The Ruling on the Prescribed Means of Calling to Allah

Question:
Are the means of calling to Allah prescribed (taqifi) or based on independent reasoning (ijtihad)? Please clarify this for us, may Allah reward you.

Answer:
Calling to Allah is prescribed (taqifi) according to what the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) brought. We follow the steps of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). This is as stated by Allah the Exalted: . It is necessary to follow the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the call, its methodologies, its steps, how he called people, and the methodology of all the messengers, from the first to the last. Their methodology in calling to Allah is one: they begin with tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and correcting the creed, then teaching people the rulings of the Shari'ah. This is the call. As for us coming up with new ways and saying these are the ways of the call, that is not acceptable. The end of this Ummah will not be rectified except by what rectified its beginning. What rectified the beginning of this Ummah was the call of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and the methodology of the Messenger. The end of this Ummah will not be rectified except by the methodology