how important is lecturing and propagating (tablīgh) as it...

how important is lecturing and propagating (tablīgh) as it is commonly practiced today, opposed to building communities based on formal teaching and learning practices (tadrīs), and what role does mere lecturing itself play in the development and progress of a community. What is important here is a connection - whether physical or spiritual - that a scholar has or should have with a higher body of knowledge.

This itself requires spiritual cleansing and elimination of self-conceit and worship of one's ego. A second issue is…