Question
In Tablighi bayaans, I have heard the following statements from Tablighi brothers. I'm not sure if these statements are correct, please clarify: 1) "Our elders say that now because of the fitnah that is in the world, this work of Tabligh has become FARDH for each and every Muslim." 2) "If dust touches you while you are in Jamaat, then the fire of Jahannam cannot touch that part of the body." 3) "Spending one dollar in Jamaat is better than spending 700 000 (seven hundred thousand) dollars outside of Jamaat." 4) "Sleeping one night in Jamaat is better than doing Ibadaat in front of the Hajr-e-Aswad for the whole night on Laylatul Qadr." What is the basis for these claims?
Answer
All the statements of the Tabligh Jamaat mentioned by you are baseless and erroneous. Such statements are among the ghulu' (haram extremism and bigotry) of the Tablighi Jamaat.
This is the type of haraam ghulu' which ruins a movement which initially began as an institution of the Deen. The bigotry and LIES they fabricate to bolster their specific methodology which, while initially permissible has no basis in the Sunnah, deflects the movement from Siraatul Mustaqeem. It then degenerates into a deviant sect to become one of the 72 doomed sects. Such baseless bigotry is an attitude of the Shiahs and the Salafis. The Tabligh Jamaat has also clambered aboard this evil bandwagon.
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