Da'wah needs commitment, consistency and willingness.
Tarbiyyah needs sincerity, seriousness and earnestness.
The Arabic term Da'wah is derived from the verb, Daa'aa which means to call, to invite, and to supplicate that is to call on God. Da'wah is not coercive, if it is, then it has contrary meanings in its pristine form. Allah the Almighty has ordained “No coercion in religion (2 : 256). Therefore, Da'wah is an invitation and it can only be fulfilled with the full consent of the addressed.
Definitely Islam does not legislate us Muslims, to invite people unto the path of the true One Lord by using compulsion. It should be a process of rational intellection. For example Da'wah to non-Muslims, if the Christians are not convinced with what we have uttered, they should not be afraid of leaving the place in dignity without having to convert to Islam.
Allah says in the Glorious Qur'an, Surah An-Nahl, verse number 125;
Da'wah and Tarbiyyah are burdensome!
Da'wah and Tarbiyyah are not going to coddle or pamper you, but rather educate and instill the invaluable priceless values of God-Consciousness into yourselves that you may be able to distinguish what is truly needed and what is not.
Do not claim yourselves as doing Da'wah when you spend an ample amount of time laying down on comfy couch playing laptop, copy and paste Ahadith without having a profound understanding on them and start to speak out in an abusively disparaging manner against those who may have the wrong ideas on certain issues or maybe hold different opinions.
Without delving deeper, you spread the untruth news about stuffs that you do not really care in the first place. You may disagree on certain issues, but it should be abide by ethics and manners.
But before you go to that stage, have you really understood the essential meanings of Illah, Rabb, Ibadah and Deen?. Ask yourselves, after all altercations you have caught yourself into;
Did you really scrutinize what does it take to be a Muhsin? or Muttaqin? or Mu'min, or Muslim?. Do you recite the Qur'an accordingly?
What about your parents? Have you shown some respect to them?
Do you know how to make Wudhu' properly?
Your friends are going on a trip with their partners, did you warn them of its consequences?
These are the questions that you should be preoccupied with.
Definitely Islam does not legislate us Muslims, to invite people unto the path of the true One Lord by using compulsion. It should be a process of rational intellection. For example Da'wah to non-Muslims, if the Christians are not convinced with what we have uttered, they should not be afraid of leaving the place in dignity without having to convert to Islam.
Allah says in the Glorious Qur'an, Surah An-Nahl, verse number 125;
"Invite (mankind, O Muhammad SAW) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islâm) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Revelation and the Qur'ân) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided."
Tarbiyah is derived from the verb rabbi, which denotes “to make or let grow; to raise, rear, bring up (so); to educate, to teach, instruct.” The root verb is raba/yarbu, which means “to increase, to grow” . Hence, Tarbiyah is all about educating, teaching, and cultivating.
"Verily, he who has reformed the nafs has attained success, and he who has impurified it has lost.”
Tarbiyyah is inherently significant to all of us; Muslims in shaping our thoughts and perceptions on Islam. Indeed, all of the Deen is based upon the Tarbiyyah; the upbringing of ourselves. It is to increase and reinvigorate our Imaan (Faith) and Taqwa in Allah the Almighty because we human beings by nature are forgetful. Thus, we are in a dire need of constant reminders timelessly. We may think by not undergoing the process of Tarbiyyah is not going to give any effect on our faith, but slowly, we are deteriorating it.
If we do not have a proper Tarbiyyah in accordance to the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) than God Forbid we may see (even now) Muslims ourselves are trying to derogate and denigrate Islam.
"Verily, he who has reformed the nafs has attained success, and he who has impurified it has lost.”
Tarbiyyah is inherently significant to all of us; Muslims in shaping our thoughts and perceptions on Islam. Indeed, all of the Deen is based upon the Tarbiyyah; the upbringing of ourselves. It is to increase and reinvigorate our Imaan (Faith) and Taqwa in Allah the Almighty because we human beings by nature are forgetful. Thus, we are in a dire need of constant reminders timelessly. We may think by not undergoing the process of Tarbiyyah is not going to give any effect on our faith, but slowly, we are deteriorating it.
If we do not have a proper Tarbiyyah in accordance to the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) than God Forbid we may see (even now) Muslims ourselves are trying to derogate and denigrate Islam.
Da'wah and Tarbiyyah are burdensome!
Da'wah and Tarbiyyah are not going to coddle or pamper you, but rather educate and instill the invaluable priceless values of God-Consciousness into yourselves that you may be able to distinguish what is truly needed and what is not.
Do not claim yourselves as doing Da'wah when you spend an ample amount of time laying down on comfy couch playing laptop, copy and paste Ahadith without having a profound understanding on them and start to speak out in an abusively disparaging manner against those who may have the wrong ideas on certain issues or maybe hold different opinions.
Without delving deeper, you spread the untruth news about stuffs that you do not really care in the first place. You may disagree on certain issues, but it should be abide by ethics and manners.
But before you go to that stage, have you really understood the essential meanings of Illah, Rabb, Ibadah and Deen?. Ask yourselves, after all altercations you have caught yourself into;
Did you really scrutinize what does it take to be a Muhsin? or Muttaqin? or Mu'min, or Muslim?. Do you recite the Qur'an accordingly?
What about your parents? Have you shown some respect to them?
Do you know how to make Wudhu' properly?
Your friends are going on a trip with their partners, did you warn them of its consequences?
These are the questions that you should be preoccupied with.
Tweet
5 comments:
Keep up your effort in tarbiyyah and da'wah. May Allah bless you with the strength along with its hasanat. Ameen~
Keep up the effort in performing your tarbiyyah and da'wah. Always inspiring, at least to me.
May Allah bless you with strength along with its hasanah. Ameen~
Great read. Keep up the tarbiyyah ya shaykh! Thank you.
Great read. Keep up with your tarbiyyah, ya shaykh! Thank you.
Salam. Whilst I agree with your most of it, I believe what our generation needs to readdress is our lack of subservience to God's law. According to Sunnah, it is best for women to be escorted by her mahrams around in order to protect her dignity and defend her honour, but many people - parents especially tend to overlook this. Nowadays, Islamic teachings are somewhat divorced from reality, and each Muslim is in dire need of not only studying, but also applying the laws. Many lost souls we read on news who converted to other religions are due to their own lack of comprehension and knowledge of the Qur'an and Sunnah. About 60% adherents, Malaysia is no exception to factions and social unrest, I would say.
Post a Comment