Da`wah Priorities in the Sunnah
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Subject: dawah
Title: Da`wah Priorities in the Sunnah
Created on: Wed Jan 09 15:23:47 -0500 2008
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Abstract: ... 20 users rated this article 3.90 out of 5 Most Popular Perhaps the most oft-quoted reference with regards to priorities and gradation in da`wah is the famous hadeeth reported by Ibn `Abbaaas radiyAllahu `anhu: The Prophet sallAllahu `alaihi wa sallam sent Mu`aadh to Yemen and said, "Invite the people to testify that Laa ilaaha ill Allah [none has the right to be worshipped but Allah] and that I am the Messenger of Allah. And if they obey you in that, then inform them that Allah has enjoined upon them five daily prayers in every day and night, and if they obey you in that, then inform them that Allah has made it obligatory for them to pay the Zakaat from their properties and it is to be taken from the wealthy among them and given to the poor among them." Another narration states: "You are going to a nation from from the people of the Book, so the first you should invite them to is the assertation of the oneness of Allah..." Muhammad (s) also said: "I have been ordered to fight against the people until they testify that Laa ilaaha ill Allah wa anna Muhammad ar-Rasool Allah, and offer prayers perfectly, and give Zakaat so if they perform all that, then they save their lives and properties from me except for Islamic laws, and then their reckoning (accounts) will be with Allah."9 "I have been sent be... [Full Article...]
