“A party amongst you must be there to promote the good and suppress the evil”
Aal-e- Imran:104
Truth of the matter is that making the Islam current,( Aqamat-e-Deen) is the solitary duty, with discharge whereof, the man has been burdened, in fact, his viceregancy on earth is exclusively purported to meet this end. Advent of the whole chain of Prophets itself was to realize this goal. And especially Muslim Ummah has been so ordained.
And every era had such personages who dedicated their whole lives to this cause Syed Maududi was, one such name in 20th Century. Almighty Allah had given him tremendous qualities of head and heart who used the same to free the enslaved Muslims of the subcontinent. He raised the slogan, ‘we are God’s helpers’ and then spent 24 hours, a day in the service of true faith of Islam for the rest his life.
The Founding Session
The founding session of Jamaat-e-Islami was scheduled for 26th August 1941 at Lahore. The participants from every nook and corner of India gathered at the residence of Mistree Abdullah at IslamiaPark, Poonch Road, Lahore. The first session began at 8’am in Mubarik Mosque, wherein, the following 75 persons participated
1.Mawlana Syed Abul Ala Mawdoodi
2.Mawlana Muhammad Manzoor Nomani (Braili)
3.Malak Nasarullah Khan Aziz (Lahore)
4.Abdul Majeed Siddique (Lahore)
5.Muhammad Anwar (Lahore)
6. Nazar Shamsi (Delhi)
7.Mian Tufail Muhammad (Kapoorthala)
8.Mistree Muhammad Siddique (Kapoorthala)
9.Maulana Syed Muhammad Jaffar Shah ( Kapoorthala)
10. Shaikh Faqeer Hussain (Kapoorthala)
That is what they could reach of knowledge. Verily, your Lord it is He Who knows best him who goes astray from His Path, and He knows best him who receives guidance. (30) And to Allâh belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth, that He may requite those who do evil with that which they have done (i.e. punish them in Hell), and reward those who do good, with what is best (i.e. Paradise). (31)
An-Najm
Saying of Prophet Muhammad (SAW)
Narrated 'Umar bin Al-Khattab:
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what he emigrated for."