I am a earning girl but i want to join IREF but i cant because of lack of time. Please guide me how to do da` waah.
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I am a earning girl
but i want to join IREF but i cant because of lack of time. Please guide me how
to do da` waah.
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How to do Dawah
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help
and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and
whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness
that there is no one (no idol, no person,
no grave, no prophet, no
imam, no dai, nobody!) worthy of worship but Allah Alone,
and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of
His Messengers.
Allah says in the Holy Quran: Chapter 16, Surah
An-Nahl Ayat 125:
Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and
excellent admonition and argue
with people in the best manner. Your Lord knows best who has gone astray from
His Way and who is Rightly guided.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 103
Surah Al-Asr verses 1-3:
1 By (the Token of) time.
2 Verily Man is in loss.
3 Except such as have (1) Faith, and (2) do righteous deeds; and (3)
exhort each other in the mutual teaching of Truth, and (4) exhort each
other towards Patience and Constancy.
Dear and Beloved Sister in Islam, May Allah
Subhanah increase your love for the deen and give you the courage, wisdom, and
ability to fulfill the obligatory duty of the propagation of His Truth which He
has laid upon His believing slaves.
Your Question: Please guide me how
to do da` waah.
It would indeed be considered an ultimate service
and striving in the Way of your Lord if one could find the time and the energy
to associate oneself with an organization which is dedicated in the propagation
of the Truth to all who are willing to listen to good caution.
But to fulfill the obligatory duty of ‘dawah’ or
propagation of the Truth, one does not necessarily have to join an organization
or ‘dawah’; for every believer is a ‘walking-talking’ dai or propagator of the
Truth. The way a believer adorns
himself, the way a believer behaves, the way a believer treats his fellow man,
the way a believer treats his colleagues, the way a believer deals with others,
his/her morals, his/her character, his/her every statement and every deed can
and does influence the thinking of all those who meet or associate with
him/her.
Thus the first and foremost, and the absolutely
most effective way to propagate the Truth of the Lord is to first and foremost,
implement the dictates of the deen on oneself in every aspect of one’s life;
and secondly, whenever you meet or associate with one who does not believe,
strive with wisdom, politeness, and in the absolute best manner to strike a
conversation which would result in inviting the person towards the
understanding of this beautiful ‘way of life’ called Al-Islam.
Then depending on how much time you have the
attention of the person, strive with wisdom to invite them to understand the
whole of the deen, or even an aspect of it.
For example, if one were to meet someone momentarily during a bus or
train or plane journey, it would not be wisdom to explain the whole deen in the
short span of the journey; but rather an aspect of the deen which would
instigate his heart would suffice. But
if one were targeting a friend, or a colleague, or a neighbor whom one meets on
a regular basis, then one has enough time and must employ a method which would
result in a complete invitation.
Beloved Sister in Islam, the truth is that there
are a billion (ie. innumerable) ways which can be employed to invite someone to
the irrefutable Truth of this beautiful deen called Al-Islam; and only wisdom
will dictate which method is most suitable to strike the right cord of each
individual being.
In light of the guidance of the Quran and the
Sunnah, and in our own humble and insignificant experience, three ways or rules
if followed, seem to bring about the best results:
Rule-1: Never try to ridicule or abuse the
self-declared deities or gods of the disbelievers, nor try to directly
challenge or prove their beliefs as falsehood and wrong; for this challenge
almost always closes the door of logic!
Allah has bestowed every person with intelligence, reasoning, and a
sense of right and wrong, and in our humble and truly insignificant experience,
it is better to instigate the logic of those who don’t believe and with wisdom
propagate, display, and lay open the Truth to them and let them themselves determine
the Truth from the falsehood.
Rule-2: Propagate the Truth in such a way that
would get the brethren who do not believe to somehow read and understand the
Glorious Message of the Lord Creator, The Al-Quran, in a language they
understand best. Allah is our witness
sister, this Glorious Miracle of the Quran, which the Lord has revealed for the
guidance of all mankind, has a way of its own; provided one reads and
understands it without any pre-conditions or prejudice. Allah Subhanah has truly made His Al-Quran a
‘Furqaan’ or a Criterion between the Truth and the falsehood!
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2
Surah Baqarah verse 185:
Ramadan is the month in which the Quran
was sent down: this Book is a Perfect Guidance for mankind and consists of
clear Teachings which show the
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due
to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and well
wisher in Islam,
Burhan
Wister