Is there any encouragement for students of knowledge to call people to Islam and teach them about their religion during the vacation?
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The questioner : He says: What do you say, may Allah guide you, regarding encouraging a number of students of knowledge who have acquired this amount of Islamic knowledge during such vacations, when people are free? Is there any encouragement for them to go to their countries to teach people the religion of Allah the Exalted, especially since people are idle during such vacations?
The Shaykh : This is good if a person has the ability to handle the doubts that are raised against him, and I mean by that countries other than Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, doubts may not be raised like those raised abroad. So if he has the ability, let him go, perhaps Allah will make him beneficial. In this case, I see that he should not directly confront people with what they are upon, because if he does that, they will be repelled by him and will not accept from him. Rather, he should clarify the truth to them, encourage them to it, and make it desirable to them. He should enter into matters on which they agree with him regarding their importance, such as prayer, for example, and its sincerity for Allah. Even if they worship, for example, what they worship of graves, he should not directly confront them, denounce them, curse them, or curse their work, because this will undoubtedly repel them. But introduce to them the oneness of Allah and its virtue, and prayer. That is, the sensible person knows how to act, and in that case, he will possess their hearts and they will accept his words. Yes.
The Shaykh : This is good if a person has the ability to handle the doubts that are raised against him, and I mean by that countries other than Saudi Arabia. In Saudi Arabia, doubts may not be raised like those raised abroad. So if he has the ability, let him go, perhaps Allah will make him beneficial. In this case, I see that he should not directly confront people with what they are upon, because if he does that, they will be repelled by him and will not accept from him. Rather, he should clarify the truth to them, encourage them to it, and make it desirable to them. He should enter into matters on which they agree with him regarding their importance, such as prayer, for example, and its sincerity for Allah. Even if they worship, for example, what they worship of graves, he should not directly confront them, denounce them, curse them, or curse their work, because this will undoubtedly repel them. But introduce to them the oneness of Allah and its virtue, and prayer. That is, the sensible person knows how to act, and in that case, he will possess their hearts and they will accept his words. Yes.