ABC's of Dawah- Muhammad Al-Shareef

Misconceptions within 99% of Muslims

1)Who's Responsible?
-Everybody is Responsible when it comes to giving dawa.
-Whoever sees evil let him change it with his hand, if not his hand, let him change it with his tongue, if not the tongue then his heart.

2) I can't guide because I'm not knowledgeble
-Seeking knowledge is compulsary upon every muslim.
-There is no excuse. You need to acquire the basics because that what they need to know. Ex: Why we fast in Ramadan, Why we pray 5 times a day...

3)Should dawa be done alone or together as in a part of an organization?
-Both ways are fine
-It doesn't matter what orgainzation you are with.

4)As long as I'm a good muslim no harm will come
-being the best of example if just a pre-requsite
-its not good enough to be a good muslim.
-If one doesn't stop tryanny, Allah (swt) will bring punishment upon ALL.

Analogy: The good people are on top of the ship and the bad people at the bottom of the ship. The bad people at the bottom keep knocking up on the top of the boat the get water but they don't want to disturb the good people because they are too busy having conferences. So they decided to make a hole in the bottom of that boat to get water resulting in ALL of them drowning.

-That is why the righteous are commanded to hold back the hands of the non-righteous and they'll all be saved.

5) Who has the time for dawa?
-Time Management --> Refer to Time Managment post and make time!
-You won't get to Jannah with distraction like watching TV all day.
-The excitment, adventure of TV is all in Dawa.

6)Can't I just be good and stay home?
Salih: Righteous
Muslim: Changes society towards righteousness

The Angels were sent to destory a town but they said to Allah (swt) how can they do so when a Salih was among them. Allah (swt) said that he should be among the first ones to be destroyed since he never bothered to spread the message.

-It was the Prophet's (saw) way to give gladtidings and warnings
-Allowing Kufr and Shirk to go unchallenged will grow and cause harm.
-To protect our muslim community from destruction.

When Allah (swt) sends Fitnah it doesn't matter who is righteous.

7)Do I have to go out to the street to give Dawah?
-When Yusuf (AS) was in prison, he still gave dawa
-Ask yourself:
Who do I fell comfortable giving dawa too? and target that group of people. Wether it be muslim teens, or non-muslims etc.

8)Don't Bother, no one will bother to become muslim eh?
-For those who were maybe invited to christianty or other religion, don't you remember that? Same thing will happen if try to give dawa to a non-muslim, they'll remember.

-It's not our problem if they don't answer our call. We'll be asked on the Day of Judgment why we DIDN'T give the call not why they didn't answer the call to Islam.

-If you start giving dawa there will be people who will be annoyed since they don't find a point. So be prepared.