[BartRonalds]

There is a significant problem with those of us who are involved in this work of 'not even understanding the work at all', in many cases after years of involvement......

Tabligh at its core is about self-rectification and the methods in the work serve this purpose only , until a person has progress to a certain level of acceptance in their sacrifice. Sheikh Saad states that for Allah to take work from you is a very high station thus do not think you are doing the work of 'tabligh' or that 'Allah is taking work from you' this station was given to Prophets and the companions and other notable figures.

Of course it is possible to be accepted by Allah and be eligible to be given the title of Di'e if you sacrifice enough. Also the nature and beauty of the work is that it has a two-fold effect that with the intention to using the 'muslim brother as a mirror to rectify yourself' they may get guidance.

That said anyone else's guidance is a bonus, out job is to do the work. Some prophets will be stood alone on the Day of Judgement as no one listened, but they had an obligation to full-fill and that was the extent of it.

The works of Sheikh Saad will show that he concentrates on the individual who is involved in the work mostly and in instances when there are those brothers who have sacrificed a lot and look progressive and accepted he will talk to them in light of their responsibility. But the focus is much more on the self, he knows [in my opinion I think he has firasat] what is going on with the individuals in the work and what it is they need to hear. I come to that conclusion since he came to UK 2000 and although he has mingled with a lot of foreigners for sure and still can not grasp how he could have such an understanding of what goes on in the different parts of the world with the workers and be able to address these in the talks he gives, it just baffles me.

So in conclusion, personally I would like to see this shift of the mindset of people to focus more on themselves then others via the effort of tabligh. Again in my observation and opinion it has been the downfall of the individual.....

An example is the 6 points I learnt which goes like this:

1. To develop the full yakeen and conviction that the Sahabah had.....
2. To develop the concentration and devotion that the Sahabaah had in their Salaah...
3. To develop the zeal and drive the Sahabaah had for knowledge.../To achieve the level of awareness of Allah that the Sahabaah achieved.....
4. To fullfil the rights of a muslim the same way that the Sahabah would fulfill the rights of others....
5. To achieve that purity of intention that the sahabah had achieved.....
6. To sacrifice your time, health and wealth for the sake of Allah the same way the Sahabah sacrificed their health, wealth and time.

In discussing these 6 points YOU WOULD only give examples from Hadith or lives of Sahabah. To achieve each quality you must ONLY give examples of Sahabah and The Prophet [Peace and blessing be upon him].

Example.....

For Salah you would narrate.....One person saw Abdullah ibn zubair in Sajdah and he opened the mushaf and started to read Quran and complete Surah Baqarah, Ale Imran, Maidah and Nisa and look towards him and saw that he was still in Sajdah.

So the above example is used for the second point of concentration and devotion in Salaah.

The evolutionary shift is from being Imaam and then Salaah then Ilm/dhikr to the above....however the irony is that Mehaji Mehrab [May Allah enlighten his grave] was the one who coined the most popular 6 points and he was a companion and Shura of Moulana Yusuf [May Allah enlighten his grave]. So this version of the 6 qualities has been around for 60 - 70 years and possibly longer.

Has the devil pulled a fast one? I think so....

Sheikh Saad mentions again and again that people should stop relaying stories of other jamaats and their 'miraculous' achievements and only refer to the prophet and his companions. Also in taleem only narrate Hadith and the commentary of the sheikh, why? you addition to it can not exceed a) the hadith [i.e. you can not state it better them him] b) give a better explantion then the sheikh.

Also the introduction of Munkthab Ahadith was due to peoples bayan and dawah was engrossed with their own interpretation of events/stories, etc and hadith is seldom used. He wants peoples dawah to be only from the words of the Prophets to have that inner effect and also on others, since nothing can exceed the blessings of the words of the Prophet of Allah [peace be upon him]