Hafiz sahab apne walid Professor Aabid Sadiq marhoom ke hawale se tablighi mizaaj ki wazahat karte hain. Tabligh se Abu Jan ka gehra fikri, jazbati aur jismani talluq tha. Batate the ke jab pehli baar Raiwand gaya (shayad 1966) to nange sir tha aur safed shirt siyah patloon aur tie pehne hue. Chhoti masjid mein chh aadmi bayaan sun rahe the aur saatwan bayaan kar raha tha. Garmiyon ki chhutiyan ka zamana tha. Program zohar parh kar wapsi ka tha lekin teen roz markaz mein raha, aur phir Pathanon ki ek jamat ka ameer banakar ek chilah ke liye Jhelum ke kisi gaon mein tashkil kardi gayi. Farmate the ke main kuch arz maroof karne laga to bhai Ghulam Mustafa sahab ne farmaya ke aap ka musafaha ho chuka hai, ab himmat keejiye. Bas bhagam bhag kahin se kurta shalwar mehia kiye aur rawana hogaye. Mushtaq Hussain Farooqi sahab station tak musha'iyat ke liye gaye. Maqam-e-tashkeel ka naam mujhe bhool gaya hai lekin yeh ek gaon tha jahan se kuch aur gaon mein jana tha. Pohanche to gaon walon ne masjid mein na rukne diya. Ab agle gaon ki taraf chale to pehle gaon ke molvi sahab ne apne bande aage bhej diye jinhon ne jamat ke pahunchne se pehle wahan jakar jatheh bana liya aur is aati jamat par pathrao kiya. Sabhi saathi lahulahan hogaye. Abu Jan ki bayen aankh ki taraf kanpati par ek pathar laga jiska nishan baqi raha. (Yeh nishan unko ghusl dene ke baad qabr mein utarne tak chamakta raha.) Raat ek darakht ke neeche qayam kiya. Abhi po na phati thi ke wahi molvi sahab teen chaar gunawaron ke sathe aan mojood hue aur lage maafiyan mangne. Poochne par bataya ke junhi mein sota hoon, khwab mein mere peer sahab aakar mujhe jootiyan martay hain aur kehte hain ke un maskeenon se maafi mang aur unhein le kar aa. Teen chaar baar yehi ho chuka hai. Ab meri biwi ne mujhe dhakke de kar ghar se nikala hai. Mujhe maaf kardo aur mere sathe chalo. Behrhal kafi fasla tay karke pichle gaon pahunchay to namaz mein molvi sahab ne sab namaziyon ke samne maafi mangi aur taubah tillah ki. Batate the ke Raiwand markaz ke purane matbakh ke liye aantein kaatne aur rori bichane wali jamat mein shamil rahe. 1993 mein Bahawalpur mein tablighi ijtima hua to Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Ansari sahab ne Abu Jan ki sargarmi dek kar farmaya ke yeh maidan ka aadmi hai. Sehat ki kharabi ki wajah se harkat mein rehna mushkil hogaya to bhi fikran peechay nahi rahe. Wafat se ek din pehle masjid Beit Al Mukarram Bahawalpur mein ai Lahore ke khawas ki ek jamat ke satheon ko rozay ke sathe kayi ghante gusht karaya aur khud Allah ke raste mein ek saal ke liye jane ka irada likhaya. Jab mein Hari Pur mein tha to teli communication staff college se muttasil ek gaon Saeedabad ke sathe gusht karte hue mere paas aye. Mein ne hisab-e-aadat daftar ke taqreeban sabhi logon se mulaqat karwayi. Un mein ek seedha sada baba Ahmed Deen tha jo kehne laga ke mein aaj se tees saal pehle Sun Chakar mein Bahawalpur gaya tha to ek college mein safed patka lapete hue ek professor sahab ne hamein bahut satheon se milwaya tha aur hamari badi nusrat ki thi. Aaj ke college ke gusse se mujhe woh gusse yaad aya kyunke kabhi kisi professor ne sara college phir kar gusht nahi karaya. Meri daryaft karne par us ne professor sahab ka naam liya to mein ne bataya ke mein unhi ka beta hoon. Yeh jumla sun kar us ki jo haalat hui woh bayan se bahar hai. Kehne laga ke mein aaj tak un ke liye dua karta hoon. Mein ne bataya ke un ka inteqal ho chuka hai. Woh bohat roya. Phir mein jab tak Hari Pur raha, woh banda khuda gahay bagahay mujhe milne ata raha. Mujhe Zakariya University Multan mein dakhil huye koi ek mahina hoga ke Abu Jan Bahawalpur se shairon aur professors ki ek jamat le kar Sadiqiya Masjid Golgoshth mein tashrif laye. Multan aur aas pass ke bohotere professors, shair aur mosiqar yahan jama ho gaye aur khoob ghummah ghumi raha. MujheMultan ke tablighi buzurgon Abdul Rauf sahab, Doctor Abdul Wahid Qazi, Qamaruddin sahab, Professor Miyan Abdul Rahman, Islam sahab aur Chaudhry Rafiq sahab waghera ke ek tarah se ‘‘hawale’’ kiya. Abadli masjid mein ana jana shuru hua to Haji Yamin sahab aur Sheikh Habib sahab waghera ne kaam mein aisa lagaya ke baqi har sadh bisra di. Main ise Allah ka khaas inaam janta hoon aur abujan ki zindagi karamat. Unhon ne mere zamana talibilm mein nihayat door andeshi aur samajhdari se mera pura mahol aur uthk baithak (Fraternity) tablighi bana di. Meri yahi dostdari aaj tak chal rahi hai aur is mein izafa ho raha hai. Aadmi apni sohbat se pehchana jata hai. Yahi mahol aur kaam meri pehchan hai kyunke log mujhe isi hawale se jante hain. Aadmi mahol ki wajah se chalta hai. Bande mahol se kata nahi aur gaya nahi. Meri danist mein abujan ka mujh par sab se bara ehsan mujhe is mahol se jor dena hai. Allah unhein behtareen jazaye khair de. Mera rawan rawan unke liye duago hai. Alhamdulillah yeh nisbat hasil hui, Allah pak manasibat bhi de de. Ameen. Neez yeh bhi maloom hai ke Lahore film studio mein pehli jamaat mere abujan le kar gaye the. Allah ka karam hua ke baad az an yahan se mutalliq kayi logon ki zindagiyan badlein. Is tablighi safar mein woh ek bade sahib-e-tarz-e-ijad raqas ke haan gasht ke liye gaye jo lakdi ki kharaawain pehante the. Unse mulaqat aur wahan ki gayi baat ki karguzari unhone Doctor Muhammad Hamidullah sahab ko sunayi jab woh khutbat-e-Bahawalpur ke silsile mein tashreef laaye hue the. Yeh guftagu aaj bhi kuch yun yaad hai ke gane mein musiqi aur bolon ko namaz aur namaz se bahar ki zindagi ki misal se samjhaaya tha: Din mein paanch namazain Allah se kalam yaani bol hain aur namaz se bahar ki zindagi goya musiqi hai. Gane mein musiqi ki composition aise hoti hai ke aahista aahista kaanon mein bol parhne ki pyaas barhti rehti hai. Ek khaas maqam par yeh pyaas itni barh jaati hai ke kaan bol sunne ke liye be taab ho jaate hain. Yahan musiqi ruk jaati hai aur bol shuru ho jaata hai. Ab bol bhi is sahajat andaz aur takneek se bola jaata hai ke bol ke khatam hote hote musiqi ke agle dor ki pyaas barhti jaati hai. Ek khaas maqam par aakar yeh pyaas itni shadeed ho jaati hai ke mazid bol sunne ka yaara nahi rehta aur musiqi ke agle dor ka aghaz ho jaata hai. Musiqi ka yeh dor bhi pichle do r se aise composition hota hai ke aahista aahista agle bol ke liye pyaas barhata jaaye. Chunaancha is tarah ek gane mein teen, chaar ya paanch dor musiqi ke aate hain aur itne hi bolon ke. Bas aisa hi kuch namaz aur rozmarra ki baqi zindagi mein hota hai. Jab aadmi namaz se bahar hai to us ki zindagi aise guzre ke namaz ka waqt ane ki pyaas barhti chali jaaye. Namaz ka waqt aate tak yeh pyaas itni shadeed ho jaaye ke yahan waqt dakhil ho aur yeh Allah ka banda apni ab tak ki karguzari sunane ke liye Allah ke samne khada ho jaaye. Ab namaz mein Allah se guftagu chal rahi hai aur namazi is ka huz utha raha hai (aur behtareen namaz woh hai jis mein aadmi ko yeh kifiyat hasil ho ke woh Allah ko goya dekh raha hai). Ab bol joon joon khatam hota jaata hai, namaz se bahar ki zindagi mein is namaz se hasil hone wali kifiyat ke sath lagnay ki pyaas barhti jaati hai. Aur johi yeh bol yani namaz khatam hoti hai, namaz se bahar ki zindagi mein Allah ke ahkamaat ke mutabiq lagnay ka walhanah daiya paida ho chuka hota hai aur aadmi duniya ke kaamon mein is hasil shuda kifiyat ke sath lag jaata hai. Namaz ki behtari se namaz se bahar ki zindagi behtareen banegi, aur namaz se bahar ki zindagi ki achhai se namaz behtareen hogi. Yani jitni musiqi achhi utni bol bhi achha. Din mein paanch baar Allah se humkalam aur namaz se bahar ki zindagi ki karguzari Allah ko khud pesh karna agar Allah ki hazoori ke ehsaas ke sath hai to kya hi kehne. Chobis ghante mein paanch namazain is liye ata hui hain ke bande ka koi lamha Allah ki yaad ya Allah se humkalam ke sharaf se khali na guzre. Puri zindagi is tarah guzre ke bande ya to Allah ki yaad mein ho yaAllah se humkalmi ki halat mein ho. Aur isi liye yeh arshad hua hai ke woh shakhs halak hogaya jis ke do din ek jaise guzre, yani har aanay wala din hazoori aur humkalmi ki kefiyat ke aitbar se pichle din se behtar hona chahiye. Almukhtasir Allah ki taufeeq se woh sahib jamat walon ke paas masjid tashreef le aaye, aur bataya ke main 37 saal ke baad masjid mein aaya hoon. Abujaan jab kabhi yeh kehte ke tabligh ke kaam mein siwaye mardam bezar aadmi ke har shakhs lag sakta hai khwah woh theatre ka nachniya hi kyun na ho, mujhe yeh guftagu aur marhoom Doctor Mohammad Hameed Allah yaad aajate the. Shurua shurua mein Abujaan jab tabligh ke safar se wapas aate to sir par bara sa khaki bistar band hota jis ke ek taraf silvar ka luta latk raha hota tha, aur haath mein mithai ka dabba. Hum is dabbe ka intezar karte. Un ki yeh aadat itni pakki thi ke Multan ke is tablighi safar se wapsi par mujhe bhej kar mithai mangwai ke Bahawalpur lete jaayein. Hum ek baar Maulana Saeed Ahmed Khan Sahib rahmatullahi alaih ke amoomi majmae ke bayan mein bethe the. Bayan ka khasa hissa guzar gaya to hamare saath aaye hue ek sada khayal sathi ne kaha ke abhi tak Maulana ne maqsad ki baat shuru nahi ki. Maulana ke bayan ki be ikrami par Abujaan ko sakht takleef hui. Kuch deer baad mujhe farmaya ke kami to mere andar thi ke apne sathiyo ko yeh na bata saka ke targheebi baat bhi maqsad ke hasil ke liye hoti hai aur barabar ka ajr rakhti hai. Abujaan tabligh mein sirf maqsad ki baat karne aur idhar udhar ki koi baat nahi karne par be had zor dete. Farmate the ke har deeni baat dawat nahi hoti. Logon ko hum dawat seekhne ke liye bulatay aur nikaltay hain, is liye humein sirf dawat hi ki baat karni chahiye. Dawat ki baat sirf yahi milti hai, baqi deeni baatein kahin bhi mil sakti hain. Kayi baar is mawad par bhi baat hoti ke dawat mein ek hi baat kyun ki jati hai. Ek baar samjhane ke liye farmaya ke azaan choudah sau saal se ek hi hai aur kabhi nahi badli. Aise hi dawat ke bol hain. Azaan mukammal tareen dawat hai. Azaan se behtareen ibadat ke liye bulaya jata hai, dawat se behtareen ummat honay ki shart poori hoti hai. Abujaan mujhe tabligh mein nikalne ke aadab batate rahte. Farmate the ke jahan bhej diya jaye, jis ke saath bhej diya jaye aur jitne waqt ke liye bhej diya jaye, chale jao. Farmate the ke tabligh mein door tak aur maut tak chalne ka tareeqa yeh hai ke sar jhuka ke peeche peeche chalte raho aur apni qurbani ka ilm Allah ke siwa kisi ko na hone do. ''Main'' mare baghair aadmi tabligh ka kaam nahi kar sakta. Farmate the ke apni zat ko nishana banakar dawat do. Apna banana asal hai. Jo aadmi doosron ki islah ki niyat se tabligh ka kaam karta hai woh tabligh mein mehmaan hai is liye ke usse doosron par ghussa aata hai aur jis ki wajah se woh kalma goon ki be ikrami karta hai. Farmate the ke jo aadmi tabligh mein tarteeb aur yaksui ke sath laga rahe aur kamaai aur muamlaat par nigaah rakhe woh bade bade amalon se zyada quwwatain hasil kar leta hai aur bade bade amal us ke aage paani bharate hain. Farmate the ke jo muamale ka kharab hai aur jannat ke khwab dekhta hai us se bada ahmaq koi nahi. Aksar farmate the ke aam bano aur khaso na bano, aur mat bhoolna ke hamara kaam gali gali logon ke peechay phir kar dawat dena hai. Farmate the ke Allah se darane ki bajaye Allah ki mohabbat paida karne ki koshish karni chahiye aur logon ko deen ki di hui gunjaishon ka batana chahiye. Farmate the ke kamal murshid woh hai jo mureed ko sirf aankhein band karke tawajjo na de balkay aankhein khol kar hidayat de, chunancha tabligh ka kaam behtareen murshid hai. Farmate the ke tabligh ka kaam behtareen aur kamal sulook hai kyunke is mein juloos aur khalwat dono ki tarbiyat ki jati hai: juloos mein dawat di jaaye aur suni jaaye aur khalwat mein zikr kiya jaaye. Farmate the ke jo aadmi tabligh ke kaam mein in dono halaton ki sahih tarbiyat pale woh inshaAllah kahin behak nahi sakta. Jab woh logon ke samandar mein hoga to dawat mein laga hoga aur jab tanha hoga to zikr aur dua mein laga hoga.ga. Jin logon mein is dohri tarbiyat ki bajaye akhriyat hoti hai yaani woh ya to sirf taqreer ke aadmi hote hain ya sirf khanqahi zikr ke, woh apna mahol badal jaane se inteshar ka shikar hojate hain. Zikr ke muntaahi ko kharab karne ka tareeqa yeh hai ke us ki tanhai khatam kar di jaaye, woh chand dino mein sab kefiyat kho baithay ga. Isi tarah taqreer ke shehsawar ko majma se door karke kuch arsa tanhai mein rehne par majboor kardia jaaye to woh bhi apni maya se haath dhob baithay ga. Farmate thay ke tabligh mein lago lekin zikr aur ilm ki khafat ko dil mein na aane do. Tazkiya, ilm aur tabligh teeno mein se har ek baqi doono ki madad par hai. Jo aadmi ilm mein laga kar zikr ki takhfeef karta hai woh ilm ke takabbur mein mubtila hai. Jo zikr mein lagte hue ilm ko halka jane woh jaahil sofi hai. Aur jo tabligh mein chalte hue ilm aur zikr ki kami karta hai woh molana Mohammad Elias rahmatullahi alaih ke alfaz mein aawara gard hai. Isliye tabligh mein chalte hue ulama aur ahl-e-nisbat dono tabaqon se raah o rasm rakhoo, aur ise apni zati zaroorat samajhte hue rakhoo. Farmate thay ke tabligh ke kaam ka ism-e-aazam insaniyat se mohabbat hai. Mukhlooq Allah ka kambha hai aur insaan kainat ka dilha hai. Insaan ki qadar aur musalman ke ikram ne tabligh walon se woh kaam kra liye hain jin ki misaal nahi milti. Kya keh sakte hai socha ja sakta hai ke mulk ka sadr (Doctor Zakir Hussain) ek taangay wale ke paas tablighi gasht ke liye gaya hai, aur is daawat dene ko apni zati zaroorat aur Allah ki taraf se aaid kiya zimmedari samjhta hai? Farmate thay ke kisi mulk ya qaum ko murda baad nahi kehna chahiye. Zinda baad murda baad ke nare lagane ya qanoon banane se deen nahi aayega. Farmate thay ke musalman ki kami islam ki kami nahi hai. Bohat kam musalman milenge jin ka tarz-e-zindagi Shariah ya islami adab o qawaneen se poore tor par mail khata hai. Musalmanon mein islami sifat paida karna ek mustaqil kaam hai jise mohabbat ke saath karna chahiye. Ya ayyuhal lazeena aamanoo aaminoo mein is ki targheeb hai. Farmate thay ke jo etraz kare usse jawab na do balkay us ke liye Allah se mango aur kisi hile se usse mahool mein le aao, mahool ki barkat se woh baat samajh mein aati hai jo alag bat'haakar samjhane se nahi aati. Farmate thay ke tabligh ka mukhalif koi nahi hai. Jo log mukhalfat karte hain woh kaam se nahi kaam karne walon se mukhalfat rakhte hain. Ikhtilaf kaam se nahi kaam ke karne walon se hai. Kaam karne walon mein jo jo nabvi akhlaq aur shakhsi o dawati khubiyan aati jayengi, logon ke ikhtilafat insha Allah door hoti jayengi. Allah kaam ki aur kaam karne walon ki hifazat kare. Isi tarah mujhe buzurgon se milne ka tareeqa bataya. Farmate thay ke tablighi akabire ijtemai kaam mein lage huye hain, unse invidual time nahi lena chahiye. Is se jahan ummat ka nuksan hota hai wahan un ki fikr bhi bhatti hai. Bas tarteeb se kaam mein lag jana chahiye. Ummat mein aise log hain ke kitne kitne jo sirf aur sirf ummat ki sochte hain. Unka bohot se buzurgon se talluq tha aur kitne hi akabire ki baatein mujhe bataya karte thay: Shafi Qureshi sahab, Babu Bashir sahab, Abdul Wahab sahab, Molana Saeed Ahmed Khan, Mufti Zeen-ul-Abideen sahab, Molana Muhammad Islam, Molana Muhammad Ahmed Ansari, Molana Jamshed Ali Khan, Ibrahim Abdul Jabbar sahab, Molana Muhammad Ashraf, Doctor Muhammad Nawaz, Doctor Abdul Wahid Qazi, Doctor Muhammad Tayyab, Doctor Ahmed Kamal Ansari, Molana Abdul Aziz Duaajo, Jang Sher sahab, waghera. Main ne bai'at ke silsile mein Abu Jan se poocha to farmaya ke yeh mashwara mere bajaye tablighi akabire se karo kyunke bai'at zindagi bhar ka aur khalis zauqiyat ka mamla hai. Misal se samjhaaya ke ghadi mein ghoomne wali ghariyon ki simt idhar udhar hoti hai lekin is ikhtilaf hi ki wajah se yeh ghariyan sooyon ko durust simt mein harkat karti hain, aur is ki wajah yeh hai ke yeh ghariyan muhawar ki wahdat se azad nahi hoti. Bai'at yehi muhawar hai. Bas koshish karni chahiye ke inteshar-e-fikr o tawajju na ho aur aadmi thaann par bandha rahe. Mere israr par bhi yehi farmaya ke bai'at ke bare maiMain khud faisla karo aur laai lag nah bano, bay'at mare bandhe ka souda nahi apni khushi ki baat hai. Albata dua karte rahe ke main kisi qata'a atariq ke doaule na ho lu. Un ke mashware se main ne Mufti Zeen-ul-Abideen sahib aur Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Ansari sahib ko rehnumai ke liye khat likhe. Har do hazraat ne Hazrat ji Maulana Muhammad Inaam-ul-Hasan Kandhalvi rahmatullah alaih se bay'at ki raye marhamat farmaayi, chunanche main ne November 1992 mein Hazrat ji ki bay'at ki. Abu Jan ko bohot nachintaai ho gayi. Bad azan mujhe Hizb-ul-Bahr ki ijazat khud ata farmayi aur phir Maulana Muhammad Ahmed sahib se dilwai, aur khud apni nigraani mein Professor Zafar Ahmed Chaudhary sahib ke humraah is ki zakat dilwai. Abu Jan ko Hadees-e-Pak ki ijazat Maulana Abdul Rasheed Naumani aur Maulana Latifat-ur-Rahman se mili. Mujhe un ke dalaail al-khairat ke zaati nuskhay par meri (Aogi, Mansoora) ke Mufti Muhammad Khalil-ur-Rahman se Hizb-ul-Bahr ki ijazat likhi mili hai jo yakum Shawwal (Eid-ul-Fitr) 1392 Hijri (7/ November 1972) ki hai. Aksar hai ke yeh ijazat kisi tablighi safar ke doran mein mili hogi. Hazrat Shah Abdul Qadir R.A. ne unhein post card likh kar talab kiya tha jis ka yeh jumla mujhe yaad hai: 'Hum chiraagh-e-saheri ho chuke, aao aur apna hissa wusool karlo.' Yeh gaye aur khankah mein teen din rahe. Hazrat Raipuri ne bay'at farmaya aur wapasai par deer tak sine se bheenchay rakha. Isi tarah un ke naam Sheikh-ul-Hadees Maulana Muhammad Zakariya rahmatullah alaih ke do post card bhi main ne dekhe hain (jo Maulana Muhammad Ahsan-ul-Haq sahib ke tehreer kardah the). Maulana Khan Muhammad sahib rahmatullah alaih ne un ki wafat par khat likh kar taaziya farmaaya. Woh Hazrat Raipuri se talluq, Deobandiyyat aur Majlis-e-Saniyya al-Muslimeen waghaira ke rangon mein range hue the lekin main unhein khatta Deobandi nahi keh sakta. Woh baghair kisi sabaqay ya lahaqay ke sirf musalman the. Ek baar main tabligh ko Deobandiyyat ki shakh batane laga to bade tareeqe se samjhaaya ke tabligh ka maqbul Deobandiyyat nahi hai. Jo yeh samajhta hai usse tablighi mizaj ki hawa bhi nahi lagti. Farmaaya ke Maulana Muhammad Elias ne kisi ko apna khanah badalne ki dawat nahi di balkay apni jagah par rehte hue tabligh mein nikalne ke liye waqt farigh karne ki dawat di hai. Unhone Maulana Abul Hasan Ali Nadvi aur Maulana Muhammad Mansoor Naumani waghaira ko waqt le kar aane ko kaha aur un ki salahiyaton ko istemal kiya. Maulana Muhammad Elias ne is kaam mein har ek ke liye rasta khula rakha hai. Tabligh wale ummat bana rahe hain. Tum bhi ummati bano ummati, aur ummat banao ummat!