Origin from 1926
Tablighi Jamaat is an international Islamic religious movement founded by Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi around 1926 or 1927 in the Mewat region of British India, with its formal base established near Nizamuddin in Delhi. It arose as a response to what its founder saw as moral decline and religious neglect among Muslims, and it describes itself as apolitical, emphasizing personal religious renewal centered on six core principles: the declaration of faith, prayer, religious knowledge, respect for fellow Muslims, sincerity of intention, and proselytization. Members undertake short missionary tours known as khuruj to remind other Muslims of core Islamic teachings, and the movement is estimated to have between twelve and eighty million adherents across more than 150 countries, concentrated mostly in South Asia, making it one of the most influential religious movements in twentieth century Islam. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
Kind of orderOther Islamic Movements and Sects 1 Organisation
OrdinationAuthority conferred by initiation rather than by ordination 1 Practice
Liturgical Language Origins
Origin Period Status
Status TodayLiving tradition, practised today 1 Connections
Sources
1. Wikipedia, "Tablighi Jamaat"
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Tablighi Jamaat (Urdu: تبلیغی جماعت, lit. 'Society of Preachers', also translated as "propagation party" or "preaching party") is an international Islamic religious movement. It focuses on e
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Established in 1926 by Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi, in the Mewat region of British India, it has roots in the revivalist tradition of the Deobandi school, and developed as a response to the deterioration of moral values and the neglect of aspects of Islam.
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