Is the Messenger required only to convey the message, or is he required to convey it and persuade?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) required to convey the message and persuade, or is he only required to convey it?
Answer:
What is meant by persuasion? Persuasion is from Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). You are required to convey the message[Ash-Shuraa 42:48] As for whether one is persuaded or not, the one who seeks the truth will certainly be persuaded, without a doubt. There is no doubt that the one who seeks the truth is persuaded by the conveyance. But the one who seeks stubbornness and insists on what he is upon, there is no remedy for him [Al-Qasas 28:56]
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) required to convey the message and persuade, or is he only required to convey it?
Answer:
What is meant by persuasion? Persuasion is from Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). You are required to convey the message
upon you is only [the duty of] notification
إِنْ عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا الْبَلَاغُIndeed, [O Muhammad], you do not guide whom you like, but Allah guides whom He wills
إِنَّكَ لَا تَهْدِي مَنْ أَحْبَبْتَ وَلَٰكِنَّ اللَّهَ يَهْدِي مَن يَشَاءُ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3031- 4717] هل على الرسول إبلاغ الرسالة فقط أم عليه الإبلاغ والإقناع؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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