The Ruling on Buying Books and Distributing Them as Part of Da'wah
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The questioner:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Fatimah, this questioner says: I am a graduate of one of the Islamic colleges, and I carry the concern of calling people to Allah the Exalted, but I am unable to do so because of my weakness in expressing the Islamic subject matter. I carry the concern of calling people to Allah the Exalted.
The Shaykh:
It is a good deed. No, no, this is a modern expression. "The concerns of da'wah," "the work of da'wah," this is all an expression that is not clear. Yes, if he said "the obligation of da'wah" or "the virtue of da'wah," that would be better than saying "the importance of da'wah." Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. He says: But I am unable to do so because of my weakness in expressing the subject I want to speak about. However, I buy books and Islamic literature from trusted scholars and distribute them. Does this work count as calling people to Allah?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is a form of calling people to Allah. Good. You take the beneficial books and the reliable tapes of the scholars and distribute them to the people. This is one of the types of calling people to Allah the Exalted, and of spreading good.
May Allah reward you. Honorable Fatimah, this questioner says: I am a graduate of one of the Islamic colleges, and I carry the concern of calling people to Allah the Exalted, but I am unable to do so because of my weakness in expressing the Islamic subject matter. I carry the concern of calling people to Allah the Exalted.
The Shaykh:
It is a good deed. No, no, this is a modern expression. "The concerns of da'wah," "the work of da'wah," this is all an expression that is not clear. Yes, if he said "the obligation of da'wah" or "the virtue of da'wah," that would be better than saying "the importance of da'wah." Yes.
The questioner:
May Allah reward you. He says: But I am unable to do so because of my weakness in expressing the subject I want to speak about. However, I buy books and Islamic literature from trusted scholars and distribute them. Does this work count as calling people to Allah?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is a form of calling people to Allah. Good. You take the beneficial books and the reliable tapes of the scholars and distribute them to the people. This is one of the types of calling people to Allah the Exalted, and of spreading good.
Source
توزيع الكتب والأشرطة من الدعوة إلى الله — alfawzan.live
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