Da'wah
Upon arriving at the firm decision to champion Allah's (swt) Deen, we were ordered to work towards the resumption of the Islamic way of life via the reestablishment of the Islamic State. We understood that the Islamic State applies Islam and carries the da'wah to the world. Therefore, we must proceed according to a method, depending on the help of Allah (swt), the Omnipotent, to change the existing world order. We must realize that there is no rest from now until we meet Allah (swt), and we should be seriously involved in the work towards achieving the noble goal that Allah (swt) has appointed the Muslim Ummah to achieve.
To reach this goal, we must interact with the Muslim Ummah and proceed with her in her struggle. We must make the Ummah feel that she is the one who is doing the job. Raising the Islamic Ummah from the abyss in which she has fallen and making her worthy of leading the world is a very serious issue. Allah (swt) has said in Qur'an (in translation): Verily, We shall send down to you a weighty Word (i.e. obligations, legal laws, etc.) (73:5)
Therefore, our seriousness in carrying the da'wah is a vital issue in achieving the goal that we are determined to reach. It is our realization of the goal that we are seeking that makes us appreciate our great responsibility. And it is our realization of the situation of the Ummah, which is standing at the edge of its destruction, of the torture to which the da'wah carriers are subjugated, and of the plans that are plotted by the enemies of Islam against it after they felt that our ideas began to interact with the Ummah, that makes us feel that our path is full of obstacles and that we must take the issue of carrying the da'wah very seriously, keeping in mind the saying of the Prophet (saw) when he (saw) said to his wife, ''the time for sleeping is over Khadeejah.''
Seriousness in carrying the da'wah means that we must consider every issue related to our da'wah to be very important and serious, even though it might not appear that way. It also means seriousness in realizing and understanding the idea and the methodology of carrying our da'wah as extracted from the Seerah of the Prophet (saw) and the sources of legislation, and it also means seriousness in looking for effective techniques to communicate with the Ummah, and seriousness in doing our duties related to the da'wah in the best manner possible.
We must also realize that the lack of seriousness leads to isolation and retreat, which we always describe as being a mix of fear and desperation. The Islamic party should be a live structure whose cells are comprised of us. The secret of its life is the Islamic idea that we not only believe in, but we also live our lives and perform our actions according to. This Islamic idea, that was dead in the heart and the mind of this Ummah for a long time will naturally start again as a cultural-religious idea. To transform such an idea into a political idea in the minds of the da'wah carriers, they must always refer to this idea in dealing with and explaining all the incidents that they are confronted with, and they must make this practice a habit.
Exposing the political side of the Islamic idea is very difficult, especially in the present state of decline in the Ummah. It requires a continuous and valiant effort to be exerted by the da'wah carriers.
Seriousness in carrying the da'wah requires that we must carry the Islamic idea using effective techniques to make the Ummah eager to work with us. This seriousness makes the Ummah trust us as statesmen who are capable of leading her in the struggle against false ideas and unjust rulers, and in carrying the Islamic da'wah to the world. Usually, the lack of seriousness is attributed to the exaggerated precautions taken by some brothers and sisters when addressing the Ummah. These exaggerated precautions emanate from the following important factors: 1- The fear of making a mistake. 2- The fear that the Ummah will not respond. 3- The fear of torture.In order to overcome the second and third factors, it is enough for us to remember that our Uswah (best role model), the Prophet (saw), was tortured for the sake of his da'wah and that he (saw) was confronted by the unbelievers. The torture and confrontations only increased the Prophet's (saw) determination on continuing his (saw) da'wah until Allah (swt) assisted him (saw) by sending a group from a tribe called Al-Khazraj who believed in his Da'wah and championed him. This was a turning point in the life of the Islamic Da'wah. Let us read the Seerah (biography) of the Prophet (saw) where we can find his (saw) admirable response to his uncle, Abu-Taleb, who was sent by the pagans of Makkah in an attempt to convince the Prophet (saw) to leave his Da'wah, he said: By Allah, I swear, that if they (the pagans) put the sun in my right hand and the moon in my left hand in order to leave this Da'wah, I will not leave it until Allah grants it His victory or I die for its sake. Abstaining from carrying the Da'wah because of the claim that the Ummah will not respond means that we have decided that we know the Ghaib and produce our judgment in advance that the Ummah will never respond, and this is of course, impossible because none of us know when the Ummah will respond to our Da'wah. In this matter, we must also follow our best role model, the Prophet (saw), who tried many times to present his Da'wah to different tribes in the Arab Peninsula and each time his (saw) Da'wah was rejected, but the Prophet (saw) did not take that as a reason to leave the Da'wah, instead he (saw) kept trying until the tribe of Khazraj responded as was previously mentioned.
Regarding the fear of making mistakes, this factor may result from the fact that as part of this Ummah, we were not aware of the systematic and precise disciplined thinking until we were involved in this party. Prior to working with a group, we were talking without adhering to any rules and we were usually lacking thoroughness. Now after we have realized that the Islamic ideology is the secret of the life of this Ummah, and that this ideology consists of two parts: the idea and the methodology, and that the methodology is a product of the idea, and that we must engage in thorough thinking and study Islam in depth to apply it correctly, we become fearful of making mistakes regarding the rules of the idea and the methodology. This sometimes leads to fear when facing the Ummah and eventually to the isolation of the Da'wah carriers.
To solve the above problem, we must realize the necessity of spontaneous thinking, and we must remember that Allah (swt) will not hold us accountable for our mistakes.
To this effect, we recall the incident involving Abu-Bakr (ra) after the following verse was revealed: 'Alif-Lam-Meem. The Romans have been defeated in the nearer land, and they, after their defeat, will be victorious, within a few years'. Abu-Bakr (ra) bet the pagans that the Romans will defeat the Persians within three years, but the Prophet (saw) reminded him that the Qur'an mentioned the word (bid'i) which means the number from three to nine, and he did not scold him for his bet. Abu-Bakr, on the other hand, did not fear of falling into mistakes when he initially said that.
Making mistakes is unpreventable, in fact, it is necessary for any Da'wah carrier who wants to refine his political experience. If the Mujtahid was afraid of making a mistake, he would not make Ijtihad. Likewise, if the Khalifah(ruler) was afraid of making mistakes, he would not lead the Ummah, etc... In light of the above discussion, we must all realize what is necessary to carry the Da'wah, and that carrying the Da'wah seriously is mandatory upon everyone of us. We must all devote ourselves to fulfilling this responsibility.
taken from www.adduonline.com
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