How Does a Learned Person Call to Allah?
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Creator: Ibn ul Qayyim al Jawziyyah
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Subject: dawah
Title: How Does a Learned Person Call to Allah?
Created on: Wed Jan 09 15:20:50 -0500 2008
Updated on: Wed Jan 09 15:20:50 -0500 2008
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Abstract: ... An advice on how to call to Allah the people immersed in the Dunya Ibn ul Qayyim al Jawziyyah The learned individual does not command the people to abandon the Dunya, for they are incapable of abandoning it. Rather he instructs them to abandon wrongdoing with their [continue] residence in the Dunya. For the abandonment of the Dunya is supererogatory, but the abandonment of wrongdoing is obligatory. Accordingly, how can an [individual] be commanded to a supererogatory action, when he has [neglected] to establish an obligatory one?! If the abandonment of wrongdoing becomes difficult for them to [endure], endeavour to make them love Allah by [means] of mentioning His Signs, His Blessings, His Munificence, His Perfect Attributes, and Exalted Descriptions. For indeed the heart is naturally inclined towards His love. If it is attached towards His love, the abandonment of wrongdoing and independence from it, in addition to the persistence upon it shall become easy [to obtain].... [Full Article...]
