The Ruling on Calling to Allah and Its Means
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This person asks, saying: Is calling to Allah obligatory in our present time, and what are the means of calling to Allah in this time?
Answer:
Calling to Allah is obligatory upon the people of knowledge who possess knowledge of the matters of religion, the lawful, and the forbidden. They must call to Allah[Ali 'Imran 3:110]. Calling to Allah is part of enjoining good and forbidding evil. In the other verse, it says, "Let there arise from you [Ali 'Imran 3:104]." And Allah said to His Prophet, [Yusuf 12:108] "I and whoever follows me," meaning whoever follows me calls to Allah with clear knowledge.
Allah the Exalted said,[An-Nahl 16:125]. Calling to Allah is obligatory upon the people of knowledge. As for the one who does not have knowledge, it is not permissible for him to call to Allah because he is ignorant, and he may perhaps declare a forbidden thing lawful or a lawful thing forbidden, or he may be asked a question and be unable to answer, or he may answer without knowledge. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
May Allah reward you. This person asks, saying: Is calling to Allah obligatory in our present time, and what are the means of calling to Allah in this time?
Answer:
Calling to Allah is obligatory upon the people of knowledge who possess knowledge of the matters of religion, the lawful, and the forbidden. They must call to Allah
You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah.
كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِAnd let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.
مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَSay, "This is my way; I invite to Allah with insight, I and those who follow me. And exalted is Allah; and I am not of those who associate others with Him."
قُلْ هَٰذِهِ سَبِيلِي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ عَلَىٰ بَصِيرَةٍ أَنَا وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِي وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَمَا أَنَا مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَAllah the Exalted said,
Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best.
ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُThe presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/181 — archive.org (18:44)
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