What is the correct method of giving dawah?
Question:
“What is the correct method of giving dawah (inviting) to Allah The Most High? And how do we soften the hearts of the people?”
Answer:
“Yes. The correct dawah is what Allah The Mighty and Majestic has mentioned to His Messenger Muhammad, may Allah send peace and blessings upon him and his followers:
{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better.} [Surah An-Nahl 16:125]
And be gentle, for verily gentleness is not found in something except that it adorns it, and is not removed from something except that it makes it ugly. And indeed Allah (تبارك وتعالى) ordered Musa and Harun (عليهما السلام) to speak to the most tyrannic from the slaves of Allah a kind word.
So therefore be kind and avoid harshness. And be patient upon whatsoever befalls you from your brother if you don't achieve from him a prompt acceptance. And don't give up! Repeat! For maybe the guidance will come about after the tenth time or more.”
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih Al-'Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy upon him
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
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“What is the correct method of giving dawah (inviting) to Allah The Most High? And how do we soften the hearts of the people?”
Answer:
“Yes. The correct dawah is what Allah The Mighty and Majestic has mentioned to His Messenger Muhammad, may Allah send peace and blessings upon him and his followers:
{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better.} [Surah An-Nahl 16:125]
And be gentle, for verily gentleness is not found in something except that it adorns it, and is not removed from something except that it makes it ugly. And indeed Allah (تبارك وتعالى) ordered Musa and Harun (عليهما السلام) to speak to the most tyrannic from the slaves of Allah a kind word.
So therefore be kind and avoid harshness. And be patient upon whatsoever befalls you from your brother if you don't achieve from him a prompt acceptance. And don't give up! Repeat! For maybe the guidance will come about after the tenth time or more.”
Shaykh Muhammad ibn Salih Al-'Uthaymeen, may Allah have mercy upon him
Translated by 'Abdurrahīm Ibn Muhammad Al-Hadhramī.
Published on Salafi-Dawah.com.
Use the player below or download the MP3 here.
السؤال: ما هي الطريقة الصحيحة في الدعوة إلى الله تعالى؟ وكيف نرقق قلوب الناس؟
الجواب:نعم. الدعوة الصحيحة ما ذكره الله عز وجل لرسوله محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم :
ادْعُ إِلَى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُمْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ {سورة النحل : 125}
وعليك بالرفق فإن الرفق ما كان في شيء إلا زانه ولا ينزع من شيء إلا شانه وقد أوصى الله تبارك وتعالى موسى وهارون عليهما السلام أن يقولا لأعتى عباد الله قولا لينا. فعليك باللين واترك العنف واصبر على ما يصيبك من أخيك إذا لم تجد منه قبولا سريعا ولا تيأس كرر فربما تحصل الهداية في عاشر مرة أو أكثر
الجواب:نعم. الدعوة الصحيحة ما ذكره الله عز وجل لرسوله محمد صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم :
ادْعُ إِلَى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُمْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ {سورة النحل : 125}
وعليك بالرفق فإن الرفق ما كان في شيء إلا زانه ولا ينزع من شيء إلا شانه وقد أوصى الله تبارك وتعالى موسى وهارون عليهما السلام أن يقولا لأعتى عباد الله قولا لينا. فعليك باللين واترك العنف واصبر على ما يصيبك من أخيك إذا لم تجد منه قبولا سريعا ولا تيأس كرر فربما تحصل الهداية في عاشر مرة أو أكثر