Tableegh (Noble Da'wah) - A Guide to Happiness and Peace

8. Some more experience in Jamath

Alhamdulillah, I am grateful to all the readers for their encouragement.  As and when I make progress, I will Insha Allah share with you all.

During last year's 40 days jamath, we had a hectic schedule for the Redhills Ijtema. Day and night we met people and called them towards total surrender to Allah to gain happiness which was not only for prayers but also to refine the relationship between husband and wife, children, neighbours, parents and to look after the needy. If we rectify the connection with Allah in the proper manner, Allah (SWT) will make the connection with all others to our satisfaction.

My leave letter was rejected and my officer told me to speak to the top most officer and get his approval with whom we never had any contact at all!

I have already explained, a Daayi (person invites people towards Allah (SWT) never succumbs to pressure. I prayed two rakats and got the permission to meet the top-brass. I explained to him that I needed 40 days leave to go on pilgrimage and the present officer expects his approval.

He asked me, "what for you are going"

I replied, "Purification of my soul sir"

"Can't you purify your soul by remaining here?"

I explained to him that the worldly affairs in the office and house did not permit me to get purified. I had to stay in the Masjid and get it purified.

He replied, "Well, since it is a pilgrimage, I have no objection"

I thanked Allah (SWT) first and then the officer and came straight to my immediate boss. When I told him that I got the approval of top-brass, he could not believe and he never expected that I would go there.

As our elders say, "Ye kaam naa mumkin ko mumkin karney ka kaam hai" (This work will make the impossible, as possible.)

We had a young man who had accepted islam recently also in the jamath. He was telling about his life.

"Ameer sahib, I was a drunkard, behave rudely with my wife and children and there was a rift in the family and my wife left for her parents house with the children. They gave police complaint, I was called there and I was beaten. To forget that, I started to consume more liquor and lost all interest in life.

Then came the jamath, they requested me to accompany them on 3 days jamath. I was also permitted to keep liquor bottle in my bag during the jamath. Initially Ameer sahib told me, "You can drink in the evening outside the Masjid but once drunk, you cannot enter inside you can sleep outside and come in next day because Masjid is a place where Angels remain"

I was fighting with my Nafs to control my urge and one day passed with much difficulty. When I got up by midnight, I could see someone in the Masjid crying before Allah (SWT) silently in a corner where the person could not be seen clearly.

It was Ameer sahib, weeping like a child, using the same words of a saint, "Ya Allah, I have brought him to your house, (using my name) but Hidayath (Straight path) is in Your Hands! My reach is limited but You can change his life, Oh Allah please forgive him and accept him!

I slowly moved away from there, I was crying in the toilet! All my relatives, wife considered me as un- touchable and these people are praying for me! Slowly I came and lied down in my place and could not sleep further. I was just thinking in the whole night.

Next morning I went and threw the liquor bottle in a dry well. I made Tauba and promised to Allah (SWT) that I will never touch liquor again.

What I liked in Islam is, for Tauba (repentance) you do not need any one. Just call Allah (SWT) and ask for forgiveness and it will be acceptable! I must thank Allah(SWT) to have accepted me as one of the muslims. Otherwise, there are so many intelligent people, rich people, good people and they are not given this treasure of Islam and Allah (SWT) has chosen me!