Preaching Approach of the Tabligh Congregation for Muslim Community in Malaysia

Abstract

Man is responsible on this earth to be a dai who has the role in Islamic preaching. In addition, this role includes disbanding mankind from polytheism to faith in Allah SWT, changing from evil to good, trying to change negative situations to positive, preventing from heinous and evil acts to upholding the truth and finding happiness in this world and the hereafter. However, spreading Islamic preaching is not an easy task but it is not difficult. This matter is in line with the will of Allah SWT who has determined that human life is only to devote oneself to Him. Therefore, this article tries to highlight matters related to the preaching approach of the Tabligh Congregation in forming Islamic preaching among muslim community in Malaysia. This article applies library research and content analysis methods to collect data. Meanwhile, thematic analysis is used for data analysis. The results of the study found that there are several methods and principles used by the Tabligh Congregation in preaching to the community. The implications of this study provide a little input to the community to realize that the Tabligh Congregation approach is one of the best mechanisms in the spread of Islamic preaching for muslim community in Malaysia.