Is it permissible for a da'iyah (caller to Islam) to begin with warning (tarhib) before encouragement (targhib), citing the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) statement "Wa Subhahah" when he called Quraysh?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Some people say: When I deliver a lecture on the danger of abandoning prayer, for example, and this lecture contains fear, is this action correct? Or is it a condition of delivering a lecture that it must be encouragement first, followed by warning? And is the argument using the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) action of "Wa Subhahah" for this matter—that the lecture may be only fear—a valid argument?

Answer:
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) encouraged before this; he encouraged and called to Allah. He did not start with them by warning; rather, he called them to Allah, encouraged them in Islam, and promised them Paradise. So do not start with fear. But if you want to lecture about prayer, start with the importance of prayer, the status of prayer, and its greatness, then move on to what is required of the one who abandons it, and so on. Yes.