Hujjat-ul-Islam, Sayyiduna Imam Muhammad Ghazali رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ تَـعَالٰی عَـلَيْه has narrated: Sayyiduna Musa عَـلٰى نَبِـيِّـنَا وَ عَـلَيْـهِ الـصَّلٰوة ُ وَالـسَّلَام once humbly asked Allah, ‘O Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ! What is the reward for the one asking his brother to do good deeds and preventing him from evils?’ Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ said, ‘I write the reward of one year’s worship for each Kalimah (word) of his and I have Haya (shyness) in giving him the torment of Hell.’ (Mukashafa-tul-Quloob, pp. 48)

Therefore, we should also deliver Chowk Dars. If we cannot deliver Dars, then at least we should be amongst those who listen to it so that we may receive the blessings and excellence of ‘اَمْرٌ بِالْمَعْرُوف وَنَہْیٌ عَنِ الْمُنْکَر’. For persuasion, let’s listen to a Madani parable of Chowk Dars.

Blessings of giving Dars alone

No words can express the greatness of delivering Dars from Faizan-e-Sunnat. One brother from the Lines Area of Bab-ul-Madinah, Karachi narrated: I was standing on the roof of my house when I saw an Islamic brother of Dawat-e-Islami, with a green ‘Imamah on his head, giving Chowk Dars all alone by the street corner. No one was there to listen to him. Even though I was away from religion and would avoid Islamic brothers who wore green ‘Imamahs, when I saw that brother giving Dars all alone, I felt bad. I went down and joined his Dars in sympathy. Joining that Dars became a source for my reformation and I became attached to the Madani environment. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, at the time of giving this statement, I am in charge of Madani In’amaat in my locality. There was a time when I used to run away from people wearing green ‘Imamahs and اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, and today the crown of the green ‘Imamah is shining on my head.

اے بیمارِ عِصیاں تُو آ جا یہاں پر گناہوں کی دَیگا دوا مدنی ماحول

گنہگارو آؤ سیَہ کارو آؤ             گناہوں کو دَیگا چُھڑا مدنی ماحول

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد