Text copied Link copied

Al-Fatawa – home

﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

Scholar
Search mode

Advice for preachers and callers to the religion regarding the clarification of the da'wah

Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
that is beneficial, and we ask Allah, Exalted and Majestic, to place it in the scale of his good deeds and to make it beneficial for us and for you. We seek permission from the Honorable Shaykh to ask some of the questions that have reached us from the attendees, which pertain to the topic of the lecture. Yes. One of the brothers says: May Allah reward you. It is well known that Imam Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, his students, and his sons after him exerted effort in calling to the Book and the Sunnah, and they were patient and persevered in that until they handed it over to those who came after them, and so on until our day, until the turn has come to us. So what is your advice to us as callers and preachers in clarifying this blessed da'wah and spreading it to the people? Another says something similar to that. I bear witness to Allah regarding your love for him, and I ask Him to gather us with you in Paradise. We see shortcomings on the part of preachers and callers in clarifying the issues of tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and following the Sunnah, despite the people's need for that. So, from Your Eminence, we request a word of guidance on this topic.

Answer:
Yes, in the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy. Praise be to Allah, and may the prayers and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, and upon his family and his Companions. There is no doubt that the preachers in the mosques and the teachers in the schools have a great responsibility. Preaching in the mosques is not just words that are said; the intention is not that you go up on the minbar and say whatever you please. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to deliver sermons that were few, blessed words. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) would point out in the sermons the greatest matters; he would point out the errors that occur. He would say, "What is the matter with the people who say such and such?" He would say, "What is the matter with them saying such and such?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) would not say, "What is the matter with so-and-so or so-and-so saying this," but rather he would say, "What is the matter with them saying such and such?" So the preacher must be aware of the errors that occur in the society, among his neighbors and those around him, and point them out with wisdom and good admonition.
He points them out in the sermon, but some preachers, may Allah protect us, wander off into the far horizons, addressing the problems of other countries, and forgetting the errors in the congregation of his mosque. And this does not count; it is not a sermon. This kind of speech is not prohibited, but the sermon should be focused and include the pillars of the sermon mentioned in the hadith and in fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence). Review them. He should seek out the errors occurring around him and in his country, and point them out. He should leave the problems of the world; he should not go left and right with the great powers and I don't know what, and forget the people around him, under his minbar. He does not point out their errors to them. The attendees are not to blame for the errors that occur in other countries, and they are not able to fix them. So why do you address them with this? Address them with their own errors and what is around them, so that they may correct their errors and become aware. Teach them what they do not know of the 'aqidah (creed), of the religion, and of the legal rulings. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-045-أهمية دعوة الشيخ المجدد محمد بن عبدالوهاب|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (36:30)

The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.

Flag this fatwa