An Introduction to the Tablighi Jamaat, the Jamiat al-Ulama and the Jamaat-e-Islami

Question

This humble servant, for his part, regards all three — the Jamaat-e-Islami, the Tablighi Jamaat and the Jamiat al-Ulama — as Muslim organisations; he values them sincerely and also takes part [in their work] in practice, and he does not regard any of them as irreligious or misguided. In our locality some people call the Tablighi Jamaat “Muslim Leaguers” and its chilla (a forty-day outing with the jama‘at) an innovation (bid‘a), and describe the Jamaat-e-Islami as a misguided and irreligious organisation.

Answer

As for the Tablighi Jamaat, it is not a formal organisation at all in the prevailing sense: it has no membership form, no fees, no secretary, no entry in a register; rather, for the firming up of their religion and for practice [in it], they act upon six points, and, in order to memorise them, spread them and put them into effect in their practical lives, they give time…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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