The appropriate style for advice and calling to Allah
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Question:
What is the appropriate style for advice and calling to Allah the Exalted?
Answer:
The appropriate style in calling to Allah and giving advice is the style to which Allah guided and which He commanded His servants to follow in His Noble Book, in His saying: [Al-Isra: 53], and His saying: : [Al-Baqarah: 83], and His saying: [An-Nahl: 125], and His saying: [Al-'Ankabut: 46].
And His saying: , addressing His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) in Al Imran: [Al Imran: 159], and His saying when He sent Musa and Harun to Pharaoh: [Ta-Ha: 44], and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 27:14, and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): , narrated by Muslim in his Sahih, and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): Sunan an-Nasa'i 4197Sahih (Darussalam).
There are many verses and hadiths in this sense; therefore, it is obligatory for scholars, rulers, and those who call people to Allah to follow this methodology to which Allah has guided and to which His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has guided. They should advise people and address their problems through the path to which Allah, the Exalted, has guided and to which His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has guided. And if someone commits injustice and aggression, and guidance and advice do not benefit him, it is obligatory for the authorities to punish him with the punishments prescribed by the Shari'ah.
And whoever is established with what necessitates the implementation of the hadd or ta'zir, it is obligatory to execute the ruling of Allah in his case through the authorities and those they delegate for that, as a deterrent for him and his like, and to protect the Muslim society from all types of corruption.
May Allah correct the steps and rectify the hearts and deeds, and guide the authorities to everything that is in His pleasure and the well-being of His servants, and rectify the conditions of all Muslims and grant them understanding in the religion and establish them upon the truth, for He is Generous and Bountiful, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and his companions.
What is the appropriate style for advice and calling to Allah the Exalted?
Answer:
The appropriate style in calling to Allah and giving advice is the style to which Allah guided and which He commanded His servants to follow in His Noble Book, in His saying:
And tell My servants to say that which is best
وَقُلْ لِعِبَادِي يَقُولُوا الَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُAnd speak to people good [words]
وَقُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًاInvite 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 أَحْسَنُAnd do not argue with the People of the Scripture except in a way that is best, except for those who commit injustice among them
وَلَا تُجَادِلُوا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ إِلَّا بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْهُمْAnd His saying: , addressing His Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) in Al Imran:
So by mercy from Allah, [O Muhammad], you were lenient with them. And if you had been rude [in speech] and harsh in heart, they would have disbanded from about you.
فَبِمَا رَحْمَةٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ لِنْتَ لَهُمْ وَلَوْ كُنْتَ فَظًّا غَلِيظَ الْقَلْبِ لَانْفَضُّوا مِنْ حَوْلِكَAnd speak to him with gentle speech that perhaps he may be reminded or fear [Allah]."
فَقُولَا لَهُ قَوْلًا لَيِّنًا لَعَلَّهُ يَتَذَكَّرُ أَوْ يَخْشَىWhenever there is compassion in something, it adorns it, and whenever it is removed from something it disgraces it.
إن الرفق لا يكون في شيء إلا زانه ولا ينزع من شيء إلا شانهO Allah, whoever is given authority over something of my Ummah and is gentle with them, be gentle with him; and O Allah, whoever is given authority over something of my Ummah and is harsh with them, be harsh with him.
اللهم من ولي من أمر أمتي شيئًا فرفق بهم فارفق به، اللهم ومن ولي من أمر أمتي شيئًا فشق عليهم فاشقق عليهReligion is sincerity (An-Nasihah).' They said: 'To whom, O Messenger of Allah?' he said: 'To Allah, to His Book, to His Messenger, to the imams of the Muslims, and to their common folk
الدين النصيحة، الدين النصيحة، الدين النصيحة، قيل: لمن يا رسول الله؟ قال: لله، ولكتابه، ولرسوله، ولأئمة المسلمين، وعامتهمThere are many verses and hadiths in this sense; therefore, it is obligatory for scholars, rulers, and those who call people to Allah to follow this methodology to which Allah has guided and to which His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has guided. They should advise people and address their problems through the path to which Allah, the Exalted, has guided and to which His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) has guided. And if someone commits injustice and aggression, and guidance and advice do not benefit him, it is obligatory for the authorities to punish him with the punishments prescribed by the Shari'ah.
And whoever is established with what necessitates the implementation of the hadd or ta'zir, it is obligatory to execute the ruling of Allah in his case through the authorities and those they delegate for that, as a deterrent for him and his like, and to protect the Muslim society from all types of corruption.
May Allah correct the steps and rectify the hearts and deeds, and guide the authorities to everything that is in His pleasure and the well-being of His servants, and rectify the conditions of all Muslims and grant them understanding in the religion and establish them upon the truth, for He is Generous and Bountiful, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and his companions.
Source
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