AADAAB E GASHT / JOLAH My dear respected brothers and elders it is the blessing of Allah ﷻwho gave us the tawfeeq to pray Asr salah with Jamaah and then on top through His fazl He has allowed us to gather together to do some fikr of the Deen. This amal that we have gathered for is called Gasht in Urdu and Jolah in Arabic which is to meet our Muslims brothers with the worry and concern of deen. Gasht or Jolah is like the backbone in the work of dawah. If this Amal is done correctly it will be accepted then Dawah is accepted in the court of Allah ﷻ, when dawah is accepted then Dua is accepted, when Dua is accepted then Hidayat will descend. If Gasht is not accepted then Dawah is not accepted, if dawah is not accepted then Dua will not be accepted, if Dua is not accepted then Hidayat will not descend from the heavens. That is why we need to keep the purpose in front of us while doing this amal. Purpose Allah ﷻhas kept the solution of our problems and the problems of the whole humanity “By fulfilling our duties according to the ways of Hazrat Muhammad “ ﷺ. To bring this in our lives an effort is required, and to persuade all the Muslims in the locality to join hands in this High effort we need to gather them in the Masjid and establish their connection with the masjid. So, the purpose of this effort is that every Muslim in the locality change their Belief by calling towards the Kalimah while doing the effort of the Kalimah. Fazail This effort is the Sunnah of all the prophets of Allah ﷻ. It is the effort of the Sahabah رض هللا عنهم يand Awliya of Allah. 1. Whoever spends his morning or evening in the path of Allah ﷻ, his reward will be much better than the world, and whatever is in it. (Bukhari) 2. A Few moment's concern for Deen is equivalent to prayer in front of Hajr-e-Aswad of Kabah on Lailatul Qadr. (Ibne Hibban) Hajr-e-Aswad (reward 100,000 times), Lailatul Qadr (reward better than 1000 months) 3. When the dust of the path of Allah ﷻenters the body of a Muslim, Allah ﷻprohibits Hell-fire on him. (Ahmad, Tabarani) 4. The fire of hell will not reach anyone whose feet become dusty whilst he is on the path of Allah ﷻ. (Ahmad) 5. He who suffers a headache in the path of Allah ﷻ, and hopes for a reward, all his past sins are forgiven. (Tabarani) 6. Whoever guides others to do good, his reward is like the one who does it. (Abu Dawud) Principles & Ettiquettes There are some principles and etiquettes for every work that we must follow for it to be effective and the work of Dawah, the work of Ambya عليه السالمis most deserving of it -
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First and foremost is to obey the Ameer Ameer will make jamaats to go out which may contain 3 to 10 brothers Ameer will appoint a person to engage in dhikr and dua in the masjid for the success of the jamaats going out, this person is considered the powerhouse for the jamaats Ameer will also appoint a person to give a middle-talk in the masjid so that the brothers left in the masjid and anybody who the jamaat brothers bring to the masjid are engaged in dhikr Ameer shall also appoint a person to meet and greet people coming in the masjid while the middle-talk is going on. Each Jamaat will have an Ameer, Rahbar (Guide) and Mutakallim (Spokesperson) Rahbar will guide the Jamaat to take them through the locality and meet local brothers, he will inform Mutakallim of the brother’s name and occupation. Mutakallim will speak to the people and Ameer keeps the Jamaat together The Jamaat will gather outside the mosque and make Dua. Once the Dua has taken place, the Jamaat then follow the Rahbar