The solution for the ills of the Ummah lies in the way and example of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). He did not form a Jihad group from the very inception of his mission. The initial phase–13 years–of the mission of Nubuwwat was devoted to moral reformation and spiritual elevation. Only after a 100% Islamic community came into existence, was the series of Jihad campaigns inaugurated.

The need of the hour is massive and universal ta’leem and tarbiyat (Islamic teaching and moral reformatory) programs. But this activity is possible only if the Ulama are prepared to sacrifice and devote themselves to the mammoth task of extricating the Ummah from the quagmire of moral rot and decadence in which it is sinking deeper and deeper. However, it seems that until the appearance of Imaam Mahdi, there is no possibility for the reformation of the Ummah on a global scale.

The Ulama themselves are smitten with the worst kinds of debilitating moral and spiritual diseases. Only Allah Ta’ala can have mercy on this humiliated Ummah which has truly become ghuthaaus sail (the muck of floodwaters).