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format_quote Originally Posted by
SixTen
It had a couple who had converted to Islam a few years ago. He told his story, of how he found muslims to be such a great community. He was from Gambiya, where he told as to just the manner of muslims, like how charitable they were - how giving they were. How, when he would walk pass muslims who were eating rice from a plate, they would not continue until he sat down and ate with them. He asked them why they do so much, they answered "This is Islam".
It is indeed, a forgotten dawah in western countries (from my experience anyway). Muslims seem very detached to everyone else, so the disbelivers get a negative view of muslims. If they all were shown the beuty, wouldn't have that been the best dawah to them.
This isn't new things, we have heard many people converting from just having good experiences from muslims. I guess this is just a reminder.
Wasalams.
Indeed, it's about leading by example more than anything, and Shaykh Khalid Yaseen was saying something like that in a talk, he said something like "Invite them over for dinner. But no, these days Muslims don't want to do that, you wanna give da'wah to them in the corriders, outside on the street and other places. " etc. blah.
format_quote Originally Posted by
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Invite all to the way of Your Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching. And argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious. [6.125]
I guess there's a reason why Allah said invite to the way of Your Lord with WISDOM first before anything? :')
It's actually Surah 16 though, not 6 :O :
16:125
ادْعُ إِلِى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
invite with wisdom and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.
Though from the tafsir Wisdom (Hikmah) means this:
Allah commands His Messenger Muhammad to invite the people to Allah with Hikmah (wisdom).
Ibn Jarir said: "That is what was revealed to him from the Book and the Sunnah.''
http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=16&tid=28368
Wassalam.