

were set, so that people knew for how long they had to be away, and could make the necessary arrangements for that period.Ībul Hasan Ali Nadvi R.A started taking formal and active participation along with Maulana Manzoor Nomani R.A and it helped much for spreading of work among Ulema and Madarsas. Different time periods of 3 days, 40 days, etc. Thereafter, when more people started joining this work, a few guidelines had to be set, to make sure that the work was done in a proper manner. Initially people rebuked him, they discouraged him and used to say that they had no time for all of this but as time went by, they realized the truth behind it and the need for it, and started joining him in calling others towards Allah Ta’ala. Therefore, he started calling people to the masjid, and reminded them about Allah Ta’ala and His greatness. He realized that they had to free some time from their worldly engagements, to sit and ponder about Allah Ta’ala and their purpose for being sent to this world.

Moulana Ilyas Saheb (Rahimahullah) observed that people were too engrossed in their worldly activities and had forgotten the objective for which they had been sent to this world.
