Life And Mission Of Maulana Mohammad Ilyas
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Life and Mission of Maulana Muhammad Ilyas (Founder of Tabligh-e-Jamaat)
By Abul Hasan Nadvi
Life and Mission of Maulana Muhammad Ilyas the founder of the so called Movement Tabligh Jamaat
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Tablighi Movement was started by Maulana Muhammad Ilyas (1886-1994) in 1927 among the Meos of Mewat region south of Delhi, India. This movement was a response to degeneration and degradation of the Muslims in India. The maulana had realised that the Muslims were drifting away from the basics of Islam so there was a need for a teaching vehicle aimed at the vary basics
His Motto was 'Aye Musalmano, Musalman bano' (Muslims, become Muslims). He began reforming them through six basic articles:
1) Understanding the true Meaning and Purpose of the first Kalimah (there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His messenger),
2) Salah (Namaz) (offering five-times daily prayers)
3) Ilm (acquiring knowledge) & Dhikr (remembrance of Allah)
4) Ikram-e-Muslim (respect for Muslim)
5) Ikhlas-e-Niyat (faithful intention) and
6) Tabligh (spreading the message of Allah) Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil
The Tabligh Movement is Probably the Largest Organised Muslim Movement in the World Today, it's yearly Ijtema's (Gatherings) can attract hundreds of thousands of people. Although most Tabligh members are Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi, but the Ijtema now attracts believers from the Middle East, Turkey, and from as far afi