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(propagation) be mine, so that this way his teachings become
well-known.” 29
So, the Jamaat Tableegh shares the same ideology as the School of
Deoband and may be considered as the Deobandis’s Dawah organ.
Whilst the Deobandis have been constantly bogged down because
of the opposition by the Barelawis, the Jamaat Tableegh has been
instrumental in the spread of Deobandism by hiding its true
orientations and evading controversy.
Important Personalities amongst the Deobandis and
the Jamaat Tableegh
1. Moulana Qasim Nanotwi (d. 1879): “The Darul-Uloom Deoband
(the School of Deoband founded in 1868) was founded by
Moulana Qasim Nanotwi.” 30 He was ba’yt (taken the oath of
allegiance) at the hands of Imdadullah Muhajir Makki. 31
2. Imdadullah Muhajir Makki (d. 1899): The highly revered Pir
(spiritual guide) of the Deobandis. He is the spiritual guide of
Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, Moulana Qasim Nanotwi and Moulana
Rasheed Ahmad Gangohi.
3. Moulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi (d. 1943): He was ba’yt at the
hands of Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki and the author of many
books like, “Bahishti Zewar” and ‘Tafseer Bayanul Qur’aan’. He
named many of his books after his Pir, Imdadullah Muhajir
Makki.
Like Imdadullah Muhajir Makki, Ashraf Ali Thanvi too was an
advocate of Wahdat al-Wajood. Ashraf Ali Thanvi’s teachings
greatly influenced the founder of the Jamaat Tableegh, Moulana
Ilyas.
29 Malfoozat Moulana Ilyaas (Sayings of Moulana Ilyaas), collected by
Muhammad Manzoor Noomani, p.50, incident no. 56.
30 Mashaikh-e-Chist (Eng. Trans.) p.222.
31 Irshaadul-Mulook (Eng. Trans.) p.32.
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