Daawa - Preaching Islam

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i don’t know, maybe its wrong of me wallahi to feel like this, but i feel like one should be friends with the other person coz they want to be friends with him, like him, but to have a purpose in the back of the mind, even if its daawaa…i dono i am not comfortable with it :bummer:

i dono i just feel weird about it :confused:

i think it goes against the basic ethic of human dealings…and so automatically against Islam…

i can be friends with somene, and then realise they have bad habits and try to improve them, but making friends with someone just for the purpose of giving dawa to them ?? :bummer: andif u r doing so, then make it clear to them that u r approachnig them for the sake of dawa..

but having a hidden agenda is hypocrisy and insincerity…

just think, if a christian girl was being friendly with you coz she wants to convert you, wont you feel hurt abt it?

like i had some close sikh and hindu friends but we used to respect each other’s religions…we never tried to do dawa to each other…in fact my hindu roommate used to tell me irem go and pray…and i used to appreicate it when she did bhajans…coz i respect religious ppl…

this might sound corny to some ppl but there were tmies when her bhajan agarbatti was burning and i used to be praying…i thought that was Allah swt’s beauty that two ppl with opposite faiths could be tolerant of each other…

was that bad? i dont think so..i think the most important thing was we were able to respect each other’s feelings and appreciate each other, rather than making each other feel bad abt what we both held sacred…our religions…

the important bottomline being that we both respected each other’s religions…

ive been involved very much in my college MSA n was one of the most active members on campus…and we did daawaa by distributing pamphlets etc but never approaching people so we could convert them…i think thats the right way to do daawaa…not befirending ppl to convert them…

am i thinking something wrong? if so, would someone correct me?

jazakallah

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I think there's a fine line between teaching someone about your religion and just plain 'brainwashing' them. Some people don't know where this line is which is when problems start.

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Thanks for the reply BritChick, what would you say where is this line for you? :-)

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irem looks u r thinking quite alot these days, which is good most of the time but harmful some times.

i think Dawaa is a complete part of Islam but on the same hand it’s YOU who is preeching with whatever u r doing in ur circle.

just to give an example without any particular pointings, What would be ur reaction to two people sitting in Islamic dress codes sitting together n most probably dating :bravo: (they may be doing something else as well,:disgust: be optimistic:hehe:) < as this site is very common in karachi university>

there may be two approaches to this

#1> its practioners who r bad not the religion

#2> religion is not strong enough

:french:

:dixsi:

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Re: Daawa - Preaching Islam

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*Originally posted by irem: *
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but we used to respect each other's religions...
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when you say you respect their religion, it means that you are fine when they do shirk etc ... which is not the case and I'm sure that's not what you meant. Islam permits people from other religions to practice their religion but that does not mean we are accepting their religion. What we must say is that we respect their right to practice their religion.

This is a common mistake that most of us make and it was pointed out by Mufti Ibrahim Desai on his website www.islam.tc ... and that's where I read it :)

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irem beta, did u avoid religion just for the reason that u dint want any dent in the friendship????
look deep inside u, find the reason....
perhaps u missed out a very good opportunity of dawat....

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irem, I would suggest you read about what happened with war booty at the time of the Prophet (SAW). Insha'Allah it will make things more clear to you.