The Tablighi Jamaat is today probably the largest Islamic movement in the world. The movement focuses on exhorting Muslims to return to practice their religion as it was practiced during the lifetime of the Prophet of Islam, particularly in matters of ritual, dress, and personal behaviour. The movement aims for the spiritual reform of Islam by working at the grassroots level. In the book Tabligh Movement, the author Maulana Wahiduddin Khan writes that what struck him most about the movement was its strict aloofness from politics, focusing on individual reform. The Jamaat was founded by Maulana Ilyas in 1926 in Mewat (Haryana) with the aim of guiding Muslims along the right path. It is a mosque-based movement that strives to revive the activities of the mosques on the pattern of the early days of Islam. It aims at creating Islamic awareness among Muslims in keeping with the Prophetic Sunnah.

The Tabligh work has now spread all over Europe and America. Groups of volunteers are going abroad to spread the message, while people from abroad throng to the centre here to avail of the spiritual environment that prevails here. Tabligh centres have been set up in many countries where, besides part-time volunteers, many other people have dedicated themselves to this mission on a full-time basis. Many of the students who go abroad to receive higher education prefer to keep in touch with the Tabligh volunteers during their stay.