The Prophet’s Da`wah Methodology (Part One)
This article is one of a series of articles dealing with the methodology and approach adopted Prophet Muhammad in inviting people to Islam.
The misfortunes occurring to the Muslims is simply due to the fact that Muslims are moving away from the true teachings of Islam, as taught Muhammad (peace be upon him). The world will be a better place if Islam is revived back into the Muslims’ lives and ultimately, spread to the rest of the world.
Watch this Show of In the Company of Scholars in which Musa Cerantonio hosts Areeb Islam and Dr. Zaghloul Al-Najjar to discuss how to invite non-Muslims especially Christians to Islam.
Da`wah is an obligation, however sometimes it is much easier to call to Allah than other times. How are we to deal with the difficulties we face?
While travelling to give talks and lectures around the world, I meet all types of people who are curious about my culture, or who have had some experience with it and want to share their stories.
Having patience is one of the traits of a Muslim, and I’m not sure why it’s not practiced in these cases. Most probably born Muslims are too excited about gaining a new Muslim and assume that all a person needs to change faith is some “encouragement” from others. This of course is not true, but unfortunately many have little or no experience of dealing with non-Muslims or people from different cultures.
One of the basic communication skills that most of us overlook is effective listening. People think 4 times more when they’re listening in comparison to when they’re doing the talking themselves.
Find out the challenges that face the Islamic Da`wah and how to overcome them.