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PAS : KE ARAH PEMERINTAHAN ISLAM YANG ADIL
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Manners of the Callers
http://www.troid.org/new/dawah/methodology/mannersofthecaller.htm
By the Noble Scholar, Imaam ’Abdul-’Azeez Ibn Baaz
(d.1420H)
Originally Published by: al-Ibaanah[1]
Date Published : September 10th, 2001
The etiquettes, manners and characteristics necessary for the du’aat
(callers to Islaam) has been duly
explained by Allaah - the Mighty and Majestic - in many aayaat and in
many different places in the
Noble Qur‘aan. And from those necessary etiquettes are:
FIRSTLY – SINCERITY:
So it is obligatory upon the daa’ee (caller) to have ikhlaas (sincerity
and purity of intentions and
actions) for Allaah - the Mighty and Majestic - neither desiring to
show off, nor desiring reputation, nor
desiring the praises and the accolades of the people. Rather, the
daa’ee should only call to Allaah
seeking the Face of Allaah, as He - the One free from all imperfections
– says,
“Say: This is my path, I do call to upon knowledge.” [2]
And Allaah - the Mighty and Majestic – said,
“And who is better in speech than one who calls to Allaah.” [3]
Thus it is a must to have ikhlaas and to call only to Allaah - the
Mighty and Majestic - and this is the
most important etiquette and the greatest quality; that you seek from
your da’wah (call) the Face of
Allaah and the Home of the Hereafter.
SECONDLY – KNOWLEDGE:
To call the people to upon ’ilm (knowledge), and not ignorance,
“Say, This is my path, I do call to Allaah upon knowledge.”[4]
So knowledge is an essential obligation in calling to Allaah. So beware
of calling to Allaah based upon
ignorance, and beware of speaking without due knowledge. Indeed,
ignorance destroys, it does not
build; and it causes corruption, not reformation and correction. So - O
worshipper of Allaah - fear Allaah
and beware of speaking about Allaah without due knowledge, and do not
call to anything except after
knowledge of it and having insight into what Allaah and His Messenger
(sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam)
have said. So it is upon the student of knowledge and the daa’ee to
have knowledge of, and insight into
that which they call to, knowing its proofs and evidences.
THIRDLY – MILDNESS AND GENTLENESS:
From the akhlaaq that it is necessary to have - O daa’ee - is to be
mild and forbearing in your da’wah,
and being gentle and patient in it, as were all the Messengers
’alayhimus-salaatu was-salaam. Beware
of being hasty, harsh and strict in your da’wah, rather be patient,
mild and gentle. In this regard, some
of the proofs have already proceeded, such as the saying of Allaah -
the Mighty and Majestic,
“Call to the way of your Lord with wisdom and beautiful admonition, and
argue with them in
ways that are best.”[5]
And His - the Most Perfect’s – saying,
“And by the Mercy of Allaah you were able to deal gently with them. If
you had been severe
and harsh-hearted they would have broken away from about you.”[6]
And His - the Most Majestic’s - saying, with regards to Moosaa and
Haaroon - ’alayhimus-salaam,
“So speak to him mildly, perchance he may take admonition, or that he
may fear Allaah.”[7]
And the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa sallam) said in the authentic
hadeeth, “O Allaah! Whosoever is a
guardian over any of the affairs concerning my Ummah and he is gentle
with them, then be gentle with
him. And whosoever is a guardian over any of the affairs concerning my
Ummah and he is harsh with
them, then be harsh with him.” [8]
So - O servant of Allaah - it is necessary upon you to be gentle in
your da’wah and not to be harsh upon
the people. Do not turn the people away from the Religion due to your
harshness, ignorance, or other
such behaviour. On the contrary, be mild, forbearing and patient; and
be soft and pleasant in speech,
so your words may have an effect upon the heart brother, or that it may
have an effect upon the one you
are addressing the call to. Then the people will better appreciate your
call and invitation. So undue
strictness causes people to become distant, not close; and it causes
separation, not unity. Therefore,
it is a must to be gentle, as the Messenger - ’alayhis-salaatu
was-salaam – said, “Indeed gentleness
does not enter into anything except that it beautifies it, is it
removed from anything except that it
disfigures it.” [9] And he - ’alayhis-salaatu was-salaam - also said,
“Whoever is prevented from
gentleness, is actually prevented from all good and excellence.” [10]
FOURTHLY – SETTING AN EXAMPLE:
From the necessary or rather obligatory - etiquettes and qualities that
a daa’ee must possess is acting
in accordance to what he is calling to, and being a righteous example
of what is being called to. He
should not call to do something and then not do it himself, nor call to
leave something, whilst engaging
in it himself. This is the condition of the losers - we seek Allaah’s
refuge in this! It is those Believers
who call to the truth, act upon what they call to the truth and hasten
to righteousness and avoid the
prohibited, these are the ones who will be successful and who will be
rewarded. Allaah - the Most
Majestic – says,
“O you who believe! Do you say that which you do not do. It is most
hateful in the sight of
Allaah that you say that which you do not do.”[11]
Likewise, Allâh - the One free from all imperfections said, whilst
condemning the Jews for ordering the
people with righteousness whilst forgetting it themselves:
“Do you enjoin righteousness upon the people whilst you yourselves
forget to practice it, and
you recite the Book? Have you no sense?”[12]
And it has been established from the Prophet (sallallaahu ’alayhi wa
sallam) that he said, “A man will be
brought on the Day of Judgement and he will be thrown into the
Hellfire, so that his intestines will come
out and he will go around like a donkey goes around the millstone. The
people of Hellfire will gather
around him and say, ‘O so and so! What happened to you? Did you not
used to order us with good
and prohibit us from evil?’ He will say, ‘I used to order you with good
and not do it myself; and I used to
prohibit you from evil and do it myself.” [13]
This will be the situation of the one who calls to Allaah, ordering the
good and prohibiting the evil; whilst
acting contrary to one’s saying, or saying things contrary to ones
actions – we seek refuge in Allaah
from this. Therefore, from the most important qualities and one
greatest obligations upon the daa’ee is
to act upon what he calls to and abstain from that which he prohibits.
The daa’ee should have an
excellent character and praiseworthy conduct, being patient and
inviting to patience. The daa’ee should
be sincere in his da’wah and strive in spreading goodness to the people
and keeping them away
falsehood. At the same time the daa’ee should supplicate for the
guidance of others, saying, “O Allaah!
Guide him, and grant him the ability to accept the truth.” So from the
excellent manners of the daa’ee is
supplicating, guiding and being patient with the harms that come with
this da’wah.
When the Prophet (’alayhis-salaatu was-salaam was informed that the
tribe of Daws had become
disobedient he said, “O Allaah! Guide Daws and bring them.” [14] So the
daa’ee should supplicate for
guidance and ability to accept the truth for the one he is calling, and
he should be patient and
encourage patience in this. He should not despair, nor feel hopeless,
nor say anything except good. He
should not be harsh and strict, nor should he say a word which may
cause aversion to the truth.
However, if anyone commits aggression and oppression, then a different
treatment is to be to such
people, as Allaah - the Most Majestic - says:
“And do not argue with the people of the Book except in a good way,
except those who do
wrong.”[15]
So a wrongdoer, who opposes the da’wah with evil and enmity and seeks
to cause harm, is to be dealt
with in a different manner. If possible such a person should be
imprisoned, or something similar to that
- depending upon the nature of his to the da’wah. However, as long as
he causes no harm, then it upon
you to be patient and self-evaluating and to debate with him in ways
that are best. If any personal harm
was caused by such a person, then such harm should be borne with
patience - as did the Messengers
and those who followed them in goodness and righteousness, patiently
bear such harms.
I ask Allaah to grant us all the well-being and the ability to convey
this da’wah in a wise manner, that
He corrects our hearts and our actions, and that He grants to us the
understanding of the Religion and
firmness upon it making us of those who are guided and guiding others,
righteous and teaching others
righteousness. Indeed He is the Most Majestic, the Supreme, the Most
Generous.”
Footnotes:
[1] He is the exemplary Scholar, the zaahid mild and forbearing in
nature, the faqeeh the muhaddith the Scholar of usool and
Tawheed, Aboo ’Abdullaah ’Abdul-’Azeez Ibn ’Abdullaah Ibn Baaz. Born
in the year 1330H (1911CE) in the city of Riyaad. He
memorized the Qur‘aan before reaching the age of maturity and then went
on to study under some of the major Scholars of the
time. He excelled in the various branches of Islaamic sciences, even
though he became permanently blind at a young age. He
has devoted all of his life to the cause of Islaam and its people,
authoring many books, teaching and serving the masses, whilst
also aiding the spread of correct knowledge worldwide. May Allaah have
mercy on him. This article has been taken from his
booklet, ad-Da’wah Ilallaah wa Akhlaaqud-Du’aat (p. 37-43).
[2] Soorah Yoosuf [12:108]
[3] Soorah Fussilat [41:33]
[4] Soorah Yoosuf [12:108]
[5] Sooratun-Nahl [16:125]
[6] Soorah Aali-’Imraan [3:159]
[7] Soorah Taa Haa [20:44]
[8] Related by Muslim (12/212) from ’Aa‘ishah (radiyallaahu ’anhaa)
[9] Related by Muslim (16/146) from ’Aa‘ishah (radiyallaahu ’anhaa)
[10] Related by Muslim (16/145) from Jaabir Ibn ’Abdullaah
(radiyallaahu ’anhu)
[11] Sooratus-Saff [61:2-3]
[12] Sooratul-Baqarah [2:44]
[13] Related al-Bukhaaree (6/331) and Muslim (18/118) from Usaamah Ibn
Zayd (radiyallaahu ’anhu).
[14] Related by al-Bukhaaree (6/105) from Aboo Hurayrah.
[15] Sooratul-’Ankaboot [29:46]
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