[Britfunclubs]

It is related in the hadith,"Whosoever does not show mercy, will not be shown mercy. Have mercy upon those on earth and the one in the heaven will show mercy on you."

It is a pity that people have restricted this mercy to those who are hungry, thirsty and naked, and have no pity on those who are deprived of Deen. It is as if they consider the loss of material things to be harm but do not consider a loss of spiritual values to be a loss at all. Therefore, why should the one in the heaven have pity upon us when we do not take pity on the ruined spiritual conditions of Muslims.

The foundation of our tabligh is based upon this pity. Therefore, this work should only be done with compassion and feelings of mercy. If a muballigh is doing this work because he feels sorry for the sad state of his fellow-men then he is certainly fulfilling his duty with compassion and sympathy. If he does not have this disposition but has another intention, then he will be involved in pride and self-elation from which no benefit can be expected. The one who will bear this hadith in mind while doing the work will have sincerity, see his own faults and although his gaze may fall onto the faults of others, he will also see the good Islamic qualities in them. Such a person will not defend his nafs (lower self) but will complain against it. The crux of this tabligh is not to encourage the self but to complain of the self.#44 in The Discourses of Maulana Ilyas rh Here

Will you have mercy now?

[Karpattaisp]

this work should only be done with compassion and feelings of mercy. If a muballigh is doing this work because he feels sorry for the sad state of his fellow-men then he is certainly fulfilling his duty with compassion and sympathy
Sometimes this mercy feeling turns into pride for me.
If I do this work feeling sorry for the sad state of other Muslims it gets into me that I am better than them.

Have mercy upon those on earth Could you provide some examples of showing mercy in Tableegh in such a way that it does not turn into pride?

[Corryikilelet]

Sometimes this mercy feeling turns into pride for me.
If I do this work feeling sorry for the sad state of other Muslims it gets into me that I am better than them.


Could you provide some examples of showing mercy in Tableegh in such a way that it does not turn into pride?

Feeling proud is a sign of ingratitude! Then how can you be better than them.

It seems we have a false notion of mercy. What is mercy?

When you see other people in happiness and success, you share the same feeling with them. i.e you feel happy

And when you see people in misery and sin, you feel hurt at their loss.

[Britfunclubs]

Sometimes this mercy feeling turns into pride for me.
If I do this work feeling sorry for the sad state of other Muslims it gets into me that I am better than them.


Could you provide some examples of showing mercy in Tableegh in such a way that it does not turn into pride?

Don't worry too much, do the work as per the tarteeb and keep making dua to Allah SWT for your tarbiyat, tabligh is a great way of getting your islah done & you can find more of that happening when you do khidmah of the saathis in khurooj and esp. at ijtemas.

[Britfunclubs]

“And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers.” (51:55)

[shiciapsisy]

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Sometimes this mercy feeling turns into pride for me. If I do this work feeling sorry for the sad state of other Muslims it gets into me that I am better than them.

the cure for this is to know that you are not better than them unless Allah say's you are,

and as far as you know He does not,

you could even be hanging over the hellfire saved only by a thread of your good deeds -

so keep up with the tabligh and the good deeds

because every one of them could be like the charity of a single date that saves someone from the hellfire through the mercy of Allah.


you are praying and doing some good deeds,

but how do you know that you are not undoing them all

through sins that in your eyes are little things

but which are serious in the eyes of Allah?


your pile of good deeds that you think is healthy -

could in fact be much smaller than you think -

so keep running towards Allah and repenting -

and remember that you are a little person -

who one day will have to face his Creator -

and this is your only time to do good deeds -

because as far as you know - you could be going to die tomorrow (or anytime)


so keep up with the fards, sunnahs, tabligh and other good deeds

and never let satan trick you for a moment to feel complacent or self satisfied


and remember that hellfire is like a tidal wave that engulfs those

who delay in struggling up the mountain of Islam towards Allah (SWT)

in the ways that He has ordered and instructed us through the Holy Prophet (saws).

[Karpattaisp]

“And keep reminding, because reminding benefits the believers.” (51:55)

the cure for this is to know that you are not better than them unless Allah say's you are,

and as far as you know He does not,

you could even be hanging over the hellfire saved only by a thread of your good deeds -

so keep up with the tabligh and the good deeds

because every one of them could be like the charity of a single date that saves someone from the hellfire through the mercy of Allah.


you are praying and doing some good deeds,

but how do you know that you are not undoing them all

through sins that in your eyes are little things

but which are serious in the eyes of Allah?


your pile of good deeds that you think is healthy -

could in fact be much smaller than you think -

so keep running towards Allah and repenting -

and remember that you are a little person -

who one day will have to face his Creator -

and this is your only time to do good deeds -

because as far as you know - you could be going to die tomorrow (or anytime)


so keep up with the fards, sunnahs, tabligh and other good deeds

and never let satan trick you for a moment to feel complacent or self satisfied


and remember that hellfire is like a tidal wave that engulfs those

who delay in struggling up the mountain of Islam towards Allah (SWT)

in the ways that He has ordered and instructed us through the Holy Prophet (saws).

and thanks for the reminder

[Britfunclubs]

Consider anything that stops you from giving daawah to be a waswasa from satan.

ex.:
1. "I'm a sinner myself, what daawah can I give to others?"
2. etc etc, more later