The Demand of Religious Wisdom

We Muslims must understand this reality now: even if one hundred percent of Muslims become performing Tahajjud (night prayers), a rosary (Tasbih) comes into every Muslim's hand, and every Muslim becomes punctual in offering Ishraq and Chasht (optional forenoon prayers)—but if the majority (of the country's population) remains unfamiliar with it, harbors venom in their hearts against it, and embers are smoldering in their chests, then God forbid, whenever a calamity or upheaval strikes this country, we will be displaced along with all these prayers and optional worships. At that time, leave aside the optional prayers, even the fundamental things will not remain. Therefore, the demand of religious wisdom is that we make this population familiar with us, convey the message of Islam to every household, and tell them what Islam truly is! (Tuhfa-e-Deccan: 85)

Mufakkir-e-Islam Hazrat Maulana Sayyid Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi (Rahmatullah Alaih)

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