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How to present Islam

Definition of Dawah:

Invitation . . to Islam


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Is Dawah obligatory on all of us?

Sura Asr (103)

Most surely man

is in loss, Except

those who believeand do good, and

enjoin on each

othertruth, and

enjoin on eachotherpatience.


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16:125 Invite all to the way of your

Lord with Hikmah (wisdom) and

beautiful preaching, and argue withthem in ways which are best . . .

2:143 And thus We have made you a

medium (just) nation that you may be

the bearers of witness to the peopleand (that) the Messenger may be a

bearer of witness to you; . . .


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And not alike are

the good and the

evil. Repel (evil)

with what is best,when lo! he

between whom

and you was

enmity would be

as if he were a

warm friend.


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Doing da'wah and

amr bil ma'roof / nahy anil

munkar are ways of a believerto reflect and take care of

himself, and to travel on the

path to His Lord.


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THEN, WHY DOES ISLAM SAY THAT THERE IS

NO COMPULSON IN RELIGION? (2:256)

We invite people to the truth. (How our

Prophet invited others to Islam. This is where

our duty ends and we can pray to Allah for

their guidance. Any means of force,compulsion, or deception attached to calling

others to the faith is against the purpose of

da'wah and the teachings and examples of

the prophets. We cannot use deception e.g.(provide food and lodging to refugees) and

expect them to follow our religion out of

obligation.


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Excuses for not doing Dawah:

I am not a scholar

I am not religious (first I have to bereligious, then only can I work on

others . . .) Religion is a personal thing

Not enough time

May lose friends or job

I feel embarrassed

I will do it when I am old


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Excuses for not doing Dawah cont . .

Might get hurt (O you who believe! take care

of your souls; he who errs cannot hur t you

when you are on th e r ight way;to Allah is

your return, of all (of you), so He will informyou of what you did).

(the aya commands the mu'mineen to be

steadfast and to take care of their

souls/selves, and to not be affected by thosewho are misguided, and to Allah is the

eventual destination)


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Excuses for not doing Dawah cont . .

You mix with those who are misguided

and you yourself will become tainted.

You may destroy yourself in trying tosave others from destruction.

Allah would have guided them if He

would have wanted to.


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Intention

For the sake of Allah


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Characteristics

(non-Muslims look at people, not religion)

Good listener

Soft spoken and kind & gentle (never curses)

3:159 Thus it is due to mercy from Allah that youdeal with them gently, and had you been rough,hard hearted, they would certainly havedispersed from around you;

Never lies or breaks promises.

Surat al-saff sura 61 verses 2-3 O you whobelieve! why do you say that which you do notdo? It is most hateful to Allah that you should saythat which you do not do.


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Characteristics cont . .

Good student, employer, employee,customer, citizen, husband,son/daughter

Patient

Optimistic

Goes out of the way to help


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What should you know?

Clear concept of Tawheed (Oneness of

Allah) and be able to explain it Able to prove Quran is a Divine Book

Prove Oneness of Allah from Quran, Bibleand logic

Prove the Prophet hood of ProphetMuhammad (saw)

Able to give a clear view of Islam

Memorize references from the Quran, Bible

and Vedas Islamic History, World History, current

events, statistics on moral decline of thewestern society

Be able to prove that Islam is a guidance for

all mankind and a complete way of life


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How do you start it?

Pray to Allah for success

Appearance (how you look) invites questions

In conversation, see issues religiously

Do/say things that invite questions:

At prayer time, say I know have to go for

prayers

Say As-Salaamu alaikum audibly andclearly upon meeting a fellow Muslim

If you sneeze, say Al-Hamdu lillah audibly

and clearly If a non-Muslim sneezes, say May Allah

guide you

Say Insha Allah when talking about thefuture


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Caution

Do not those who believe knowthat, had A llah wil led, He couldhave guided all mankind?As forthose who d isbel ieve, disasterceases no t to str ike them becauseof what they do , or i t dwells neartheir home unt i l the threat of A l lahcome to pass. Lo ! Al lah fai ls not tokeep the meeting .

This is one of the reasons why weshouldn't occupy ourselves overlymuch with the destiny of those whoare misguided.


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About da'wah in shi'a viewpoint:

It is an important concept in shi'ism as well butit is treated differently than it is with sunnis.

With typical sunnis, they believe that you

have to convince someone of the truth.Some of the extremist sunnis, like thewahhabis, believe that you can even forcesomeone to accept the truth. Regarding theverse la ikraaha fi al-deen (there is nocompulsion religion), they believe it has

been abrogated. This may explain thebehavior of the Saudi government inimposing their rigid interpretation of Islamupon their residents.


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provide information

be there as a resource

participate at gatherings - townmeetings and interfaith discussions.

very important point in shi'a da'wah isthat we believe hidayah, or theguidance to accept islam, is ONLYgiven by Allah (swt).

pray to Allah to grant someonehidayah, but the actual grant is from

Allah (swt).


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many ahadeeth say that you shouldn'tget into arguments about matters offaith because its not good for yourspiritual growth.

present a point of view, but do not beoverly hard to convince the person

who's listening -- the truth shouldstand for itself. This applies even withour discussions with sunnis.

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