The Do’s And Don’ts Of Dawah

MuslimSister —

Salaam

Some of us I’m sure must have this desire to propagate Islam, to spread the message and to educate those who may be misguided…

So, what do you guys think is the most effective way to convey Islam? Is it via speeches? Study circles? Radio? Involvement in the media? Islamic lit/magazines? Websites?

Or is it better to set up stalls/handout leaflets outside Mosques? OR is door to door dawah the best way to convey the message?

A bunch of guys knock on my door every other night wanting to chat to my 16 year old brother…he finds it annoying, and gets so irritated cos the time they knock is nearly always when he’s eating dinner or with his mates/cousins…personally, I’ve always felt that doing door to door dawah is an invasion of privacy…

So what do you guys think is the WORST way to do dawah? In your face-type preaching? Door to door style? Shouting in the middle of town centre? Is there a “time and place” to do dawah?

Can any Tom, Dick and Harry do dawah?

Does anyone believe that religion is a “private” thing between a person and God?

Or are you someone who couldn’t care less what others are on…and believe in the “each to their own” moto?

Or maybe we feel differently at different times.

What do you guys think is the best and worst way to convey the message of Islam? And WHO should our target audience be?

Is it all about trying to “convert the converted” and getting bogged down with the fact that someone’s beard is not the prescribed length or that they don’t attend Milad?

Or should our target audience be those who may be far away from Islam? Or should it be the non Muslims?

OR should we shape up ourselves first before we try to tell others what to do?

Most people, including myself hate being told what to do….I dislike people patronising me and being too “in my face”.

There is a WAY to do dawah….the successful way and the pointless way.

So share your thoughts on all of the above.

Wasalaam

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MuslimSisLilSis — Wed, 5 Oct 2005 - 17:05

the WORST type of dawah IMO is when people put other religions down in order to big their own religion up

this is WRONG

u get people explaining why muslim women wear hijaab by saying how "ugly, cheap and common" non muslim women look when they dont wear one :roll:

NO WONDER people dont want to know

Sirus — Wed, 5 Oct 2005 - 19:51

well on the topic of Dawah.....

today at Uni of Manchester, Shaykh Zia Ullah Khan from Canada did a terrific speech, one that was really relevant, and as always with him - really funny.

i think more attempt needs to be made into coming across as knowledgable, approachable and funny.

second time ive heard him in a month, and this guy i rate.

MuslimSister — Wed, 5 Oct 2005 - 20:10

[quote="Darth V-Hayder"]i think more attempt needs to be made into coming across as knowledgable, approachable and funny.

.[/quote]

I think 90% of Dawah depends on the presentation/approach.

Yet, too many people undermine it's importance. One is more likley to reject someone's message if they have an issue with the presentation-even if the speaker is speaking Haq (truth).

Omrow — Sat, 8 Oct 2005 - 12:02

Salam

[quote="MuslimSister"]I think 90% of Dawah depends on the presentation/approach.[/quote]

Thats right.

If the advertising companies can sell us all sort crap simply by nice packging techniques, then surely Truth which is far more attractive, would only needs a small amount of good presentation.

God should be put in the most beautiful of packages.

If you can't do that, then don't sell God.

Sell something else !!

Omrow

You — Sun, 9 Oct 2005 - 00:27

promotion and sales are the same thing.

We are always selling. Sometimes its ourselves, at other times its our beliefs.

Its different from selling out, where you just buy wholesale someone elses position.