Tabligh Movement

~ 50 ~ that the movement of certain chosen groups is desirable in itself. He once said: “Our method of working, lays emphasis upon taking people out of their homes in groups. The main advantage of this method is to encourage people to come out of a worldly and static atmosphere in order to enter a new, pure and dynamic one where there is much to foster the growth of religious consciousness. Besides, travel and emigration involve hardship, sacrifice and self-abnegation for the sake of God’s cause, and thus entitle one to divine succour. STRESSING ON THE BASICS The Maulana described this method as the ABC of the Tabligh mission, but it does not mean that ABC and XYZ are far removed from one another. Those whose eyes are set on appearances are incapable of observing reality in depth. In fact, this method is like a drop of water which finally becomes an ocean. The difference between a drop of water and an ocean is one of degree. The drop is like the steam which an engine driver gets up for his locomotive. Without that, the engine cannot even start, let alone reach its destination. There has to be that first drop