Co-Islah, Gender Relations Change and Socio-Economic Challenges of Tablighi Da’wah in Indonesia

This article examines Tablighi's da’wah’s function, which not only concerns to fix or islah the others but also themselves as the preachers. When Tablighi members are going out to conduct a khuruj travaling for da’wah during three days, ten days, four months, and one year from one mosque to another, they commit to reaching an islah together known as co-islah. Tablighi’s founders saw that one of Muslims’ weaknesses in their spiritual development effort was to focus too much on their personality, not involve others. Therefore, co-islah is one of Tablighi's approaches to reaching the ongoing spiritual enlightenment . What are the forms of co-islah in Tablighi religious tradition, how do they maintain a pattern of cooperation and strengthen the practice of the co-islah, and what changes result in the practice of co-islah being included in the running of the da’wah program? Besides, this article also focuses on Tablighi members' strategies in dealing with social-economy challenges in the field during proselytization, particularly the role of Tablighi's da'wah, whether as the creating poverty or saving members from the effects of acute poverty