STRATEGY, STYLES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF MOLANA MUHAMMAD TAHIR PANJPIRI’S CALL TO RELIGION

مولانا محمد طاہر پنج پیری کی دعوتی حکمت عملی اور ان کی دعوت کے اسالیب و اوصاف

Abstract

Molana Muhammad Tahir Panjpiri was born in 1916 in Panjpir, Swabi. He was the disciple of Molana Ubaidullah Sindhi and Molana Hussain Ali for the Quranic Studies. He had a unique style of call towards religion. This dissertation discusses and elaborates his styles and characteristics of call towards religion. These styles can be summarized as such that Molana Muhammad Tahir Panjpiri commenced his call strategy with particular planning. He had a perception of the psychology of the people and thus guided accordingly. The call to religion movement developed gradually. It was based on the teachings of the Quran and the Sunnah and a team was also constituted to reinforce the task. He stressed on the training and surmounted the obstacles coming in the way of his mission with his sublime intellectual qualities. He did not consider it fair or legal to accept prerogatives or concessions related to his call to religion mission. His call was deducted from the teachings of the Prophets and the Pious Ancestors. He tried to guide people in simple and easy terms. The secret of success of his mission was rooted in his strong knowledge and mature spiritual position. He liked the amalgamation of copy and reason in call for guidance. He avoided narrating weak arguments and promoted financial honesty among his followers. He possessed a critical mind but would not issue unnecessary religious rulings (fatwas). He studied and taught the Holy Quran according to contemporary viewpoint.