A question about how to be gentle in calling to Allah the Exalted in order to achieve good results.

The student: ... A person in the early stages of da'wah (calling to Islam) faces pressure, so how does he know that the results will be good?

The Shaykh : There is no doubt that calling to Allah with gentleness is closer to achieving good results than using force, based on the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): He also said: This is clear; in fact, if we were to use only what is more appropriate and what Allah Mighty and Majestic loves, that would be sufficient. And we observe now that good results are achieved in da'wah through gentleness.
There are many incidents. It is said that one of the shaykhs of da'wah from the Al-Shaykh family was approached by men from the Hisbah (religious police) to complain about a worker. This was not a foreign worker; originally, people would drive camels, cows, and donkeys, and they called the one who drove the team a "worker." He usually carried a long, good stick made of palm fronds because he wanted to drive camels, cows, or donkeys. A group of those who enjoin good and forbid evil came to him at sunset while he was singing. At sunset, people are glorifying and praising Allah, but he was singing at the top of his voice, because this causes the animals to speed up; the animal enjoys singing, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: They spoke to him, saying, "People are glorifying and praising Allah at this time, and you have raised the voice of Satan." He beat them. He said, "I am driving my camels to water my crops, and you are saying I am raising the voice of Satan." They left because he was strong, large in build, and energetic. They turned away from him and went to the shaykh, saying, "O Shaykh, so-and-so did such and such." He asked, "What did you say to him?" They said, "We told him that people are glorifying and praising Allah, and you are singing." Then he stood up and struck one of us with the whip. He said, "All right, it appears the mistake is yours, but leave the matter to me." The next day, this learned shaykh went to him at sunset. He found the man in the same state, singing and driving the camels. The shaykh placed his shawl on the stick on a palm tree there and performed wudu (ablution). The adhan (call to prayer) had been called after he finished his wudu. He went to the man who was singing. It appears I do not know if the mu'adhdhin (caller to prayer) answered or not, but the important thing is that he said to him, "Shall I point you to something better than this? The adhan has been called now. If you go and pray, and then return, Allah will send down blessing for you, and prayer is a cause of sustenance." The important thing is that he spoke to him calmly. The man said, "May Allah keep you safe and reward you with good. Yesterday, some men came to me. I am doing what I do today, and they stood up and spoke against me, saying this is the voice of Satan. By Allah, I was unable to control myself and I struck one of them, but may Allah reward you for me with good." The shaykh went to pray. On the day he prayed and finished, the man had caught up with him, but he had missed one rak'ah (unit of prayer). The shaykh left him and said nothing. The next day, he went to perform wudu at sunset and did not say anything to him at all. He found him praying the next day and he had not missed anything. Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah). The important thing is that gentleness is all good, and this is a proven method. But sometimes, a person, due to the zeal he has, becomes angry and is unable to control himself. We say, "Calm down," because you are like a doctor who wants to cut open a wound, so you must be calm and in the manner that achieves the desired result.