Re: Arab Tablighis
Peace brother vroom
You can only say things if you have experience and evidence yet you are very quick to condemn others on hearsay … I grew up Deobandi and still identify with them as there is no need to leave them. Ahl-us-Sunnah-Wal-Jammat is a common title used by Deobandis and more often I hear the Barelvis just say Ahl-e-Sunnat for themselves.
In the UK regularly attended both masajid - Deobandi and Barelvi
It is a vulgar practice to oust people from Sunni Islam without knowing what it means to be in Sunni Islam. The basic criteria to be in Sunni Islam is to recognise the 4 caliphs to be legitimate, to recognise the authenticity of the 6 books of hadith … Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Tirmizdi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Muwatta and most importantly to accept one of the 3 aqidahs of Ahl-us-Sunnah Wal-Jamma’ … which is Maturidi, 'Ashari or Azhari.
The Tablighi Jamaat are led by Deobandis in the subcontinent … and most people who join their activities are Deobandi, but they attract other Muslims too in their activities and they do not try to convert them to Deobandism - they merely try to maintain their appeal on their contribution for khuruj activities. Khuruj is not Deobandi it is Tablighi … it is not a belief and fiqh system, it is a social practice their main intention is to get people to stay with them for 3 days or 40 days, travel to different locations to spread awareness of the importance of simple things like prayer in jamat and good companionship … they have their own books, but are not strictly Deobandis, merely Deobandis accept them … as many of them are based in the middle east where there are simply Arab Hanafis who like to join their activities.
Your view of convoluted malpractices of both Deobandis and Tablighis is tainted by your very strict position that you hold in your maslak … but I appeal to your intellect and sense of justice that you should only say things that you have evidence for, and that does not mean repeating the rhetoric of accusation - but to make personal investigations and get the information directly from the people who you are talking about.
Having said all of this - I have never been on Tablighi activities as I believe they are not for me, but I see the appeal in them (imagine a person has bad routine for prayer too many distractions in the house and work … it becomes like a type of 'itiqaaf type of mentality to spend time in a house of Allah (SWT)) - Very appealing, but can be impractical for some … I prefer to go to scholars and learn, do the practices of my own tariqah, which teaches me to accept others in their sincere efforts …