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Sampharo
Sister, don't make statements of what is fard and what is not fard when you don't know just because you read a website.
But the website is I think of Peace TV which belongs to Dr. Zakir Naik and he is a famous scholar who talks very authentically. I have heard Dr. Zakir Naik say it many times that Da'wah is Fard on every Muslim.
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Sampharo
I have been teaching such basic stuff for some years now.
So now I am even more confused!:laugh: You say here that Da'wah is not compulsory for every Muslim and Dr. Zakir Naik, who is also a well known scholar says that Da'wah is fard on every Muslim (he has used a very powerful word dear bro, "Fard")! So I think that now I'll have to rely on my own intentions till I find lots of proofs about this topic of whether it is compulsory for every Muslim or not. :(
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Sampharo
(وَلْتَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَ) ومنها قوله جل وعلا: (ادْعُ إِلَى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُمْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ)، فبين سبحانه أن أتباع الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم هم الدعاة إلى الله، وهم أهل البصائر، والواجب كما هو معلوم هو اتباعه، والسير على منهاجه عليه الصلاة والسلام، كما قال تعالى: (لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِمَنْ كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا)، وصرح العلماء بأن الدعوة إلى الله عز وجل فرض كفاية، بالنسبة إلى الأقطار التي يقوم فيها الدعاة، فإن كل قطر وكل إقليم يحتاج إلى الدعوة وإلى النشاط فيها، فهي فرض كفاية إذا قام بها من يكفي سقط عن الباقين ذلك الواجب، وصارت الدعوة في حق الباقين سنة مؤكدة، وعملا صالحا جليلا.
Dawah is Fard Kefaya which means if some people do it then others don't have to. That is the consensus of scholarly opinions including the one above which comes from the Fatwa Council. God said: "Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong: They are the ones to attain felicity." [3:104] A band of people was very clear and from this along with other evidence in hadith and sunnah, fiqh scholars classified dawah to be Fard Kifaya (sufficient or collective obligation), meaning if a group does it, it is sufficient and not everyone has to. After fard al-kifaya is fullfilled, people who want to do it will be making a good deed and following a Sunnah Moakkada. Of course if NO ONE is doing it and everybody is ignoring it, then everyone shares the blame. But if some do it, then it drops from the shoulders of the rest.
"Fard Kefaya" or "Fard" on every Muslim, i dunno! I think I should first find more information on this.
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Sampharo
Also it has requirements of knowledge and ability to be fullfilled.
And I think, i don't have that much ability. I am not even an average Muslim.:embarrass
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Sampharo
How do you expect other people who are not as learned, or illiterate, or poor or disabled to be obligated to do dawah then?
"People who are not learned" about this, the site said a very beautiful thing that everyone at least knows that Allah is one! So let that man or woman spread this and tell this to other people! (It is given under the topic "Excuses which Muslim make of not doing Da'wah") Prophet Muhammad :saws1: said that convey my message to others, even if it is one word. And here, we all Muslims know a very important and basic teaching that Allah is only One and He has no Partner. So every Muslim can convey this.
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Sampharo
Other conditions include physical and financial ability to go out and do it if you wish to go places for dawah.
People can do Da'wah with the people present around them. Or in this age of science and technology, people can use internet like me for doing Da'wah.
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Sampharo
Also your parents' consent just like in Jihad.
Very, very right dear bro! But the thing is that my parents don't
forbid me to do Da'wah. They only say that do it later, after completing your studies. They are right but I am right too in asking this that what if I don't live till that time? Will I be forgiven by Allah for having the intention only? And all those above questions.:(
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Sampharo
Sister, ask yourself some more questions: If you don't know enough about Islam, how will you debate?
:giggling: Heheehe! I think m gonna answer my own questions. Oh the mysterious ways of Allah!:statisfie Allah-o-Akbar!
About debating, I'll first avoid debates till I have sufficient knowledge of Islam. I'll only tell others about the basics, which i 100% know better. Later. I'll avoid the person who tries to debate with me and if I wouldn't know something, I'll say to him or her directly that I don't know it yet. I'll try hard to avoid giving wrong answers.
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Sampharo
How will you teach them the basics when you're mixed up yourself?
I am not mixed up in basics. I know this for sure that Allah is One and Only and that Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w) is His last and final messenger. (You mean these basics, right?)
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Sampharo
What if you teach them quran and you are pronouncing it wrong and end up making them say blasphemy or pronounce heresy?
I don't know!:hmm: Ummm, i'll try to never give them answers on sth I myself is not sure of. Will that be fine?
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Sampharo
Dawah is SPECIFICALLY not required from those who do not have sufficient knowledge in Islam.
I fall in this category. I don't have sufficient knowledge of Islam.:yawn: But the site mentioned a very beautiful thing of propagating the basics.
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Sampharo
The obligatory level of dawah sister on every muslim is to enjoin on good and forbid evil by telling people about WHAT YOU KNOW FOR A FACT, to both muslims and non-muslims, and to do it with kindness and good example not by forcing them or ordering them since you have no authority.
Exactly! This is what i'll always keep in mind.
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Sampharo
As for your questions, sorry sister, you are making Ta'weel and other forbidden things when you say: Ta'weel is extracting implications without proof and making conjecture on the references of a quranic verse. All good Sunnah scholars agree that we shouldn't, and that it leads to great corruption and sin.
If I did something wrong, then may Allah forgive me for this. I am just a human and know nothing at all. Allah knows best everything!
But brother, that context appeared to me right and perfect. Like if sth is wrong, your heart will tell you that thats not right, same way, my heart felt that it was right.
But the more important thing is that Dr. Zakir Naik, who has not yet been reported as saying something unauthentic and wrong, also says that Da'wah is compulsory on every Muslim. It was because he said it to be a "Fard" thats why I started to ponder over it. And this thinking process made me come up with so many troubling questions!
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Sampharo
Please note in it the definitive line in the ninth paragraph: "Thus, giving Da`wah with proper training and specialization is regarded as Fard Kifayah (collective obligation). That means in every community some people must take the proper Da`wah training and should do this work in a systematic and methodical way on behalf of all other members of the community. If some people do this work, then there is no blame on others"
I have completely understood your point, dear brother. And thats why I am even more confused now. Dr.Zakir saying sth and you saying sth else, or maybe i didn't understand Dr.Zakir properly. This is what he always say " Doing Da'wah is compulsory for every Muslim. It is Fard."
So I think I have got him right.
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Sampharo
This is coming from the North American Fiqh Council member and previous head of ISNA. Always check where and from whom you're getting your information sister so that you may prosper insha Allah.
So who is right and who is wrong? North American Fiqh council or Dr.Zakir and his Islamic Research Foundation? I know Dr. Zakir more well than N.A council. But still I am not saying it now. I need to do some more research.
If anyone can help us here, please do it.
May Allah bless you so much dear bro, for helping me in many ways!:statisfie
Allahafiz!