Road to DR Congo Ijtema August 2022: Amazing Karguzari! (2nd Part)! We published 1st part on last June 18, 2022! Link: https://tablighnews365.com/2022/06/27/road-to-dr-congo-ijtema-august-2022-your-eyes-will-get-wet-with-tears/

In the 2nd biggest country in Africa an Ijtema will be held, inshaAllah in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo on 5th – 7th August 2022 under Nizamuddin guideline.

From the last report from brother Abdul Qadar the following are additional jamats moving out from other Towns and Provinces in DR Congo towards the Ijtema Ground in Kinshasa.

A jamat of Mashaykh including Arif Bhai sb (Kashmir), Salman Bhai sb (Mumbai), Molana Jabir db (Hyderabad), Mozawala sb, etc. Molana are preparing to leave Nizamuddin Markaz to fly to Kinshasa InshaAllah.

In the meantime a jamat of 6 brothers from Mauritius is already on the way to Lubumbashi (Haut-Katanga Province) and finally to Kinshasa by road (a journey of about ±2,500 km).

Jamats from Bukavu (South Kivu Province), Kisangani (Tshopo Province) and Kindu (Maniema Province) are travelling by boat about ±2,500 km towards Kinshasa in the DR Congo River.

Two jamats of 4 Month from the Equatorial Province from Bumba (Mongala Province) and Bikoro (Equateur Province) are expected to come via the Congo River to Kinshasa. A jamat of 4 Month from Kinshasa currently in Bikoro will accompany these jamat on which it is still working to complete the jamats.

A jamat of 4 Month from Mushie (Mai-Ndombe Province) and another from Bandundu-ville (Kwilu Province) will come and accompanied by a 40 Month jamat from Kinshasa headed by Ali Mabelo (ameer jamat) from Mai-Ndombe Province by the Congo River.

A jamat on a motorbike from Lubumbashi ±2,300 km from the Capital of Kinshasa have passed Mbuji-Mayi (Kasai-Oriental Province) and are now in Kananga (Kasai-Central Province). A jamat of Kolwezi (Lualaba Province) ±2,000 km from Kinshasa is expected this week.

One jamat of 4 Month (Mbuji-Mayi) led by Abdallah Kabangu on their way to Kinshasa last Friday (end of July). A jamat of Mwene-Ditu (Lomami Province) accompany them.

Jamat 18 of brothers from Kasumbalesa (Haut-Katanga Province) passed Mbuji-Mayi and will arrive in Kananga soon, inshaAllah.

Jamat of 9 brothers including Saidi Musa as ameer jamat from Kananga has left Tshikapa (Kasai Province) ±1,200 km from Kinshasa. Some jamats are reported to be in Kikwit (Kwilu Province) ±600 km from Kinshasa. Including ±70 members from Luiza (Kasai-Central Province) ±1,200 km from Kinshasa and others from Ilebo (Kasai Province), Kananga etc.

There ae 3 jamats which total 24 brothers (Kananga) still in Kenge (Kwango Province). One of which have arrived last week with a Kenge youth jamat. Another jamat from Kenge will arrive this week with another jamat from Kananga.

A jamat of 17 brothers with Ibrahim Diakite (ameer jamat) has been seen in Maluku village (Kinshasa Province). He is also overseeing 4 Month jamat from Kwilu in Kinshasa for more than 2 Month plus another jamat of 6 brothers from Kongo Central Province (Muanda, Mpozo).

A jamat of 24 brothers (12 Tshikapa, 12 Kananga) is now in Nsele (Kinshasa Province) at the entrance of Kinshasa. A jamat of 10 brothers from Kananga is now in Impuru (Kinshasa Province). A jamat of 10 brothers from Ndaku-Pembe (Kinshasa Province) is moving from Ndaku-Pembe. A jamat of 9 brothers from Kananga is already in Citas Masjid, Kinshasa. A jamat of 8 brothers (2 Kabinda, 5 Kananga, 1 Tshikapa) in Mitendi (Kinshasa Province) ±900 km from Kinshasa.

In Mitendi the following jamats heading towards Kinshasa are :

• 1 jamat of 4 Month from Kingantoko,
• 1 jamat of 40 Day from Kisantu,
• 1 jamat of 40 Day from Mitendi,
• 1 jamat of 40 Day from the Halqa of West Kinshasa.
  These jamats will inshaAllah be in Kinshasa very soon.

In addition, 34 jamats moving on foot from various Provinces as mentioned in the previous report (the above jamats approximately 33) and now a total of 67 jamats are on the move towards the site of the Ijtema.

Among of all the 67 jamats moving towards the Ijtema Ground, thousands of kilometres away, most of them are “Paidal” (on foot Jamat). And amazingly is the fact that only 2 of these 67 jamats are consist of Foreigners while the rest comprise of only local Africans.

This is what our Elders, Hazrat Molana Umar Palanpuri and Hazrat Shaykh Inam ul Hassan (rah) wished. They used to reproach us about this, whenever we went for the Biennial Mashwara (2 Yearly Mashwara) in Nizamuddin.

Today we see the Fikr and Nehej of our Elders are being realised. They used to remind us every time, “Where are the local Africans ? You are our Indian people”. They used to tease us by saying : “We have made Africa into a place ‘Aao, Firo, Kao’. Instead of ‘Aao, Firo’, Akhiraat Kamaao”.

We ask forgiveness from Allah Ta’ala for underestimating the potential of local Africans in every sense. By Allah we can never match them. Where they go in the nook and corner of Africa we cannot go. No lights, no water. We have lost the qualities of the Qarn-e Awwal (early generation). Unlike Utbah ibn Nafi (ra) said when he reached the western coast of Africa he spurred on his horse into the ocean and said, “O Allah, if I knew there was land ahead I would take my horse there.”

Yes, we have lost the qualities of Qarn-e Awwal. We must go and learn it from our African brothers. Our elders like Shaykh Inam ul Hassan (rah) used to tell us, “Go and harvest your Jannah by in Africa”. We do not have their abilities. If we look at their scanty means with which they go in the path of Allah and the provisions they carry for the long journey to the Ijtema Ground, hardly any of us will go in the path of Allah Ta’ala. We must learn Yaqeen from our the Africans. By instigating, advocating and encouraging them, inshaAllah, will be our means to jannah.

Luxuries have dried up our tears. If we want to learn how to cry for this Deen for which our Elders, the Sahabaah, have spilled their blood, please come to Africa.

Please make a lot of Duas. May Allah Ta’ala accept the Qurbani of 5 Foreign brothers who passed away while making efforts for the Deen to spread in DR Congo – Central Africa.

May Allah Ta’ala accept the efforts and Qurbani for this Ijtema, aameen.

Karguzari of our brother Abdul Qadar from Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Road to DR Congo Ijtema August 2022.

An ijtema will be held, InshaAllah in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo on 5 – 7 August 2022.

Foreign and Local jamats are already moving throughout the DR Congo. Already 4 foreign brothers have died in the way of Allah in DR Congo since the beginning of this year.

The ameer of Bangalore, India jamat passed away during the last Ramazan in Kananga. The ameer of another jamat from India died a few days ago in Kalemie near Lake Tanganyika. A brother from Kenya jamat died earlier this year. A brother from Malaysian jamat fell ill in DR Congo and died in Kuala Lumpur on his way home. The DR Congo is a land of Qurbani (sacrifice).

Local (4 Month Jamat) crisscross the DR Congo on foot to attend Kinshasa Ijtema in August. Just watching these jamats (around 31 jamats at present) enter the Ijtema Gah (Ijtema Ground) in August is a scene not to be missed. They will make even the hard-hearted weep.

At this very moment, I visualize this scene with tears in my eyes. From eastern Congo, Bukavu, 2,000 km from Kinshasa, a jamat led by ameer, Molana Ismail Abdallah is already heading toward Kinshasa on foot. From Kisangani, another town in the east, 5 jamats (4 Month Jamat) are preparing for the journey on foot to the ijtema. Another 4 Month Jamat from Bukavu, made up entirely of young people, is preparing to start their journey to Kinshasa in a few days. Two jamats from Kindu, in eastern DR Congo, are already halfway to Kinshasa. They are now making efforts in Mbuji Mayi, central DR Congo, where they are preparing for the departure of 4 jamats from Mbuji Mayi to Kinshasa. In the city of Tshikapa 4 jamats (4 Month Jamat) including the Bangalore, India jamaat work for the Jod (gathering) in Tshikapa and Lunyeka. In Kananga, 260 km from Tshikapa, 4 Paidal Jamats (on Foot Jamat) prepared by the Bangalore jamat are already on their way to Kinshasa.

As the jamats move, they continue to grow along the way. As there is a lack of books, Fazail e Amaal and Muntakhab, jamats cannot be split to form new jamats. Some jamats have swelled to include up to 20 brothers.

Initially, the first Kananga jamat had only 6 brothers led by ameer, Yusuf Kadiebwe. The 2nd jamat was made up of 10 brothers led by Ismail Wamunakebe. The 3rd jamat of 10 brothers is headed by Abdullah Mbuyi. The 4th jamat of 14 brothers, led by brother Djibril Mulamba, heads toward Kinshasa via Ndemba, Mweka, Ilebo.

Jamats already on the way :

• Kinshasa (Kongo Central, Kwilu included) : 18 jamats.
• Kananga : 5 jamats.
• Lunyeka : 2 jamats.
• Kamuesha : 2 jamats.
• Kindu : 2 jamats.
• Bukavu : 2 jamats.

Currently, as indicated above, a total of 31 (local 4 Month Jamat) are on the move in DR Congo to prepare for the ijtema of August 5 – 7, 2022.

Other jamats of which we are not aware move in the villages because of the immensity of the country, 5,000 times larger than Mauritius.

We expect the number of jamats to reach 150 until the date of ijtema.

Dear brother, it is not easy to cry but if you want to shed your tears in the way of Allah, join a jamat that crosses the DR Congo for Ijtema on August 5 – 7.