The Conditions of Calling to Allah and Clarifying the Meaning of “Convey from Me, Even if It Is One Verse”

Question:
That he does not possess anything he owns; he does not own it by this. So what is the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "A word of knowledge," and also knowledge, and that he must possess the matter?

Answer:
I say that you, the attendees, are not qualified for da'wah (calling to Allah). I say that whoever among you, whether present or absent, does not have knowledge of what he is calling to, it is not permissible for him to engage in da'wah. This is because Allah the Exalted says: , meaning with knowledge, . Also, the one who calls out loudly corrupts more than he benefits, because he may forbid what is lawful, or he may permit what is forbidden, or he may issue a ruling without knowledge. Therefore, it is not permissible for one who prepares to be a caller to do so unless he first acquires knowledge.
As for his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): , I have explained it to you. I told you that conveying is of two types: conveying texts and conveying meanings. Conveying texts is done by anyone who memorizes the texts. Whoever memorizes the Qur'an conveys the Qur'an; whoever memorizes the hadiths conveys the hadiths. This means that he has memorized the hadiths, or he takes a well-known book, such as *Bulugh al-Maram*, or *Riyad al-Saliheen*, or for example *Jami' al-'Ulum wa al-Hukam*, and reads from this book to the people. This is conveying; this is a method of conveying texts. This is possible for anyone who memorizes some of the texts to convey them to the people, meaning that he reads them to the people and the people memorize them. This is a good thing. As for conveying meanings, which is explanation.
Explaining the texts and clarifying the fiqh (jurisprudence) contained in them is the specialty of scholars. It is not permissible for one who does not have knowledge to speak about the meaning of hadiths and the meaning of verses. It is not permissible to interpret the Qur'an, or to explain, for example, the hadiths. It is not permissible for him to explain the words of the scholars unless he has the qualification. This is conveying meanings, and this is not done except by jurists and scholars. So conveying is of two types: the first is conveying texts without explanation, and this is done by whoever is good at reading books. For example, if the imam of the mosque takes a book of Tafsir by Ibn Kathir and reads it to the congregation, or takes *Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib* and reads it to the congregation, is this conveying of texts? He hears the texts and the rulings, but he does not explain them, because if he explains them and he does not know, he will make mistakes. By the way, I studied in the mosque, and the imam read a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that the maternal aunt is like the mother. He said, "Do you see? The maternal aunt is the mother of the wife." The maternal aunt is the mother of the wife? I said to him, "What is the maternal aunt? The mother of the wife? The maternal aunt is the sister of the mother?" He said, "No, the maternal aunt is the sister of the wife, the mother of the wife." I said to him, "Okay, give me the source you took this from." I have a source; I will come back tomorrow. He said, "You are right, the maternal aunt and the mother, but you see, the mother of the wife..." If I had said this from the beginning, I would have saved you. If I had saved you from this explanation by the ignorant... I tell you, the ignorant does not explain, and he explains to the people that the maternal aunt is the mother of the wife, or rather the common people say, "My maternal aunt is my wife's mother," so he proceeded with this. The poor man, this is not acceptable at all. And there are many examples of this. So.
The result is that conveying is of two types: conveying texts, and this is done by anyone who memorizes the texts or is good at reading books to the people. As for conveying meanings and explaining the texts, this is not permissible except for the specialized scholars of knowledge. Yes.