The State of Islamic Da'wah and the Efforts of the General Presidency for Research

Question:
Shaykh Abdul Aziz, we have burdened you greatly, but we also have some questions. All of this, if Allah wills, is in the scale of your good deeds, may Allah write the reward for you, if Allah wills. Regarding the Islamic da'wah in general, you have a connection to it through your presidency of the Department of Scientific Research and Ifta. Can you give the dear listener a picture of the state of the Islamic da'wah today?

Answer:
I said in the supplication "if Allah wills, if Allah wills." So the point is that the supplication should not contain "if Allah wills"; it should be stated with certainty, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in the authentic hadith , where he left out "O Allah, forgive me" to resolve his own intention, for Allah has a right over him. So the well-known practice in supplication is not to include it, but rather to say "O Allah, forgive so-and-so," or "We ask Allah to forgive so-and-so," or "May Allah guide so-and-so," and not to say "if Allah wills." Yes. Rather, one should be certain in the supplication and express the desire to Allah the Exalted in that.
As for what concerns the call to Allah, its matter is great. There is no doubt that it is being cared for by the General Presidency over which I preside, and by all other scholars, and by all those who are qualified in knowledge, so that they know about the call to Allah the Exalted and Mighty. This is because the scholar is in the greatest need of this, just as he is in need of caring for enjoining good and forbidding evil, for that is part of the call to Allah, or rather, enjoining good and forbidding evil is part of the call to Allah the Exalted and Mighty. It is obligatory for all believing scholars to focus on this, as Allah the Exalted said: And He the Exalted said: And He the Exalted said: "Are you not to enjoin good and forbid evil among the people?" This is a matter of great significance. The call to good, and enjoining good and forbidding evil, is obligatory for all believing men and women, and at the head of them are the scholars, for they are the successors of the prophets. It is obligatory for them to focus on this matter wherever they are, and to encourage people to it, so that the call becomes widespread among the people. Likewise, enjoining good and forbidding evil in this Kingdom and everywhere else: it is obligatory for scholars, students of knowledge, and believing men and women whom Allah has given insight and granted some knowledge to spread their knowledge, calling upon Allah the Exalted and Mighty, and to enjoin good, and to turn away from evil sincerely for the sake of Allah. Indeed, its face is great. It seeks to benefit people and rescue them from the falsehood in which they are, and to bring them out of the darknesses into the light. This is the obligation of everyone. As for what concerns the General Presidency for the Prohibition of Evil and the Encouragement of Good, over which I preside, it is, by the praise of Allah, engaged in great work, but it is not free from shortcoming. Every work done by a human being is not free from shortcoming. However, by the praise of Allah, it is engaged in great work. It has great callers in the interior, spread throughout the Kingdom. It has call activities in the Kingdom in Riyadh, in Abha, in Qamish, in Jazan, in Ha'il, in al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, in the Eastern Province, and elsewhere. By the praise of Allah, it has great activity, and we ask Allah to accept it. It also has much activity abroad. It has many callers abroad, perhaps approaching two thousand or more, in the Islamic countries and non-Islamic countries as well. It has callers in Europe, callers in America, many callers in Asia, and many callers in Africa. Most of them are from the path of the Islamic University, from the sons of the countries, from the sons of Africa, from the sons of Asia, from the sons of Europe, and from the sons of America. But the majority in Africa are from the sons of Africa, and the majority in Asia are from the sons of Asia. As for Europe and America, they graduate from these regions in small numbers, but people are sent to them from others from Africa. By the praise of Allah, they have activity, and they have praiseworthy efforts. I do not say that they have performed the obligation as it should be, but they have activity, by His praise, as has reached us about them. They have pleased us with their praise. They vary in activity; some have devoted themselves or are at the peak of activity and strength, and some are moderate. We ask Allah to benefit through them and to increase them in good. Yes.