Means of Communicating with Youth in Clubs Other Than Preaching
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The questioner:
There is also a question regarding the da'wah centers. Your Eminence the Shaykh, have you not considered a method of reaching these young people other than the method of sermons, sermons, and lectures? I mean, recruiting some of the young people who have the ability to communicate with their peers, so they enter these clubs in a manner different from the well-known preaching style?
The Shaykh:
By Allah, it is possible. This may have already happened, and it may be that Shaykh Abdullah ibn Tawfiq, the Director of Da'wah in the Interior, knows more about this than I do. And praise be to Allah, there is an organization for seminars in the mosques, seminars in the mosques throughout the Kingdom, and lectures from preachers, from non-preachers, and from judges. So, the one with a conscience, the deceased Shaykh Abdullah ibn Tawfiq, the Director of Da'wah in the Interior, made a tour of the Kingdom initially. He organized many seminars and lectures in most of the Kingdom, or in the entire Kingdom: in Makkah, in al-Madinah, in Jeddah, in Jizan, in Abha, in Ghaimd, in Ha'il, in al-Qasim, in al-Ahsa, and in the Eastern Region. He made a tour in this regard, may Allah reward them with good. He arranged seminars and arranged lectures, and with the directors there from among the judges, teachers, and preachers. So perhaps some efforts in this regard, which I do not recall now, but this should be pointed out, pointing out the da'wah offices so that they have contact with the youth. Perhaps most of their gatherings are in their prayers in the clubs, which is good, and in their complexes as well. But I still say that it is better for those in charge of these clubs to request this, and that it comes, and that it is bolder for the preacher or the scholar, even if it is limited to official preachers, for what they should request from the readers and the teachers. In any place.
The teacher, so let it be from the category of scholars and preachers. If they are in al-Qasim, they request from the teachers in al-Qasim, and if in Ha'il, likewise, in Makkah, in al-Madinah, in the Eastern Region. Da'wah should not be limited to just official preachers, but these clubs should request from the scholars present in a region or far from them so that they come. And they perform what is requested. This is something that elevates their status and indicates their sincere desire for benefit. If they request, it is good from them, it is not objected to from them, and it is not a deficiency for them, but rather an elevation for them. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, you have done well. The focus is on the da'wah centers, Your Eminence the Shaykh. When you know that they officially oversee the matter of da'wah, this serves the preachers when they go to... May Allah preserve you. Despite their fewness, they are occupied with da'wah in the mosques, in the prisons, and in the schools. So they have efforts in these sectors as well.
The Shaykh:
The clubs should be from this perspective. Either they approach them themselves, and may Allah reward them with good for what they did, or the ones in charge of these clubs approach them and request from the readers, from the teachers, from the director of the office in their location to send someone to perform the required lectures and seminars. If... And this, I believe, is obligatory upon them, because they are responsible for these young people, and this is one of the ways of reforming the youth and guiding the youth.
The presenter:
Yes,
There is also a question regarding the da'wah centers. Your Eminence the Shaykh, have you not considered a method of reaching these young people other than the method of sermons, sermons, and lectures? I mean, recruiting some of the young people who have the ability to communicate with their peers, so they enter these clubs in a manner different from the well-known preaching style?
The Shaykh:
By Allah, it is possible. This may have already happened, and it may be that Shaykh Abdullah ibn Tawfiq, the Director of Da'wah in the Interior, knows more about this than I do. And praise be to Allah, there is an organization for seminars in the mosques, seminars in the mosques throughout the Kingdom, and lectures from preachers, from non-preachers, and from judges. So, the one with a conscience, the deceased Shaykh Abdullah ibn Tawfiq, the Director of Da'wah in the Interior, made a tour of the Kingdom initially. He organized many seminars and lectures in most of the Kingdom, or in the entire Kingdom: in Makkah, in al-Madinah, in Jeddah, in Jizan, in Abha, in Ghaimd, in Ha'il, in al-Qasim, in al-Ahsa, and in the Eastern Region. He made a tour in this regard, may Allah reward them with good. He arranged seminars and arranged lectures, and with the directors there from among the judges, teachers, and preachers. So perhaps some efforts in this regard, which I do not recall now, but this should be pointed out, pointing out the da'wah offices so that they have contact with the youth. Perhaps most of their gatherings are in their prayers in the clubs, which is good, and in their complexes as well. But I still say that it is better for those in charge of these clubs to request this, and that it comes, and that it is bolder for the preacher or the scholar, even if it is limited to official preachers, for what they should request from the readers and the teachers. In any place.
The teacher, so let it be from the category of scholars and preachers. If they are in al-Qasim, they request from the teachers in al-Qasim, and if in Ha'il, likewise, in Makkah, in al-Madinah, in the Eastern Region. Da'wah should not be limited to just official preachers, but these clubs should request from the scholars present in a region or far from them so that they come. And they perform what is requested. This is something that elevates their status and indicates their sincere desire for benefit. If they request, it is good from them, it is not objected to from them, and it is not a deficiency for them, but rather an elevation for them. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, you have done well. The focus is on the da'wah centers, Your Eminence the Shaykh. When you know that they officially oversee the matter of da'wah, this serves the preachers when they go to... May Allah preserve you. Despite their fewness, they are occupied with da'wah in the mosques, in the prisons, and in the schools. So they have efforts in these sectors as well.
The Shaykh:
The clubs should be from this perspective. Either they approach them themselves, and may Allah reward them with good for what they did, or the ones in charge of these clubs approach them and request from the readers, from the teachers, from the director of the office in their location to send someone to perform the required lectures and seminars. If... And this, I believe, is obligatory upon them, because they are responsible for these young people, and this is one of the ways of reforming the youth and guiding the youth.
The presenter:
Yes,
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