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**Are there any conditions for the person who is doing dawa’a (inviting ppl to deen)?

Should the person who is doing dawa’a be of a certain level of piety?

Does anyone know the answers?**

I am asking this, bcz the other day this tableeghi jamaat team came to our house. If you are familiar with tableeghi jamaat setup, these ppl go from city to city and mohala to mohala and invite people to visit masjid and do good deed etc.

Well, in this team was one gentleman who lives in our neighborhood and is awal-number Rashi and fraud-type banda.

So, an uncle of mine scolded him to be part of the team, as this brings the whole exercise to disrepute.

During this discussion, someone mentioned that Rasool Allah (SAWW) never allowed ppl of questionable character to assume the responisbility of dai’i (or inviter). The person must have certain level of knowedge and his own conduct must be above board in all aspects of daily life.

Is this true? Anyone can’t become a mubaligh?

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No, there is no requirement as such for being a da'i, as far as I know. Being Muslim is one of course, but according to Prophet SAW, the primary role of a daai'i is to share and spread the information and knowledge that he has, whatever little it may be, in the process strenghtening his own imaan. Daawah is primarily a source for people to develop and strengthen their own faith.
Tableegh however is different. Tableegh is primarily done to people who come to you, rather than the other way around, as in, a non muslim, who wishes to learn more about Islam.

In Saudi Arabia, people usually visit each others homes in rotation, a practice known as 'jaulah', or 'gasht', and take turns doing that, so the home owner doesnt get annoyed at seeing the same person over and over again. The idea is to solidify your own good habits, and perhaps make an impression on the person you are visiting as well, and this does not require any particular level of knowledge or tableeghi skills.

The ill-reputed person who was a part of the team that visited your home might have been a rashi, but who knows...because of his participation in such jaulahs, some good sense might fall into his heart and he might change.

[This message has been edited by Eastern Analog (edited January 02, 2001).]

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Interesting.

So it means anyone can do tableegh?

Any evil guy, whose ill-deeds are public knowledge, can go around to houses of ppl and invite them to Islam. This guy is a tableeghi in the evening. And rashi and corrupt in the day.

Whatever is in his heart is between him and Allah Ta'alla. We are not concerned with it.

What we are concerned with is his public life, right?

So, if my christian driver points out to me, that this guy who has been coming to your house inviting you to masjid for prayers for the last 4 years, and who never misses a tableeghi ijtama in Raiwind. The same guy spends mosts the nights being drunk and gambling. That he is a womanizer, and that he offers rishwat to all his superiors.
What should I say? That what this man does in the night is his own business, and I am only concerned with what this guy is doing for tableegh?
And maybe after doing tableegh he will change?

Doesn't the bad name inflicted upon Islam due to such people any consideration in this?

Are there any guidance from Quran, Sunnah and the conduct of the sahaba on this matter?

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Again, to define the difference between tableegh and dawah.....Tableegh is done in masajids, or gatherings, where people come of their own will. And tableegh is done by a Mubaligh, a qualified, knowledgeable person. So theres no dispute regarding that.

As for dawa, its all about strengthening your Imaan.
We may have differing personal opinions regarding different people, but we cannot allow our personal opinions to make a judgement call on someones character, even though it might be right. And moreover, u are using hearsay information coming from a non muslim and using it against a muslim. Allah SWTs forbids that in the Quran by saying,

Laa Tajassasu.
Do not spy on peoples lives.

Now that person might be the worst offender during the day, a pious maulana by evening, and a big womanizer by night, but remember, shirk is the only sin thats unforgivable. Rest every sin is forgivable, with Allahs SWT rehmat. And besides, as Luqman told his son, and Allah SWT quoted in the Quran,

  1. "O my son! If there be a good deed of the weight of a mustard-seed and it were (hidden) in a rock, or (anywhere) in the heavens or on earth, Allah will bring it forth: for Allah understands the finest mysteries, (and) is well-acquainted (with them)."

So whether that person is a habitual offender and a big sinner, or whatever, we cannot compare his stature to that of any other human being based on what we see or hear. Because the only thing that matters is what Allah SWT sees.

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one small thing I sometime wonder, why is it that muslims always do tableegh towards other muslims ? I never heard about tableegh towards non-muslims. Shouldn't this also be done ? Ok, I know muslims have to get stronger and all that, but still?

Don't waste time, or it'll waste you @;-)

[This message has been edited by aMiGo (edited January 02, 2001).]

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Because this uneducated Tabligi groups are scared to present themselves infront of a group of non-muslim intellectuals.

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Like Eastern Analog, i haven't come across any specific requirements or set conditions. But i know to give da'wa you must have knowledge,* 'This is my way; I invite unto Allah with sure knowledge...' (12:108)* When we call people to Islam, not only must we must remember to do so with kindness, gentleness, honesty, compassion, patience, and but most importantly we must remember to do so with knowledge...one cannot invite people blindly without proper knowledge, proper understanding of islam....and i think, you must possess not only the knowledge, but the ability to explain, to reason, to teach, to spread that knowledge...

I mean we give da'wa not just because we want to establish Allah swt's deen wherever we go, but for us as muslim's calling people to islam is an obligation.I mean in surah an-Nisaa, its says: *'Invite to the Way of your Lord with wisdom 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.' * ....with 'wisdom and fair preaching'

Alright about that other stuff, ie.the character of the da'i, first thing that comes to mind is the phrase 'who are we to judge?' You bring up the point that we are not judging what is in their hearts, rather their public life and actions. But then again, who are we to stop someone from spreading the noor of islam, if they do so with good intentions...who are we to dissuade them from the little good they can do...'It is said that what comes from the mouth goes to the ear, but what comes from the heart goes to the heart. The Arabic saying goes, if you do not have it, you cannot give it. If you don't truly believe something, you can't get someone else to.'

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Originally posted by Girl from Quraysh:
Like Eastern Analog, i haven't come across any specific requirements or set conditions. But i know to give da'wa you must have knowledge,* 'This is my way; I invite unto Allah with **sure knowledge...' (12:108)* When we call people to Islam, not only must we must remember to do so with kindness, gentleness, honesty, compassion, patience, and but most importantly we must remember to do so with knowledge...one cannot invite people blindly without proper knowledge, proper understanding of islam....and i think, you must possess not only the knowledge, but the ability to explain, to reason, to teach, to spread that knowledge...

I mean we give da'wa not just because we want to establish Allah swt's deen wherever we go, but for us as muslim's calling people to islam is an obligation.I mean in surah an-Nisaa, its says: *'Invite to the Way of your Lord with wisdom 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.' * ....with 'wisdom and fair preaching'

Alright about that other stuff, ie.the character of the da'i, first thing that comes to mind is the phrase 'who are we to judge?' You bring up the point that we are not judging what is in their hearts, rather their public life and actions. But then again, who are we to stop someone from spreading the noor of islam, if they do so with good intentions...who are we to dissuade them from the little good they can do...'It is said that what comes from the mouth goes to the ear, but what comes from the heart goes to the heart. The Arabic saying goes, if you do not have it, you cannot give it. If you don't truly believe something, you can't get someone else to.'

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GFQ!
Besides i would like to add few things...
first read my signatures...
secondly, it is also said in quran, but i don't remember Surat and ayaat but it is for sure and it is something like that:
"Oh you believers! Why you say something that you don't do"
Thirdly, Hazrat Ali (RAA) said:
"Don't look who is saying something but look what he/she is saying."

Wama Alaina Illal Balagh!

You (Muslims) are the best nation ever raised among the mankind: (because) you
advocate righteousness and FORBID EVIL, and you believe in (one) GOD (ALLAH).

(Sura: Alay-Imran; Ayat:110)

**Sitaaron Pay Jo Daltay Hain Kamand!**

Shaheen=An Eagle or A Flacon!
How come people come up with the idea that Shaheen is a "gal"????

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Good one Shaheen;

Imam Ali (as) apparently said not to look at the person who is stating a fact, whether he be known to be a criminal, munafiq, liar, or a kafir.

Good one. Another of yr made up sayings to support yr shallow beliefs.

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Well I agree mostly with GFQ, and I myself have never come across any specific requirements.
However, I do reason that it might not be right for a person to command/request others to Ibadah, while be negligent of it himself. Ofcourse such a person might be doing so with good intentions, but he should not only do Da'waa but also the more important Ibadads such as Salah, Zakat, Fasting and prohibititing from unlawful activities.

In any circumstances, one should listen to the call to Islam with his heart and take it as a blessing from Allah rather judging it according to the piety of another person.

As long as the person is concerned, in any case he himself should also be instructed on the right path and taught to stop any bad habits:

Also, the people doing da'waa should bear in mind that they do so in a polite, respectful, friendly,** honest ** and compassionate way and not do too much to bore people, nor do it in any way that is annoying. Consider this hadith:

  • Sahih al Bukhari, Volume 1, Hadith 69: **

The Prophet said, "Facilitate things to people (concerning religious matters), and do not make it hard for them and give them good tidings and do not make them run away (from Islam)."

Well as a bottom line, we should not forget that everyone's judgement is with Allah, and he is the most fair of judges. Whom he guides will never go astray and whom he sends astray will never be guided. So lets pray to Allah to choose us among the favoured ones and bless us with knowledge and wisdom. (Aameen)