The Obligation of Conveying the Call and Raising Awareness for Those in the Villages and the Desert

The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Shaykh Salih, for our brothers and sisters, the children of the desert, we have a great obligation. How do we fulfill that obligation, especially in the area of raising awareness about matters of religion? May Allah preserve you.

The Shaykh:
There is no doubt that it is obligatory upon the Muslims to spread this religion and to teach the ignorant in the desert and elsewhere; because this is the mission of this Ummah. Allah the Exalted said: .
He said: This is obligatory upon the Muslim community in general, and upon the scholars in particular, to carry this out, to give glad tidings to their brothers, and to teach the ignorant. In fact, they are required to call the disbelievers to enter Islam as much as they are able. If they fall short, they are sinful, even though they are capable of fulfilling this obligation. It is obligatory for those who are engaged in calling people to Allah the Exalted, and there are many of them in this time, praise be to Allah, that they take this matter seriously, that they go to these desert areas, and to these people who are far from knowledge, and teach them the religion of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and make them understand their religion. This is what is obligatory upon them. As for limiting their efforts to the cities and the metropolis, which may be in no need of much of their effort, that is a great shortcoming. They must spread out to these desert areas, these villages, and these places in need, and stay there for as many days or months as is possible, until they make these people understand the religion of Allah the Exalted. Yes.

The questioner:
May Allah reward you with good and do you good. Some villages, some deserts, the caller may not reach them except with great difficulty and by using animals of burden.

The Shaykh:
Yes, as long as it is possible to reach them, even by means of animals of burden, then it is obligatory to strive to reach them by every possible means, even if there is difficulty in that, for the reward is greater with Allah the Exalted and Majestic, and this is of the jihad in the path of Allah the Mighty and Majestic. Yes.