2009 Malaysian Annual Congregation of Tablighi Jamaat
Sepang Selangor, Malaysia |
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Founder | |
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Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Bangladesh | |
India | |
Pakistan | |
United Kingdom | |
Indonesia | |
Malaysia | |
Singapore | |
South Africa | |
Sri Lanka | |
Yemen | |
Kyrgyzstan | |
Russia | |
Somalia | |
Nigeria | |
United States | |
Canada | |
Mexico | |
China ( Hong Kong) | |
France | |
Germany | |
Tanzania | |
Brazil | |
Philippines | |
West Indies | |
Qatar | |
Jordan | |
Mauritania | |
Morocco | |
Algeria | |
Azerbaijan | |
Religions | |
Islam | |
Scriptures | |
Quran, Hadith | |
Languages | |
Liturgical: Arabic In Bangladesh: Bengali In India and Pakistan: Urdu In the diaspora: In UK: Respective regional languages |
Tablighi Jamaat (Urdu: تبلیغی جماعت, Tablīghī Jamā‘at; Arabic: جماعة التبليغ, Jamā‘at at-Tablīgh; Bengali: তাবলীগ জামাত; Hindi: तबलीग़ी जमात; English: ideological movement with emphasis on the sacrifices that were made by the companions of the holy prophet Muhammad to establish the true recognition of allah by the invitation adopted by the holy prophet Muhammad to correct the faith and actions in the early period of ignorance in the arabian peninsula.This movement incorporates the methodology of inviting muslims by emphasising the greatness of one allah to bring the true conviction of allahs commands as show to us on the pattern of the holy prophet Muhammad teachings( faith) it has no political affiliating or goal for global domination rather it pleads to the masses to recognise the object of your life in the last period of time where no more prophets are to come and the responsibility of prophethood lays on the shoulder of every single follower of the the holy prophet Muhammed .The movements focus is based on the sunni school of thought that rejects all inovations and extremism and request it's followers to use the wisdom and character used by the holy prophet Muhammad in his life to propagate the true islam to the people, . The organisation is estimated to have between 12 million and 150 million adherents (the majority living in South Asia), and a presence in somewhere between 150 and 200 countries. It has been called "one of the most influential religious movements in 20th century Islam".
The movement was started in 1927 by Muhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi in India. Its stated primary aim is spiritual reformation of Islam by reaching out to Muslims across social and economic spectra and working at the grassroots level, to bring them in line with the group's understanding of Islam. The teachings of Tabligh Jamaat are expressed in "Six Principles" (Kalimah, Salat, Ilm, Ikraam-e-Muslim, Ikhlas-e-Niyyat, Dawat-o-Tableegh). Tablighi Jamaat believes that Muslims are in a constant state of spiritual Jihad in the sense of fight against evil, the weapon of choice is Dawah (proselytization) and that battles are won or lost in the "hearts of men."