We are in need for a daai`ya who possesses a heart that is
aflame with concern for the Muslims and the Islamic reality.
A heart that is aflame with concern about the situation of the
Ummah in both the east and the west, a heart that has
compassion on his brothers and realizes the Speech of
Allah Subhannahu, "...firm against the kufaar, and
compassionate with the believers..." (Surat al-Fath:29), not
like the Khawarij who killed the people of Iman and
welcomed the idol worshipers. Surely the believer should
be stern with the kufaar and merciful with the believers and
realize within himself the statement of the Prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam, "The example of the believers in their
friendly relations, their mercy and their compassion towards
one another is like the whole body..." [Bukhari, Muslim,
Tirmidhi all from the hadeeth of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari] and
his statement, "The believer to the believer is like a building,
some [parts of it] support others." [Bukhari, Muslim both from
the hadeeth of al-Nu'man bin Basheer.] We are in need for
the one who feels the pains of his Muslim brothers. When
he hears of calamity that happens to his brother he will feel
pain for them, even if they have some shortcomings and
innovations. Shaykh Muhammad Rasheed Ridha used to
feel pain for the Muslim's reality and the sorrow appeared in
his face when a calamity afflicted one of the Muslims. He
used to cheer when the matter was vice-versa to the point
that his mother recognized this quality of his. When she saw
him sad she asked him, "What's the matter with you my son,
has someone passed away in China today?" She realized
that the sorrow and joy of her son is related to the condition
of the Muslims; he cheers to their cheerfulness and
becomes sad with their sadness, and this is the true walaa'
[loyalty] to the Muslims.
Compassion is that one should posses a heart which
becomes affected by the Muslims' errors and deviations in
the deen. He becomes sad upon the spread of sin and
disobedience among them, a sadness that doesn't push
him away from them but compels him to feel like a doctor
among them who struggles to save them and if he is
unsuccessful he tries to lessen the illness according to his
capability. This compassion should push him also to be
zealous concerning himself, his wife and his children so
that he calls them to that which is good and forbids them
from that which is prohibited and stops them from
committing that which is displeasing to Allah `Azza wa fall.
There are many duaat who speak about Islam but those
who posses this true lively compassion are few. If
compassion lives within the daa`iya's heart it will yield fruitful
dawa, advice and participation in the Muslims' pains
everywhere. But when the person looses compassion he
becomes living for himself, his wife, his children, living to
enjoy that which is around him, and he forgets the worries
of the Muslims. At that time he abandons the truth of walaa'
to the believers even if he speaks about the hadeeths which
warn the Muslims of calamities. He becomes like a hired
female mourner. There are many of those who are
accustomed to a speech that they repeat on occasions...
and who memorize statements that they hear and recite
without feeling any zeal nor fervor towards the deen and it's
people... so woe to this ummah... how needy it is for
burning hearts!
