Kashf al-Fitan

Jamā’at at-Tablīgh [1] was founded by Muhammad Ilyās al-Kandahlawi, a Deobandi Chisti-Sūfi. His upbringing was upon the Maturīdi creed [2], Deobandi school and Sufi mysticism [3]. Tablīghi Jamā’ah affirms this, and it is written in their biographies of him. Muhammad Ilyas deviated in his belief and methodology from the first three generations. He was born in 1885CE and he died in 1945CE at the end of the Second World War. He was ardently loyal to the Hanafi Deobandi movement and he set up his Jamā’at at-Tablīgh based on a dream. The Deobandi [4] movement is a staunch Hanafi and Sufi school established in 1867CE – they are Ahlul-Bid’ah from among the seventy-two sects of misguidance.

Muhammad Ilyās gave his pledge of allegiance upon Sufism to Rasheed Ahmad Al-Kankoohi (d. 1905CE). He took some of the sciences of the religion from Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi, the famous Deobandi ideologue (d. 1943CE). Muhammad Ilyas had a dream and, in that dream, the path of Tablīghi Jama’āt was decided for him.

Sufis everywhere place a huge emphasis on graves and esoteric practices that have no basis in the Qur’an and Sunnah. It is known that Jamā’at at-Tablīgh and Deobandis venerate the graves of their leaders and they seek intercession from the deceased through adherence to various Sufi orders.

Muhammad Ilyas al-Kendahlawee (died, 1364H / 1945CE) is the founder of Jamaat at-Tableegh. He was a Deobandee, Sufi, a person of innovation who invented this new sect in the 1920’s. The Tableeghees revered him so much that they placed his grave within their Masjid, Nizam ad-Deen in India. Download this PDF and see the images of his grave in the Masjid:

You will find peculiar, superstitious stories from the Deobandiyyah which are filled with superstition and polytheism. Stories where a woman will speak to a naked soothsayer who tells her that she will have a grandson who will be a pious saint. In addition to this, Jamāt ut-Tabligh place a huge emphasis on graves and esoteric practices that have no basis in the Qur’an and Sunnah. It is known that Jamāt at-Tabligh and the Deobandiyyah venerate the graves of their leaders and seek intercession from the deceased through adherence to the various Sufi orders – although it is more discrete with them than it is with the Barelawis. It is sufficient to know that Muhammad Ilyās Kandahlawi is buried in the Nizām ud-Deen masjid; the headquarters of Tablighi Jamāt in Delhi, India. In fact, there are four graves inside the mosque complex, behind the rear pillar of the prayer area. So, they bury their leaders inside their mosques whereas the Prophet (salallāhu ‘alaihi wasallam) said:

Tablīghi Jamā’ah sect has a source reference book entitled Fadā’il Al-A’māl authored by Muhammad Zakariyyah Al-Kandahlawi. It is a well-known and widespread book that is translated into many different languages. And it is available in English. This book is filled with fabricated narrations, invented stories of Sufi mysticism, veneration of graves, worship at shrines and innovated types of dhikr and worship. Many of these stories reach the level of polytheism and unbelief!

Though Jamaa’at at-Tableegh have decorated their invitation to their group with these six noble-sounding attributes, all of them however are built upon the innovated and deviated ways of Deobandiyyah, Sufiyyah, Ash’ariyyah, Maatureediyyah and the blind and fanatical following of the Madhdhab. Added to this are the countless heretical statements contained in their writings and books, such as the book: Fadaa’il al-A’maal! See the excellent 351 page rebuttal of this sect in the book al-Qawlul-Baleegh fi at-Tahdheer min Jamaa’at at-Tableegh, by ash-Shaikh Mahmood ibn Abdullaah ibn Hamood at-Tuwaijiree (b. 1334H – d. 1413H), published by Daar as-Samai’ee lin-Nashr wat-Tawzee’, Second print published 1418H/1997CE.

The Prophet (ﷺ) began with the ‘Aqeedah, yet they (Jamā’at at Tableegh) begin by giving attention to righteous deeds so as to deceive the people; they are lackadaisical (and unconcerned) with respect to the ‘Aqeedah which is the very foundation of the Religion.

These narrations are just the tip of the iceberg. That is why Shaykhul-Islam ‘Abdul ‘Azīz Ibn Bāz, when asked a question about Jamā’at At-Tablīgh founded in India and Ikhwān Al-Muslimīn founded in Egypt, he said that they are from the seventy-two deviated sects, meaning that they are from Ahlul-Bid’ah and are to be treated as such.

We do not say that Jamā’at At-Tablīgh are unbelievers. They are Muslims.

The question is: Are they to be warned against? Yes.

Should one go out with them? No.

Should one seek knowledge from them? Certainly not.

Should one read their books? Never.

Are they from the misguided sects of Ahlul-Bid’ah? Yes, they are.

So, this is why we warn against Jamā’at At-Tablīgh, it is a new faction founded in the 1920’s. It is an innovated sect and their book is filled with fabrications, and I have mentioned to you a just few of them. Some of the scholars of Sunnah declined to do a checking on the book because they said that the checking of the book will be many times larger than the book itself due to the fabrications, deviations and mistakes that can be found in the book.

We do not make takfeer of Jamāt ut-Tabligh, saying that they are Kuffār, but they are deviated and misguided, and they are amongst the seventy-two deviated sects of Muslims. Therefore, we do not join them, neither do we accompany them, and likewise for Ikhwān ul-Muslimeen, the Sufis and other than them. The true religion of Islām is not based upon mystic dreams.