brothers to do dawah to non muslims but hey said that we should fix
the muslims first because muslims dont pray etc and so there argument
was thatis it better to halve a thousand workers in a company and
improve them or to get a thousand more, So is dawah fard .
Praise be to Allah.
What appears to be the case based on the general meaning of the shar'i
evidence concerning that is that calling people to Allah, may He be
exalted, is a communal obligation (fard kifaayah) upon theummah and it
is an individual obligation (fard 'ayn) upon every Muslim, according
to his level of ability and knowledge. The Prophet(blessings and peace
of Allah be upon him) said: "Convey from me, even ifit is only one
verse."
Narrated by al-Bukhaari,3461
Ibn Katheer (may Allah have mercy on him) said,in his commentary on
the first in which Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of
the meaning): "Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting
to all that is good (Islam), enjoining Al-Ma'roof (i.e.Islamic
Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do) and forbidding
Al-Munkar (polytheism and disbelief and all thatIslam has forbidden).
And it is they who are the successful" [Aal 'Imraan 3:104]:
What is meant by this verse is that there should be a group of
thisummah who carry out this mission; however, that is also obligatory
upon every individual ofthe ummah according tohis means, as it is
provenin Saheeh Muslim that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allah
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Whoever among you
sees an evil action, then let him change it with his hand [by taking
action]; if he cannot, then with his tongue [byspeaking out]; and if
he cannot, then with his heart – and that is the weakest of faith."
According to another version: "Beyond that there is not even a mustard
seed's worth of faith."
End quote from Tafseer Ibn Katheer, 2/78
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allah havemercy on him) said:
The evidence from the Qur'an and Sunnah indicates that it is
obligatory to call people to Allah, may He be glorified and exalted,
and that this is one of the obligatory duties. The evidence for that
is abundant, such as the verses in which Allah, may He be glorified,
says(interpretation of the meaning):
"Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is
good (Islam), enjoining Al-Ma'roof (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all
that Islam orders one to do) and forbidding Al-Munkar (polytheism and
disbelief and all thatIslam has forbidden). And it is they who are the
successful"
[Aal 'Imraan 3:104]
"Invite (mankind, O Muhammad SAW) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam)
with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Quran) and fair
preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better"
[an-Nahl 16:125]
"and invite (men) to (believe in) your Lord, and be not of
Al-Mushrikoon (those who associate partners with Allah"
[al-Qasas 28:87]
"Say (O Muhammad SAW): "This is my way; I invite unto Allah (i.e. to
the Oneness of Allah - Islamic Monotheism) with sure knowledge, I and
whosoever follows me (also must invite others to Allah i.e., to
theOneness of Allah - IslamicMonotheism) with sure knowledge"
[Yoosuf 12:108].
So Allah, may He be glorified, has explained that the followers of the
Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) are those who
call people to Allah; they are the people of insight. What is
required, as is well known, is to follow him and adhere to his way, as
Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"Indeed in the Messenger of Allah (Muhammad SAW) you have a good
example to follow for him who hopes in (the Meeting with) Allah and
the Last Day and remembers Allah much"
[al-Ahzaab 33:21].
The scholars have clearlystated that calling people to Allah, may He
be exalted, is a communal obligation (fard kifaayah) with regard to
the regions in which the callers live, forevery region and area needs
the da'wah (call) and needs people who are active in this field. Soit
is a communal obligation; if sufficient numbers of people undertake
it, the duty is waived from the others and for the others da'wah
becomes a confirmed Sunnah (Sunnah mu'akkadah) and a great righteous
deed.
But if the people of a specific area or region do not undertake
da'wah, the burden of sin is incurred by all of them, and it becomes
obligatory for all of them; each person must undertake to call people
to Islam, according to hisability. However, generally speaking,
withregard to every country, what is required is for there to be a
group that is devoted to the missionof calling people to Allah, may He
be glorified and exalted, throughout the world, to convey the message
of Allah and to explain the command of Allah byall possible means,
because the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) sent
out callers, and he sent letters to people and to kings and rulers,
calling them to Allah, may He beglorified and exalted.
See: Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn Baaz, 1/330
Secondly:
There is no need at all for differences as to which work should take
precedence: calling Muslims or calling non-Muslims. The one whom Allah
enables to do any of that should go ahead with it. There are some
Muslims who are good at calling non-Muslims, because Allah has given
them the ability to explain things clearly or to convince people
easily, or He has enabled him to learn thelanguage of the non-Muslims
whom he iscalling, or because of thenature of his work, as there are
many non-Muslims with him, or because he travels to their country or
because he has a neighbour who is a non-Muslim, and so on.
In such cases we say to the individual: Go ahead and call these people
with wisdom and beautiful preaching, with clear proof, and with
patience in dealing with them.
See also the answer to question no. 99976 for information on how to
call these people.
And there are some Muslims who are good atcalling their fellow
Muslims, because of some of the things that have been mentioned above;
or because he does not have the patience to call non-Muslims; or
because he has skills in convincing and debatingin various issues and
establishing clear proof; or because he is well versed in some
branchesof Islamic knowledge that may be needed more by one who calls
Muslims than one who calls non-Muslims.
The point of all this is to say that there is no needfor disputes or
arguments, let alone division, around this issue. Both are
necessaryaccording to sharee'ah, and each person will be enabled to do
that for which he was created. The one who finds that he has an
interest and is able to work in either of the two fields should
notdenounce anyone who works in the other field, because both of them
are good and are necessary, and neither takes precedence over the
other at all. We do not know of any one among the early daa'iyahs
(callers) who said: We are going to refrain from calling the
non-believers until we have set straight the Muslims' affairs. When
will that ever happen?!
Moreover, we do not know of anyone who says that we should refrain
from calling Muslims, teaching them and setting their affairs straight
in order to focuson calling the non-Muslims and bringing them to
Islam.
There is no room for conflict in da'wah; rather it is the task of
every Muslim, each according to what he is able to do and what Allah
has given him of knowledge, forbearance, wealth andso on.
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