The Priorities of the Da'iyah in Da'wah

Question:
Some of the youth fall into misunderstanding in certain places and throw out words carelessly, such as this question whose asker says: Some of the enthusiasts for the religion are strict in a way that repels people from Islam, and they focus their attention on trivial matters while forgetting the issues of the Ummah. We hope you have this [unclear] for you.

Answer:
This speech is vague. Many people may label some of the obligatory acts and some of the forbidden acts as "agreements" or "trivialities." This is all wrong. But it is obligatory for the one who calls to Allah.
And the teacher of people, I mean, to start with the most important, then the next most important. The religion as a whole has no trivialities and no condiments; everything is required, and everything is important. But there is what is more important. For example, prayer is more important than zakah, and zakah is more important than fasting, and so on. And dutifulness to parents is more important than the rest of the relatives, and so on, even though all of it is obligatory. Our worship in Islam is all great.
All types of obligatory acts of obedience are great, and all types of sins require caution, but just as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) informed Mu'adh when he sent him to Yemen, he ordered him to start with the oneness of Allah, then if they obey him, he orders them to pray, then if they obey him, he orders them to pay zakah, and so on. So the one who calls to Allah seeks out what is most important. If the group being called has serious, major matters, he does not speak to them about minor ones; he speaks to them about the major one. If they only pray, he speaks to them about prayer. Also, if they have shirk (associating partners with Allah), he speaks about shirk and advises them, without neglecting the other matters that encourage them in knowledge. He speaks about prayer, about zakah, about fasting, about dutifulness to parents; there is no harm in that. But he does not forget what is greater than directing them to the oneness of Allah, guiding them to it, and warning them from shirk, which nullifies their deeds, and the rest of their acts of worship do not benefit them. He does not be strict in matters where strictness is not appropriate. Rather, he starts with the most important, then the next most important, until he finishes with what is most important, then he moves on to the rest of the commands and prohibitions for which there is explicit text, so that if they are upright in the major matters, they may leave the lesser sins and attend to the rest of the obligations. For this reason, you find in the texts many types of this. Indeed, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He left fasting and left Hajj. In the texts, some people ask him, and he says to them: Some people asked him about what enters Paradise. He said: "Worship Allah and associate nothing with Him, establish the prayer, give zakah, and maintain family ties, leaving the rest. Fast Ramadan, leaving the rest." Because when one is upright in these matters, he is upright in the rest. So it is by these matters that he (peace and blessings be upon him) specified that he calls them to the rest of the matters that Allah has made obligatory upon them. If you are in a village or tribe or gathering where they are negligent in the row of prayer and lax in it, it is necessary to focus on this matter and care for it, even if you are the only one speaking about it without others, so that they may follow you and so that they may be steadfast. If you add to it something else, it may encourage them to good. It may be urging them to read the Qur'an and to be diligent in reading the Qur'an, because it indicates every good and helps them with every good. Urge them to be diligent in the remembrance of Allah and in sending blessings upon the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). This also guides them to every good and helps them, and it also causes their hearts to open to what you say and what you command. If the speech is for the one who is strict in other things, it softens the hearts, opens the chests, and brings the called ones closer to you and does not repel them. This is something required for the caller, the guide, and the one who associates partners with Allah. But do not call the other matters "agreement," and do not call them "trivial matters" compared to the great ones, but from the perspective of what is greater. And all the other matters are for another session, or another day, or other meetings, and the like. It is not obligatory for the caller to gather all matters in one lesson, or in one sermon, or in one gathering. And yes.