I feel ashamed that people mock and refute the work of tabligh. My purpose of making thread was not this, but to clarify a confusion. If people who refute or mock the work of tabligh then read what great personalites like these said : Hakimul Ummah Hazrat Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi r.alayhi : "Molvi Ilyas has changed 'yas' (despondency) into 'as' (hope)" "This is the original effort." Sheikhul Islam Hazrat Maulana Husain Ahmad Madani r.alayhi :"Dear brothers! This is a tablighi gathering and this tabligh was originally the practice of Rasulullah s.a.w. The work you are doing is therefore not insignificant. I give you the glad tidings that Allah has granted you the opportunity to carry out a great service." Hazrat Maulana Qari Muhammad Tayyib r.alayhi: "There are four ways of attaining self reformation and by good chance, they all happen to be found in the tablighi jama'at. It includes sitting in the company of the pious, it includes dzikr and fikr, it includes brotherhood for the pleasure of Allah, it includes taking lessons from enemies and also taking account of oneself. The tablighi jama'at is a conglomeration of the four. For an average person there can be no way better than this for attaining self-reformation. Hazrat Mufti Mahmud Hassan Gangohi r.alayhi: "The tablighi jama'at gave Darul Ulum (Deoband) a Mufti. The Darul Ulum needed a Mufti, so they requested the tablighi jama'at who gave them a Mufti as I am first a tablighi then a Mufti." Hazrat Maulana Yusuf Binori r.alayhi :"The work of da'wah is the greater jihad." People who support the work of tabligh : Haji Abdul Wahab (db) [ khalifa of moulana ahmed ali lahori (ra), and moulana raipuri (ra)] Moualana saad (db) Shaykh ul hadith moulana zakariya (ra) Moulana Ilyas ghouman (db) Mufti Taqi Usmani (db) Mufti Rafi Usmani (db) Moulana Tariq Jameel (db) How can I forget the great scholar of this time who is Moulana makki al hijazi (db) ....Soooo many more, I can keep going on and on... But one thing to point, when these great 'ulama who have spent their life studying hadith and quran are saying that this work is authentic and is the greatest work of today's time, then should I listen to those who are layman and mock/refute this work? One more thing to notice, my local Imam is from Al-Azhar University (in egypt) and is a great scholar, visits there every year. He himself has praised moulana ilyas (ra), and said that this work of tabligh is authentic. And the Al-Azhar University has put a stamp that this work is authentic. I feel ashamed, we follow our desires and our opinions. Do you want me to leave a rolls royce and take the mini cooper (actually even mini cooper is nice) but lets say something cheaper then that? simple a person who is mentally crazy will pick rolls royce, and they are great ulama who have supported this work and spent their time in this work.