> You're not sincere until you give the dawah.

[Qatada]

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What do you think of the statement?


I think its true.

[Assad]

I dont understand why not giving dawah means that a person is being insincere ?

[Exquisite]

Originally Posted by Qatada

:


What do you think of the statement?


I think its true.

wa-alaykum salam

any particular reason why you would agree with this statement brother?

I'm on going to sit on the fence with this statement. I can see both sides.

Just because a person doesn't give dawah does not necessarily make them "insincere" perhaps, they are a sincere person, but maybe don't know how to give dawah.

Which also leads to the question: How do you define the word "dawah"?

I think we should break the word "dawah" down and see what fits under that category, and then tackle the statement you have posed to us.

[Qatada]

asalaam alaikum


ok, let me explain why now insha Allah;


I understand this statement from when i heard a islamic talk on dawah a long time ago. I reflected on it alot and realised why it may be true.

I think its because if you're really sincere in wanting someone to be guided, you WILL give them the dawah. Sometimes i wish sooo much that someone would become Muslim, but then i think twice about whether i would give them the dawah because i might get embarrassed. So is this really sincerety in that scenario? If you REALLY want someone to be guided because they have a slightly Islamic personality, would you think about your embarrassment more, or their goodness in this life and the next for that person?


So much people want someone to be guided, the Messengers' of Allah did too - so they gave them the dawah. Even though these people ridiculed them. Atleast the Messenger then didn't have that guilt feeling that he never had conveyed the message.


Someone might say "i'm only afraid because they're more knowledgable than me in their field". But if you are that person, would you really be willing to look into that field of expertise, and then actually give that person the dawah who you originally intended it to?



I know this stuff may seem extreme, but i believe that if we apply this statement into our lives - we will force ourselves to give the dawah to people, even if we dislike to for a certain reason. This statement will make us question how sincere we really are in wanting to guide others to safety in this life and the next. That's why the reward is so huge for dawah.



Now what do you guys think, you agree with it or disagree? With reasons if possible insha Allah. :)

[Assad]

I agree with you bro Qatada but than the best way you would have put the question was to say it in the context of giving dawah to others IF WE CAN, because If we really have no idea about our own religion, which is true unfortunately with many guys today, than they wouldnt want to give dawah to anyone...

[Aayah]

I think that statement is 100% true
and I think dawah is not only helping non muslims to find the truth, but also helping non practicing muslim to be good muslims....that can work if person live in an Islamic society

but I have a question here...

is it okay if we give non muslims dawah by asking them questions about their own beliefs and make them start explain things to us just to make them think more about their beliefs and start finding out the weakness by themselves?

some people refuse if others point to their weakness in a direct way and they even hate islam is even more, but if we keep asking about their own beliefs and start going in details with them.....we will come to the point when they said:"I dont know that either" "or its complicated to understanding that"......I dunno, do u think this can work? to me it can work if we are debating with christians about the tirinity, letting them find out the weakness on it by themselves

[Yanal]

If you mean dua as in making prayer of preach to Allah for something,then I would say you might need it but the most important is to fulfill the five pillars and that excludes making dua even though it is said that Prophet Muhammad(PBUH) made dua after each prayer. But he doesn't have any hadiths I know that stats prophet Muhammad(PBUH) told any of us campanions that this is sunnah or mandortory it says all they got this information was from observing. That might help clean doubts.

[salman]

As-Salamu 'Alaykum

@ayah

sister, there's nothing wrong in that approach as long as our intention is to show them the truth and not circular debating/arguing and we should use best of the manner and be soft.

@Abu Sayyed
brother, the du'a is the weapon of the believer.

[Yanal]

So is praying my brother.:)

[Abdul-Fattah]

Selam aleykum
I agree because their are so many ways to give dawah. So there shouldn't be any excuses not to give it. For example, if you have a bad memory, you can give dawah by asking people questions rather then by telling them things you know by heart. If you have insufficient knowledge to ask the right questions, you can learn more by your questions. If their answers are to difficult for you to learn from you can still give dawah by setting an example (being nice, setting a good example). In that sense a Muslim should be giving dawah 24/7 (especially those living among non-muslims).

Sister Ayah
Yes, that is a very good method. In fact everybody involved in giving dawah should always start by asking questions. Not only do you invite the non-muslim to rethink his/her position. By first listening to his/her ideas, it's much easier to give "personalized" dawah. there is not a standard way of "convincing" someone. In order to reach out you must first know who you're reaching out to. Another benefit of this, is that asking questions comes off a lot less aggressively. And if the person reaches a new p.o.v. he will be more likely to accept it, as he feels a false sense of accomplishment from it, rather then feeling spoon-fed.
This is called the socratic method btw, named after the famous ancient greek philosopher who could lead his students to new ideas only by asking him questions. This method is still widely used to day by psychiaters for example.
Here's a simlpified example