بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Dawat & Tabligh in Germany
An Ijtima is a gathering of Muslims for learning, for the remembrance of Allah and for praying together. Here you can learn more about this effort and register for our gatherings.
Our faith
This site aims to inform and to invite to good, in peace and with respect for all people.
Islam means submission to the one God, Allah. It rests on five pillars: the testimony that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad ﷺ is His Messenger, prayer, the obligatory charity (Zakāt), fasting in Ramaḍān, and the pilgrimage (Ḥajj) for whoever is able.
Based on a hadith in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 8
Read moreMuhammad ﷺ is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets (Khātam an-Nabiyyīn). No prophet comes after him. Belief in the finality of prophethood (Khatm-e-Nubuwwat) is a firm part of the Islamic faith.
مَّا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَآ أَحَدٖ مِّن رِّجَالِكُمۡ وَلَٰكِن رَّسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَيۡءٍ عَلِيمٗا ٤٠
Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets. And Allah has full knowledge of all things.
Read moreThe Prophet ﷺ compared himself and the prophets before him to a beautiful house from which only one brick was missing, and said: "I am that brick, and I am the last of the Prophets."
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3535 · Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2286
The Ṣaḥāba are the people who met the Prophet ﷺ as believers and died as Muslims. They learned the Qurʾān and the Sunnah directly from him and passed them on to the generations after them. It is through them that Islam has reached us, and Allah praised them in the Qurʾān. That is why we love and respect all the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ.
رَّضِيَ ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهُمۡ وَرَضُواْ عَنۡهُ
… Allah is pleased with them, and they are pleased with Him …
Read moreThe Prophet ﷺ said: "Do not abuse my Companions! If one of you spent gold equal to the mountain of Uḥud (for Allah), it would not equal a handful (mudd) given by one of them, nor even half of it."
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 3673
The term
Ijtimāʿ (اجتماع) is an Arabic word from the root j-m-ʿ (ج م ع), "to gather". It means "assembly" or "gathering". In Urdu, too, ijtima means "gathering".
In the effort of Dawah, an Ijtima is a larger gathering, usually over three days. People come together for learning, for the remembrance of Allah and for praying together. Such gatherings take place in many countries of the world.
In the usage of the effort, Joor (جوڑ) usually refers to a smaller gathering.
Background
The effort of Dawah, known as the Tablighi Jamaat, was begun in 1926 by Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi (1885–1944) in Mewat near Delhi.
Its aim is the renewal of faith and religious practice in daily life. Maulana Ilyas is reported to have said that if he had to give the effort a name, he would call it the "movement of faith" (Tehreek-e-Imaan). The effort sees Tabligh as the task not only of scholars but of every Muslim.
Consultation
Consultation (Shūrā) is a principle of the Qurʾān. Allah praises the believers who conduct their affairs by consultation among themselves, and He instructed the Prophet ﷺ to consult his Companions.
In the effort of Dawah, too, decisions are made together in consultation (Mashwara): in the local mosque just as in planning our gatherings. In this way the work stays in unity, humility and mutual trust.
وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱسۡتَجَابُواْ لِرَبِّهِمۡ وَأَقَامُواْ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَمۡرُهُمۡ شُورَىٰ بَيۡنَهُمۡ وَمِمَّا رَزَقۡنَٰهُمۡ يُنفِقُونَ ٣٨
And those who respond to their Lord, establish prayer, whose affairs are conducted by consultation among themselves, and who spend from what We have provided them.
وَشَاوِرۡهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَمۡرِ
… and consult them in the matter …
وَلۡتَكُن مِّنكُمۡ أُمَّةٞ يَدۡعُونَ إِلَى ٱلۡخَيۡرِ وَيَأۡمُرُونَ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَيَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِۚ وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُفۡلِحُونَ ١٠٤
And let there be among you a group inviting to good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong. It is they who will be successful. (translation of the meaning)
Āl ʿImrān 3:104
Six qualities (Ṣifāt)
The effort rests on six points (Ṣifāt). They are explained in the literature of the effort, for example in "Six Points of Tabligh" by Mufti Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri.
Lā ilāha illallāh, Muḥammadur Rasūlullāh: the conviction that everything depends on the will of Allah, and the promise to Allah to live by the way of the Prophet ﷺ.
Prayer with devotion and humility, as the Prophet ﷺ and his Companions prayed. Prayer is the practical fulfilment of the promise of the Kalima.
Religious knowledge, in order to know the commands of Allah, and the constant remembrance of Allah. Both strengthen faith.
Fulfilling the rights of other Muslims: honouring the elders, treating the young with mercy and serving everyone with good character.
Doing every good deed solely for the pleasure of Allah, not for reputation or worldly gain. The reward of deeds depends on the intention.
Giving time in the path of Allah (Tafrīgh al-Waqt) to revive faith in oneself and in others.
Method
In small groups of about ten people with an Amir. Common practice: three days a month, 40 days a year and four months once in a lifetime.
Muslims living around the mosque are visited and invited to prayer in the mosque.
Reading Qurʾān and Hadith together, often from Faḍāʾil-e-Aʿmāl, in the mosque and at home.
In the daily consultation the work is planned together.
Larger and smaller gatherings for learning, for the remembrance of Allah and for praying together.
Note: according to a fatwa of Jamia Binoria (Karachi), the time periods (3 days, 40 days, 4 months) are proven organisational guidelines and not an obligation (farḍ or wājib). According to Mufti Taqi Usmani, taking part in this effort as far as one is able is a deed of great reward.
Events
No gatherings are planned at the moment. Please check back soon.