What are the principles and foundations of calling to Allah?
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Question:
A questioner says: Your Eminence, Shaykh Abdul Aziz, what are the principles and foundations of calling to Allah? And what are its methods?
Answer:
The principles are known: First: the believer strives in himself, learns, gains insight, and understands the religion.
And if Allah grants him knowledge and he understands his religion, then the principle in that is: to call to Allah; by teaching people, guiding the ignorant and teaching them, directing them to good, enjoining good, and forbidding evil, as the Exalted said: [Yusuf:108].
The first principle: that you receive knowledge, and that you learn and gain insight, and you care for the Qur'an, its memorization, and reflection on its meanings, and the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), until you memorize from it what is easy, and you engage with the scholars, ask the scholars, and review with the scholars; so that you are upon clear proof.
So when you know what Allah has prescribed for you, what He has made obligatory upon you, and what He has forbidden upon you; you call to Allah, so that you are among those about whom Allah said: [Al-Asr:3] and among those about whom He said: [Al-Imran:104], and among those about whom He said: [Al-Ma'idah:2].
You benefit yourself, and you benefit people with wisdom and good speech, the Exalted said: [An-Nahl:125].
So you call to Allah with good speech, and you guide to Him, and you teach people good, and you forbid them from evil, this is what you should do.
A questioner says: Your Eminence, Shaykh Abdul Aziz, what are the principles and foundations of calling to Allah? And what are its methods?
Answer:
The principles are known: First: the believer strives in himself, learns, gains insight, and understands the religion.
And if Allah grants him knowledge and he understands his religion, then the principle in that is: to call to Allah; by teaching people, guiding the ignorant and teaching them, directing them to good, enjoining good, and forbidding evil, as the Exalted said:
Say, “This is my path; I call to Allah with insight,
قُلْ هَذِهِ سَبِيلِي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِ عَلَى بَصِيرَةٍThe first principle: that you receive knowledge, and that you learn and gain insight, and you care for the Qur'an, its memorization, and reflection on its meanings, and the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), until you memorize from it what is easy, and you engage with the scholars, ask the scholars, and review with the scholars; so that you are upon clear proof.
So when you know what Allah has prescribed for you, what He has made obligatory upon you, and what He has forbidden upon you; you call to Allah, so that you are among those about whom Allah said:
and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِAnd let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong
وَلْتَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِcooperate in righteousness and piety
وَتَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىYou benefit yourself, and you benefit people with wisdom and good speech, the Exalted said:
Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best
ادْعُ إِلَى سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُمْ بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُSo you call to Allah with good speech, and you guide to Him, and you teach people good, and you forbid them from evil, this is what you should do.
Source
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