revile the Sahaabah, the Fuqaha, Mufassireen and Auliya), then at such a time expect redhot winds, earthquakes (in abundance), sinking into the earth, disfigurement (into apes and swines), showers of stones (from the sky), and signs (of fitnah in such abundance) as the beads scattering from a string of beads cut asunder."

Most of these events are being enacted in our era. We have yet to witness the disfigurement into apes and pigs, and the showers of stones.