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The Largest Publisher of the Fazaail-e-Amaal (Tableeghi Nisaab) makes Tawbah

Bismillah ar-Rahamaan ar-Raheem

Special Report by Sajid A Kayum - Dated 29/12/2002

The Largest Publisher of the Fazaail-e-Amaal makes

Tawbah

In these times of group polarization, ta'assub towards one's madhhab and

sectarianism, it is a great blessing for someone to seek guidance and accept
the truth, especially, if one's source of livelihood and hard-earned respect
are at stake.

One such fortunate individual is Brother Mohammad Anas, the owner of

Idara Ishaat-e-Diniyat - a publishing company that publishes the Fazaail-e-
Amaal (also known as the Tableeghi Nisaab) in four languages and many
other books of the Deobandis.

The Fazaail Aamaal authored by Moulana Zakariyyah Khandelwi is the book

that the Jamaat Tableegh uses to spread its dawah. It is the only book that
the Tableeghis allow to be read in their gatherings and a lot of stress is put
on reading it regularly to the extent that this book is read by them five
times a day after every prayer. This book has in it many false beliefs and
baseless stories that have been corrupting people's Aqeedah for half a
century.

Please refer to the article, "Are there Baseless Stories in the Fazaail-Aamal
that harm the Aqeedah (Beliefs)"

Br. Mohammad Anas, the publisher of the Fazaail Aamal, after identifying
the vile errors of the Fazaail-e-Amaal, has openly declared his abhorrence
towards this book and the Tableeghi-Deobandi nexus that spreads its
teachings. He has open-heartedly accepted the way of taking the religion
from the Qur'aan and the Sunnah, which is the way of the Ahlul-Hadeeth -
And All praise is due to Allah.

DEOBANDI UNEASINESS WITNESSED OVER THE LAST FEW

YEARS

The last few years have seen unprecedented uneasiness in Deobandi circles
due to the fact that a large number of people have left the blind-following of
individuals and groups and have accepted the pure teachings of the Qur'aan
and the Sunnah. While formally the Deobandis would simple undermine and
brush off the way of the Ahlul-Hadeeth as something that was practically
non-existent, they have now finally realized that the Ahlul-Hadeeth are a
force to be reckoned with. The two pillars upon which depends the Deobandi
school of thought (i.e. blind-following of elders and fanaticism towards
Madhhabs) have weakened considerably.

DEOBANDISM BETWEEN THE CLAIM AND THE REALITY

The Deobandis claim to be people of Tawheed, religious learning, and

reformation and the followers of an authoritative Imaam (Imaam abu
Haneefah). They portray themselves as a legitimate school of thought from
the Ahlus-Sunnah which differs with others at the most on matters of
Ijtihad.

In reality, however, they have committed great crimes against the religion
of Islam by spreading beliefs of shirk and innovations, unreasonably
defending the clear blunders of their elders and making Tahreef to support
their madhhab. They have aided the spread of ignorance by organizing a
volunteer force of unqualified ignorant individuals in the name of 'Jamaat
Tableegh' and have given them the book "Fazaail Aamal" - which itself is a
compilation of baseless stories that invite towards the heresies of Soofism.

DEOBANDI TAHREEF IN THE BOOK OF ALLAH AND THE SUNNAH TO

SUPPORT THEIR MADHHAB

The Deobandis and the Jamaat Tableegh were able to conceal their
misguided views successfully and effectively in the Arab world and in the
West, while openly calling to them in countries where they have a large
following like India, Pakistan and others.

This is widely apparent in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which is both a

centre of religious learning and a place where reside a large number of
religious minded people, who spend generously to help the Muslims around
the world. The Deobandis took full advantage of their good-will and
continued to spread their Dawah in secret to the extent that their associates
maybe found appointed in many ministerial jobs. A good example is that of
the well-known Moulana Makki, a Deobandi who gives lectures in the Haram
of Makkah to this day. Even the King Fahd press that prints the Holy
Qur'aan, published the Deobandi Tafseer as the official urdu Tafseer.

[This Tafseer is called Tafseer-e-Usmani where the translation of the verses

is by Moulana Mahmood Hasan Deobandi and the commentary is by Maulana
Shabbir Ahmed Usmani].

The very introduction to this Tafseer contains references to the deviant

belief of Wahdat al-Wajood though not in clear terms. Even the major
scholars and muftis of the kingdom had a good opinion of the Deobandis and
the Tableeghis.

THE SCHOLARS REFUTE THE JAMAAT TABLEEGH

Al-Hamdulillah the misguidance of the Jamaat Tableegh became clear to

some Arab Salafi scholars and they refuted them in their writings. Shaikh
Taqiyyudin al-Hilaali (well-known for his translation of the Noble Qur'an
published by Dar-us-Salam Publications) wrote a small treatise by the name,
Al-Siraaj Al-Muneer fee Tambeeh Jamaat At-Tableegh alaa Akhtaa'ihum and
Shaikh at-Tuwaijiri composed the extraordinary book, "Al-Qawl al-Baleegh".
Later Shaikh Taalib ur-Rehmaan, a scholar well-known for his
discussions/refutations with the people of Bidaa (innovations) wrote the
book, "Ad-Deobandiyyah" in Arabic that further exposed the reality of the
Deobandis. The sheikh has another refutation on the Jamaat Tableegh in
Arabic that has been published lately. Apart from this there are the efforts of
many others and may Allah accept all sincere efforts.

In the Indian subcontinent many scholars have raised awareness about the
Jamaat Tableegh after many efforts towards advising them failed. Some
Ahlul-Hadeeth masjid even opened their doors to the Jamaat Tableegh with
the intention of co-operation in righteousness and piety and because
outwardly the Jamaat Tableegh claims to have no agenda apart from
invitation towards prayer. The Tableeghi have been advised time and again
to replace the Fazaail Aamal with authentic Tafseers and collections of
authentic Hadeeth and continue their dawah based upon these pure sources,
but all such requests have been rejected. This is because it was never the
intention of the founders and elders of this Jamaat to free the lives of the
general masses from shirk, ignorance and innovations but to spread the
teaching of the Deobandi elders like Moulana Ashraf Alee Thanwi and others.

See: The Deobandis and the Jamaat Tableegh

THE TABLEEGHI DAWAH

In region where there is general Ignorance of the correct Aqeedah and a

strong tradition to put all of ones religious affairs in the hands of a particular
moulana, the Jamaat Tableegh speaks in a position of strength and openly
calls to misguided views.

The Tableeghis distort the meaning of the Quraanic verses and present it to
the people in order to deceive them into believing that it is Allah's Will that
all true Muslims are bound to the regulations of the "Tableeghi Jamaat" and
are expected to unquestionably follow them on their excursions.

The Tableeghis take pride in being ignorant and ask the other ignorant
individuals like them, "to which school or university did the sahabah go to?".
They lie upon Allah and the Messenger and justify it saying it is only to
encourage the people towards good deeds. They often quote the Quraan as
the Hadeeth and vice-versa. Even worse, they quote the sayings of elders
and stories and attribute it to the Messenger (salallahu alaihe wa-sallam).
Their norm is to mention quraanic verses, fragments of hadeeth, stories and
fables, sayings of their elders and karguzaris without distinguishing between
them - all along giving the ignorant listener the notion that all of this has
come from Allah for the guidance of the people.

Many Ahlul-Hadeeth scholars have raised awareness about the Jamaat

Tableegh through writings and speeches most notably Shaikh Meraj
Rabbani, Shaikh Ataa Allah Daerwi and others. The people who were former
associates of the Tableeghis then then left them when their misguidance
was made clear to them have exposed the Tableeghis even further. As a
result many people have accepted the way of the Qur'aan and the Sunnah.
This is an additional setback to the Deobandis.

It should be noted that those who accepted the guidance are the educated
and enlightened individuals who actually have the ability to research,
understand and differentiate between the fact and lies.

Others who have left this Jamaat are those who migrated to other countries
where the Tableeghis do not have a strong hold and the people have had
the opportunity to learn about the Book and the Sunnah. In the environment
of the Indian sub-continent, the Tableeghis do not allow the common
masses to read the Qur'aan and the Sunnah or to listen to anyone apart
from themselves. This is why I mentioned in the very start of this article
that, "in these times of group polarization, ta'assub towards one's madhhab
and sectarianism, it is a great blessing for someone to seek guidance and
accepts the truth" And only he who has been in that environment can truly
understand the significance of this.

THE DEOBANDI REACTION

The Deobandis have finally realized that they cannot combat the Dawah of
the Ahlul-Hadeeth, by merely abusing them or undermining them and that
they would have to reply with proofs and quotes and references just like the
Ahlul-hadeeth refuted them with proofs, quotes and references from the
Qur'aan and the Sunnah. The Deobandis therefore, organized a huge nation-
wide conference called, 'Tahaffuz-e-Sunnat' in India. This was repeated in a
number of other countries. They also published a number of booklets on the
subject and each of the doubts in those books has been replied to either in
writing or on tape, al-hamdulillah. And we will publish them on out website,
www.ahya.org insha'Allah.

The result of these conferences was that many people were introduced to
the Ahlul-Hadeeth and began reading books of Ahlul-Hadeeth scholars either
out of curiosity or to refute them and al-hamdulillah this became a means
for people to come closer to the truth. The Deobandis, therefore, shot
themselves in the foot because the way of seeking knowledge,
analyzing references and sound reasoning can only lead to the truth.

MUHAMMED ANAS SAHEB - THE OWNER OF IDARA ISHAAT E

DINIYAAT

We ask Allah, the Exalted, to keep Brother Mohammad Anas steadfast upon
the truth to which He has guided him. Brother Muhammed Anas's interview
has been recorded by brother Muhammed Aaqel.

In this interview Muhammed Anas Saheb spoke about how he recognized

the corruption in the Fazaail Aamal and other Deobandi books. He also
spoke about the difficulties in his struggle to seek and follow the Qur'aan
and the Sunnah.

Brother Anas specifically mentioned that he found our website

www.quransunnah.com and the tapes of the scholars on it very helpful.

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam) said, "If Allah gives
guidance to somebody through you, it is better for you than
possessing red camels."

We ask Allah to accept the efforts of all the brothers who contributed and
participated in the development of the website whether they are from India,
Saudi Arabia, Emirates or Kuwait.
EXCERPTS FROM THE INTERVIEW
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Brother Muhammed Anas said, "When I needed to know about everyday

rulings, I referred back to the hanafi fiqh because that was the environment
we were brought up in. So when we referred to those books no references
were found in them, just the sayings of some aalim and this seemed to me
as if he was saying something from himself and I could not (satisfactorily)
accept it. So I began to research because the rulings should be with
references to the Hadeeth they are based upon. Thereafter I searched for
books and read them, only to find a big difference between rulings of the
(hanafi) Maslak (way) and the Quraan and the Sunnah."

Note: Here the Hanafi Maslak (in common language) is used to

refer to the way which includes the blind-following of the later
Hanafis, adherence to the school of deoband and its scholars, to
the Deobandi version of soofism and to Maturidism in beliefs.

… "I am facing a number of difficulties and I ask Allah to grant me

steadfastness. Since I have started upon this way (of the book and sunnah)
and we stay in a society where the (Deobandi) maslak is followed, every one
looks at me with suspicion (or with dislike) as if I have committed a great
crime. I have only tried to learn the Quraan and the Sunnah and to act upon
it. My relatives and those who are close to me have turned their faces away
from me, except for a few. Even if I try to meet them they speak to me in a
strange way and when I got my son married according to the Quraan and
the Sunnah in February and did not arrange for the marriage procession and
other formalities, my relatives are still angry on me. I only sent a car so that
my daughter-in-law could come to the home."

He mentioned that he heard some Cds which spoke of the Hijaab. "When I
heard them tears rolled off my eyes and I began to ponder as to what we
had been doing until now, our lives have gone and we have not been able to
do anything. After this Al-Hamdulillah we began to implement proper Hijaab
in the home as it should be implemented according to the shareeah where
the Hijaab is done from the husband's brothers."

When asked about the sources that helped him towards the way of the
Quraan and the Sunnah, br. Muhammed Anas mentioned our website
http://www.quransunnah.com and the names of the four scholars, Shaikh
Ataa Allah Daerwi, Shaikh Safiur-Rehman Mubarakpuri, Shaikh Meraaj
Rabbani (Hafizahumullah) and Shaikh Badiuddeen Rashidi
(Rahimahumullah). He said, "I heard their tapes and liked them a lot.
Whatever they say, they say in light of the Qur'aan and the Sunnah."

[Click here to listen to these tapes in Urdu]

When asked if he was involved in spreading the true dawah of the Quraan
and the Sunnah, he said, "I wish to do a lot so that the wrong things that
have spread amongst the people come to an end. To start with I have
prepared a list of books that I used to sell in the bookshop (he mentions
various books). One of the books I used to keep was Aamaal Quraani (cures
from the Quraan) while believing that they were cures from the Quraan and
it would not have any (incorrect) statements, but then I heard one of the
lectures of Shaikh Meraaj Rabbani (with a quote from the Aamaal Quraani)
and I check the copy I had with me, I felt ashamed and very hurt and asked
the staff not to sell it at all. Thereafter, I stopped selling the many other
books on Soofism that are full of Shirk and Bidah."

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NOTE: It is mentioned in Aamaal-e-Qur'aani, p. 134 by Maulana

Ashraf Ali Thanwi [published by Jasim Book Depot, Urdu Bazaar,
Jama Masjid, Delhi] that if a woman has excessive menstrual
bleeding, the verse (Surah Al-'Imran: 3:144) should be written
on three different pieces of paper, one tied on her right and the
other on her left and the third piece of paper with the Qur'aanic
verse to be hung below the naval. This verse of the Qur'aan,
"Muhammad (sallallahu alaihe wa-sallam) is no more than a
Messenger, and indeed (many) Messengers have passed away
before him. If he dies or is killed, will you then turn back on your
heels (as disbelievers)? And he who turns back on his heels, not
the least harm will he do to Allah, and Allah will give reward to
those who are grateful." [Surah Al-'Imran: 3:144] -

See the Article, "Excerpts from the Shameless writting of

Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi - A Selection of Quotes from Aamaal-
e-Quraani"

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Interviewer : What are the difficulties that you are facing after coming to
the way of the Ahlul-Hadeeth

Brother Muhammed Anas replied, "When I started to keep those books

that are in accordance with the Quraan and the Sunnah, and we are in a
society with people of a different view, and on the books is mentioned the
word Salafi or there is something else with indicated that the books are of
another school of thought - the people do not buy those books. In Delhi
there is a center by the name "Allama Ibn Baaz Center" from where I
ordered some books since they were good but no one would buy them
because the author was Dr Luqmaan "Salafi". These are the problems I
faced."

Interviewer: Have you accepted the way of the Ahlul-hadeeth alone, or

have you family members changed too?

Brother Muhammed Anas, "My wife, my children al-Hamdulillah pray in

accordance with the Quraan and the Sunnah. We also hold a session of 15
minutes to read from books, like we have read from the Book of Salaat by
Shaikh Kailani"

Interviewer : Earlier you informed me about your daughter and problems

faced by her. Are they because of the fact that she has started performing
Raf al-Yadain?

Brother Muhammed Anas, "Yes, what else can it be? They do not consider
it (Raf al-Yadain) to be from the Sunnah even though I have shown them
proofs. And I gave them photo copies from the books of Maulana Abdul-
Hayy Lakhnawi and Imaam Muhammad stating that the Raf al-Yadain is
proven and is from Sunnah. But they are so blind in their sight that they
cannot understand. How much ever you explain to them, they do not
understand"

Note: Raf al-Yadain is to raise the hand in prayer before the Ruku and after
the Ruku. Raf al-Yadain is a Sunnah proven by Mutawathir Ahaadeeth, but
because there is extreme following of Madhhabs in the sub-continents, the
people are ordered by the Madhhabi ulema to ignore those hadeeth. Often a
fiqh issue like Raf al-Yadain serves as a stepping stone towards breaking the
barrier of Taqleed and opens the way for correction of other matters of
belief and worship.

Interviewer: How do you feel having left the way of Shirk and Bidah
towards the Straight Path and Tawheed. Is your heart content?

Brother Muhammed Anas , "Yes, definitely I feel total contentment to the

extent that if I were to die today, I have great hope that Allah will have
mercy on me. And whatever little I have done to follow the Sunnah will be
accepted by Allah. I have complete hope in Allah. I have contentment as
clear as a mirror Al-hamdulillah.

Interviewer: Since you are mainly dealing with books, has you change
affected you business relations and income in any way?

Brother Muhammed Anas , "Yes, of course. Since I have stopped printing

Fazaail-e-Sadaqat and Fazaail-e-Hajj, which I used to print in 4 languages;
Urdu, Hind, English French, and they sell a lot, like the Urdu version sells
5,000 copies in 2 months. So, it is effecting my business but I am not
bothered about it Allah forbid even if I was to reach the stage of starvation,
I would accept that because the eyes have to close and everyone has to die
and we have to give account of everything."

[We ask Allah to bless brother Muhammad Anas in his business and accept
his sacrifices]

Interviewer : You have seen that the book which you had been selling till
now (i.e. the Fazaail Aamal) has many statements of Shirk in it. Somewhere
a pious person is receiving knowledge of the unseen, somewhere it is
claimed that Allah's Messenger descended from the sky (after his death),
somewhere it is said that the hand of Allah's Messenger (sallallahu alaihe
wa-sallam) came out of the grave, while somewhere the leaders of the
Tableeghi Jamaat hear the reply of their salaam to the Messenger. Now that
you know of these deviant beliefs will you continue with the sale of this book
in the different languages.

Brother Muhammed Anas, "No, I consider selling these books a sin. And I
say that if I were the sole owner of these books, I would have put
them in the sea long back. I would sell something else, but not these
books, for now we have stopped Fazaail-e-Sadaqat and Hajj (this is the
second part of the Fazaail Aamal and is more deviant than the first) and we
plan to stop Fazaail-e-Amal (i.e. the the first part) Insha'Allah."

Interviewer : Tell us about Fazaail-e-Amaal since how long have you been
printing it and was it you father who initiated the work?

Brother Muhammed Anas, "My father was the first one to publish this
book on off-set printing (since 50 years, they have been printing this book).
Initially they were printed as separate booklets like Hiyaakaat-e-Sahabah,
Fazaail-e-Namaz, etc. then the booklets were compiled in one volume and
then the compilation was named, 'Tableegh-e-Nisaab' It was not named
'Tableegh-e-Nisaab' by Maulana Zakariyah (the author) but it was
named as such by my father. Later when some Barelvis objected to it,
then its name was changed to 'Fazaail-e-Amaal'

Interviewer: In the end, would you like advice those who are still busy in
the publishing and selling of the book?

Brother Muhammed Anas, "I consider the income which comes from the
selling and spreading of such books that spoil the Aqeedah is not Halaal. So
one should limit himself. There are many books, why not sell authentic
books? The stories of parrot and birds, Kabutar Nama (the story of the
pigeon) [he is referring to the stories of Khurafaat mentioned by the Soofis
in their books as lessons]. When good (authentic) books are available, then
these should be spread."

Interviewer: Any of your two brother have accepted the way of the Ahlul-
Hadeeth?

Brother Muhammed Anas, "Yes, as I mentioned earlier, my youngest

brother who heard the CDs, has begun to perform Raf al-Yadain, He told
me, 'Brother if this (Raf al-Yadain) is correct, then why be afraid of following
it while it is proved from the Messenger of Allah and is a Sunnah? And he
(Allah's Messengers) has practiced it until his death." So, I started (the
Raful-Yadain) for he was on the truth'

Interviewer : What message would you like to send to the people of

Jamaat Tableegh so as to assist them in seeking the truth?

Brother Muhammed Anas, "It is the duty on every person to seek the
teachings of the Qur'aan and the Sunnah and analyze whether their actions
are in accordance with the Qur'aan and the Sunnah. This is a general
message for everybody."

Interviewer: would you like to convey something to the Ulema of Deoband

who compile and spread such books like the book of Maulana Ashraf Ali
Thanwi - Aamaal-e-Quraanin?

Brother Muhammed Anas, "Yes, Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi is the author
of Aamaal-e-Quraani. But it is not sure whether this book was later
attributed to him or he has himself written such things. Allah known best
but what I found in them were completely against the Qur'aan and the
Sunnah so I have stopped selling it."

Interviewer : It was surely not attributed to him later for if it was later
attributed to Maulan Ashraf Ali Thanwi then the Ulama of Deoband would
have pointed to the statements have been (incorrectly) attributed to the
Maulana but the Ulama of Deoband have always supported it so it is not
incorrectly attributed to Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi but it is his own book."

Brother Muhammed Anas, "I was astonished when I read Hikayat-e-

Awliya, which is also known as 'Arwah e-Thalatha. In all there are 60-70
books which I have stopped printing and selling."

Interviewer: Have you seen 'Tareekh-e-Mashaaikh-e-Chist' by Maulana

Zakariyah?
Brother Muhammed Anas, "I have stopped any orders for that book also.
I have also prepared some literature which points towards all such matters
in those books. If someone informs me of any such reference, I personally
analyze it and if I find anything incorrect I discard it."

Interviewer: The authors of such books from the Ulama of Deoband and
the Barelvis, their blind-following does not allow them to return to the
Qur'aan and the Sunnah, and even after knowing the truth they do not
propagate it. What would you advice them?

Brother Muhammed Anas, "The religion reached us through the Sahabah,

but if one was to search for books on their seerah (biography) he would not
find it. The Mureeds (followers) however write books on (the biographies) of
their Pir (mentor) who dies just 100 years back, and even today we do not
know the Sahabah."

Note: There are many biographies just on the life of Moulana

Ashraf Alee Thanwi and some of them are in 10 volumes.

Interviewer: What is your message to our listeners and especially those

who are still struggling to seek the truth? For this cassette of yours will
reach them Insha'allah and when they learn that a prominent publisher of
these books has made Tawbah before Allah, then this will surely soften their
hearts and will encourage them to take the religion from the Qur'aan and
the Sunnah.

Brother Muhammed Anas, "Firstly, my message is that analyze all you

deeds and verify whether they are in accordance with the Qur'aan and the
Sunnah. One should not follow everything what people tell them, and today
there are so many books available which do not mention references. So one
should research and make sure whether his deeds are correct or incorrect.
May Allah grant us the Tawfiq."

End of the Interview

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