> Need a help to reach my goal in Dawah!

[Aayah]

^ okay, got what you meant brother, jazak Allah khair for clarification

that's an inaccuracy or exaggerating attempt to explain the quran miracles!

[salman]

as-salamu 'alaykum

I will try my best to not repeat the same points which have been mentioned before

1 - may Allah Ta'ala increase you in imaan, taqwa, ilm, iklhaaq and adab, and keep you on haqq, ameen. May He do the same for all of us, ameen

2 - Yes, we lack sister da'iys and sister shaykhs in general. This is definitely not helping the ummah because a female plays a great role in the family more than the male. Sisters kind of have diverted from what they should be doing as Muslimahs and focusing more on secular knowledge.

3 - Allah Ta'ala has blessed you with knowledge of lught ul arabia and you are already ahead of many of us due to that blessing.

4 - Just as etiquette of learning and da'wah is important so is the characteristics of a da'ee; he should preach what he follows and fear Allah Azza wa Jal. So keep this in mind, insha'Allah. Keep your intentions pure and clean and only for sake of Allah Azza wa Jal.

5 - If you can, then learn from the scholars instead of reading books on your own; maybe enroll in one of online Islamic universities. Make sure to choose the correct sources and always refer to works of classical scholars

6 - Get in circle of knowledgeable sisters, who are established in pure sunni da'wah and have some knowledge. You'll find some of these good sisters at Multaqa ahl-hadith (i.e., umm Abdullah, ummessa, minhaaj as-sunnah). I believe sister umm Abdullah and ummessa have already registered on this forum so get in touch with them.

7 - Like others have said, first learn and ground yourself in Islam and defending attacks against Islam. We got enough to do in regard to defending Islam from all kinds of people. Maybe later spend sometime on studying other religions.

8 - The best of knowledge is knowing Allah Azza wa Jal; hence, ground yourself in basic and advance topics of tawheed. This would also help you to learn more about the da'wah of the Salaf and Ahlus Sunnah. Pm me and I'll share you the links to lectures on aqeeqdah by Shaykh Haitham Hamdan, insha'Allah, it is private so it should kept that way.

How do we give da'wah?

First, as akhee boriqee mentioned get his talk (pm him or myself) and refer to following threads to get the feel of pure sunni da'wah:

How Is Our Dawah and Debate
Addressing Modern Contentions
The Islamic Personality

I can't stress enough on this so by that you can imagine the importance of following points:

1 - Always keep in mind that Islam is haqq

2 - Always remember who you are: we are the people of sunnah and throughout Islamic history the people of sunnah preserved and defended the deen. The people of sunnah are justly balanced in their dealings and daily affairs (religious or non-religious), as Allah Ta'ala says in the Qur'an that He has made this ummah a balanced nation. We are not extreme; we are harsh when there is need for it and we are gentle when there is need for it. We do not hesitate to speak the truth whether people like it or not and we have been already told by our Creator that they will hate us and will never like our way of life. We always refer to the Book of Allah and the sunnah of His Prophet (sal-allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and we understand them how the Salaf and those who followed their footsteps understood it. We prefer the traditions over the opinions of men - this is the way of Ahlul hadith.

3 - Remember that we are here to please Allah Ta'ala and not please people and we don't care whether they like Islam or they don't - even make this clear in your discussions. Hence, please do not resort to apologetic or modernist methodology, never ever sugar coat anything to make Islam look good to poeple. Our job is not to make sure that people like Islam or they embrace Islam, our job is convey the message

4 - The key to defending the deen is to not leave the way of da'wah found in our fitrah. Always remember that our manhaj is completely different than kufaar's manhaj in regard to guidance and driving rulings. They will never understand Islamic rulings unless they understand that our manhaj of deriving rulings is far superior than their manhaj. So focus on showing flaws in their manhaj; hence, refuting their arguments on fiqhi issues. You will never ever prove the superiority of Islam by directly tackling their arguments against fiqhi rulings.

5 - Keep yourself away from modernists and apologetics. Some of our brothers like Zakir Naik, Shaykh Yusuf Estes have done lots of good and are among the people of Sunnah; however, they failed to capitalize the stage provided by Shaykh Ahamd Deedat (rahimahullah) because their manhaj is more of apologetic and this is not the pure sunni da'wah. Their manhaj maybe good among the laypeople but it holds very little value among people of ilm. And by no mean, I'm saying that they are always wrong or we shouldn't listen to them, etc., but know that their da'wah is not pure sunni da'wah. Listen to lectures of Ustad Abu Tawabah (links posted above) and you will see the difference. Shaykh Yasir Qadhi is another individual who is very well established in pure sunni da'wah.

I think this is all I've to say on this subject and I hope this is helpful and as akhee qatada said that you gain experience, learn new arguments and test yourself by getting involved.

Allahu A'lam

good website on basic Islamic material: fiqh, hadith, etc; http://www.islamlecture.com/

[Aayah]

Originally Posted by salman

as-salamu 'alaykum

I will try my best to not repeat the same points which have been mentioned before

1 - may Allah Ta'ala increase you in imaan, taqwa, ilm, iklhaaq and adab, and keep you on haqq, ameen. May He do the same for all of us, ameen

2 - Yes, we lack sister da'iys and sister shaykhs in general. This is definitely not helping the ummah because a female plays a great role in the family more than the male. Sisters kind of have diverted from what they should be doing as Muslimahs and focusing more on secular knowledge.
So true, and its a shame on sisters to not be active in such thing!!
la hawla wala qwata illa billah!

3 - Allah Ta'ala has blessed you with knowledge of lught ul arabia and you are already ahead of many of us due to that blessing.

Unfortunelty, many arabs are hardly read the quran in Arabic, being Arab is not a blessing on them subhanAllah. May Allah make the learning of Arabic easy on everyone want to learn it

4 - Just as etiquette of learning and da'wah is important so is the characteristics of a da'ee; he should preach what he follows and fear Allah Azza wa Jal. So keep this in mind, insha'Allah. Keep your intentions pure and clean and only for sake of Allah Azza wa Jal.

5 - If you can, then learn from the scholars instead of reading books on your own; maybe enroll in one of online Islamic universities. Make sure to choose the correct sources and always refer to works of classical scholars


6 - Get in circle of knowledgeable sisters, who are established in pure sunni da'wah and have some knowledge. You'll find some of these good sisters at Multaqa ahl-hadith (i.e., umm Abdullah, ummessa, minhaaj as-sunnah). I believe sister umm Abdullah and ummessa have already registered on this forum so get in touch with them.
I am a member in Multaqa but not that active, I read more there, but inshaAllah I will try to contact those sisters you recomended


7 - Like others have said, first learn and ground yourself in Islam and defending attacks against Islam. We got enough to do in regard to defending Islam from all kinds of people. Maybe later spend sometime on studying other religions.
I am trying to educate myself first in Islam before going to other areas

I am reading some books of sahih and hadeeth online (bulugh al Maram, Sahih Al bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Al Muttaw...and many others ). Also, I am reading Tafseer Ibn Katheer but it will take me a really long time to finish it, because I am reading a very old copies of his book with 4 volumes of a big papers size. Its a very detailed one. I wonder if I will keep on reading it or go to a less detailed one

8 - The best of knowledge is knowing Allah Azza wa Jal; hence, ground yourself in basic and advance topics of tawheed. This would also help you to learn more about the da'wah of the Salaf and Ahlus Sunnah. Pm me and I'll share you the links to lectures on aqeeqdah by Shaykh Haitham Hamdan, insha'Allah, it is private so it should kept that way.

okay I will inshaAllah, but can I saved those lectures? I will keep them private and not share them with anyone inshaAllah

How do we give da'wah?

First, as akhee boriqee mentioned get his talk (pm him or myself) and refer to following threads to get the feel of pure sunni da'wah:

How Is Our Dawah and Debate
Addressing Modern Contentions
The Islamic Personality

I can't stress enough on this so by that you can imagine the importance of following points:

1 - Always keep in mind that Islam is haqq
and I guess closing any door for doubt (shakk) because that is always the shaitan

2 - Always remember who you are: we are the people of sunnah and throughout Islamic history the people of sunnah preserved and defended the deen. The people of sunnah are justly balanced in their dealings and daily affairs (religious or non-religious), as Allah Ta'ala says in the Qur'an that He has made this ummah a balanced nation. We are not extreme; we are harsh when there is need for it and we are gentle when there is need for it. We do not hesitate to speak the truth whether people like it or not and we have been already told by our Creator that they will hate us and will never like our way of life. We always refer to the Book of Allah and the sunnah of His Prophet (sal-allahu 'alayhi wa sallam) and we understand them how the Salaf and those who followed their footsteps understood it. We prefer the traditions over the opinions of men - this is the way of Ahlul hadith.

3 - Remember that we are here to please Allah Ta'ala and not please people and we don't care whether they like Islam or they don't - even make this clear in your discussions. Hence, please do not resort to apologetic or modernist methodology, never ever sugar coat anything to make Islam look good to poeple. Our job is not to make sure that people like Islam or they embrace Islam, our job is convey the message

A very important point!! jazak Allah khair, we are on the haqq path and we have to be proud of it without caring of any negative comment

4 - The key to defending the deen is to not leave the way of da'wah found in our fitrah. Always remember that our manhaj is completely different than kufaar's manhaj in regard to guidance and driving rulings. They will never understand Islamic rulings unless they understand that our manhaj of deriving rulings is far superior than their manhaj. So focus on showing flaws in their manhaj; hence, refuting their arguments on fiqhi issues. You will never ever prove the superiority of Islam by directly tackling their arguments against fiqhi rulings.

5 - Keep yourself away from modernists and apologetics. Some of our brothers like Zakir Naik, Shaykh Yusuf Estes have done lots of good and are among the people of Sunnah; however, they failed to capitalize the stage provided by Shaykh Ahamd Deedat (rahimahullah) because their manhaj is more of apologetic and this is not the pure sunni da'wah. Their manhaj maybe good among the laypeople but it holds very little value among people of ilm. And by no mean, I'm saying that they are always wrong or we shouldn't listen to them, etc., but know that their da'wah is not pure sunni da'wah. Listen to lectures of Ustad Abu Tawabah (links posted above) and you will see the difference. Shaykh Yasir Qadhi is another individual who is very well established in pure sunni da'wah.

on my old days in practicing dawah, I must admit that I fall in the same mistake, but I start to realize more that I have to be strong and proud on what I have and share the others.
This is what I like in Sheikh Yasir Qadi when he offer dawah, he always strong, and proud and dont use the apologetic manhaj, I remember the link you or I think brother Qatada "not sure" posted in the intercourse with female slave thread I made here, the link of Yasir Qadhi lecture about being so proud of our aqeedah was so inspiring to me


I think this is all I've to say on this subject and I hope this is helpful and as akhee qatada said that you gain experience, learn new arguments and test yourself by getting involved.

Jazak Allah for that long post and the time you spend in replying. I got a lot of good tips to follow inshaAllah

Allahu A'lam

good website on basic Islamic material: fiqh, hadith, etc; As-Sunnah-As-Saheehah - IslamLecture

[binnasoordeen]

I have been redirected to this thread after asking the question how to do dawa or the proper way of doing dawa !!?
but I am now full upset cuz I better not touch dawa since I don't know arabic and the country I live has 80% Buddhist(atheist) so doing dawa or clearing a doubt of athests needs a huge knowledge !!! :(

and we have 1% of opportunity of learning Arabic properly I tried several times but couldn't complete cuz lack of teachers!!! and many quran sunnah scolars are there in srilanka but if I ask they will say Teaching for a person is time wasting by that time we can do more dawa I even went to a thabligee madrasaa to learn arabic but when they spotted me for following only quran and sunnah they started not to teach me !!! :(

And I also tried to go to a scholars place to learn arabic but what to do he says he doesn't have time

and some times I also get puzzled seeing some answers which were given by non-muslims in IB and in some other forums !!!

SO I THINK STOPPING DA'WA IS GOOD FOR ME INSHA ALLAH IT WILL GUARD MY FAITH AND START TO BECOME A STUDENT

INSHA ALLAH I WILL TRY TO LEARN QURANIC ARABIC !!!

JAZZAKALLAH FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS !!!

[Aayah]

Originally Posted by farshad

but I am now full upset cuz I better not touch dawa since I don't know arabic and the country I live has 80% Buddhist(atheist) so doing dawa or clearing a doubt of athests needs a huge knowledge !!! :(

Brother, Don't consider Arabic as a huge obstacle preventing you from doing such a blessed duty. I mean look around you, there are many amazing scholars of Dawah doing their best while having the minimum knowledge of Arabic, but they are still learning the language.

Or even look on the Cyberspace Du'aah (scholars/students of Dawah) brothers and sisters...whether here in IL or Ummah forum or even IB, not all of them are Arabs but they are doing such a great job that some of us Arab cant do! and above all of that, they are still learning the language.

Dont discourage yourself because you dont know arabic. Start from now to learn the language along with learning the religion, get familier with the basics of the language so your job will be easier when you will find a proper school or teacher since you will go in the details of the language directly without going back to the basics.

There are many sites out there teach Arabic, "yeah its hard to learn online" but when you got that only choice you gotta use it until you find a better one. I am sure you will find a good teacher in the near future, all of what you have to do now is to learn the basics yourself and keep making duaa that Allah will make it easy on you.

Alhumdulilah we have many forums that have some Arabic sections where you can ask Arab speakers in case you need any help. Even here in IL we have one, feel free to ask anything inshaAllah and I will be more than happy to help.
I know a revert American sister (16 yrs old only) who is learning Arabic now only through the internet! its possible brother, you have to have a strong faith in Allah and move on inshaAllah

May Allah ease your learning journey and grant you the great determination to reach your goal

[binnasoordeen]

Alhumdulilah we have many forums that have some Arabic sections where you can ask Arab speakers in case you need any help. Even here in IL we have one, feel free to ask anything inshaAllah and I will be more than happy to help.
I know a revert American sister (16 yrs old only) who is learning Arabic now only through the internet! its possible brother, you have to have a strong faith in Allah and move on inshaAllah

May Allah ease your learning journey and grant you the great determination to reach your goal

jazzakallah sis !! this gives me a little hope ! I also have strong faith that allah will help me !! insha llah I wanna try some more to learn !! cuz the companions of propet muhammed(PBUH) came from persia to learn islam !! so y cant I try some more !! insha allah will c !!

[Umm Marwa Mustafa]

Forget the bible. It's useless.

Learn about women in Islam, defend that/preach that etc.


Bye.

[Umm Sufyaan]

^LOL...i agree with that. defend islam with islam.
the best and foremost thing to do is to acquire yourself with the knowledge of islam, know women rights, etc get misconceptions surrounding women clarified. i strongly believe that if one knows Islam and has the proper Islamic knowledge, most of the time, that would suffice.
may allah reward you with your efforts and put barakah in your work. all the best :)

[Umm Marwa Mustafa]

Originally Posted by Umm Sufyaan

^LOL...i agree with that. defend islam with islam.
the best and foremost thing to do is to acquire yourself with the knowledge of islam, know women rights, etc get misconceptions surrounding women clarified. i strongly believe that if one knows Islam and has the proper Islamic knowledge, most of the time, that would suffice.
may allah reward you with your efforts and put barakah in your work. all the best :)

Ameen,

I agree dear sis. Muslim women tend to go "Hysterical" after reading genesis and a few passages from Leviticus and are often misquoting the bible. There is no point in learning about a book without knowing your own book.

Suppose you disapprove the possible divine origin of christianity, Where does that leave you with Islam? When it comes to Da'wah you don't have an hour to present someone with Islam (Depending the situation). You have to give it to them in the most concise and adequate form. If you continously point to christianity that will get you nowhere because MOST Europeans are not actually "real" christians. They're just christians by name. So why waste your time talking and reading about something other than your holy books? The logic is seriously flawed unless you have some prior knowledge of it and wish to put it to use. Muslim women (please) learn about your Islamic roles and defend that.

P.s. Look at Dr Tabassaum, She's MashAllah : P

[Aayah]

^ agree

I had stopped reading bible since I have been told that its not useful to do so few months ago. But in either cases whether I read it or not, I keep educating myself about Islam as a prior goal