Correspondence with Maulana Abul Lais Islahi Nadwi

DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE directly during our conversation in Azamgarh, you did not provide a clear response as to whether you still consider the objective stated in our Constitution and its explanation valid. Your recent letter also remains silent on this matter. I look forward to your response to this clarification. May Allah grant both of us the guidance to follow the straight path. Wassalam, Abul Lais Azamgarh–February 7, 1963 Respected Maulana Abul Lais Sahib, Assalamu Alaykum, I received your letter dated [should be January 29 as per the above letter]. You wrote, “the primary source for determining Jamaat-e-Islami’s ideology is its Constitution.” However, I must clarify that this does not answer my question. In my letter dated January 23, I did not inquire about the source used to define the Jamaat’s ideology. Instead, my question concerned the explanation of this ideology; specifically, I asked about the status of Maulana Maududi’s literature to Jamaat-e-Islami’s ideological interpretation. As for the Constitution, I know it merely provides a