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بِسمِ
اللهِ
الرَّحْمَنِ
الرَّحِيمِ Allah,
in the name of, the Most Affectionate, the Eternally Merciful |
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Your
Questions & Comments Don't suppress questions!
Questions are good for your intellectual health!!! |
آپ کے
سوالات و
تاثرات سوالات
کو دبائیے نہیں!
سوالات
ذہنی صحت کی
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اردو
اور عربی تحریروں کو بہتر
دیکھنے کے
لئے نسخ اور
نستعلیق
فانٹ یہاں سے
ڈاؤن لوڈ کیجیے
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Da’wah Tactics (Tactics for Religious
Preaching) Don't hesitate to
share your questions and comments. They will be highly appreciated. I'll
reply ASAP if I know the answer. Send at mubashirnazir100@gmail.com . |
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Question: Dear brother, Assalam o Alaykum, Hope you will find this email in best of your spiritual and physical
health. I am really sorry for so late reply. Problems, busy schedule and tension are
reasons. As I wrote in my previous email that we are trying to establish a
sophisticated dawah setup. I will provide a
complete sketch of the program but firstly I want some suggestions from your
side regarding 'ideal dawah setup'. I will really
appreciate your valuable suggestions. Again I am sorry for late reply. I tried to download Turkey Safarnama', but i think there is an error in the file. Plz chek it. hope you will not forget me in your special prayers. With best wishes, A Brother, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan June 2010 |
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Dear
Brother Wa alaikum us salam wa Rahmatullah I'm very
happy to receive your mail. May Allah accept your efforts.
If you can give me the sketch of your program, then I can give you a better
advice. About ideal Da'wah setup, I've tried to
share some views in my article on it but we should think practically not
ideally while doing a practical job. Remember
in your prayers. wassalaam Mubashir |
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Dear
brother, Assalam o Alaykum, Thanks for reply and encouragement. we really discuss alot on this
topic. Anyway the sketch is as under: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Objective: Implementation
of Pure Islam firstly on individual and then on broad level (InshaAllah). How we can achieve: a) Preaching and teaching according to
Quran and Sunnah by following ways. Individual meetings. Out of station preaching in the form
of groups. Daily/weekly Dars-e-Quran
and Dars-e-Hadith. Fortnightly Lecture program with
question/answer session. Provision of books and other form of
literature. b) Training of people who will join the
Jama’t. As training plays primary roll and sets the
direction, so we will select a syllabus for different levels. Level-I: Beliefs, Tazkiya-e-Nafs, Hifz-e-Qura'an & Hadith (as possible), Seerat-e-Nabvi (PBUH), Seerat-e-Sahaba(RA), Social duties, Ibadaat,
current affairs. Level-II: Study of Islamic movements (past
& present), Study of current scenario and system of Islamic countries,
study of different sects, History + subjects of Level-I. Level-III: .. . . . . . . . <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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you know that 'matter' is important but played very bad role. Many religious
organizations lose due to corruption. So it is better not to accept any
zakat/sadqat and aid etc. For example if anybody
wants to contribute than he/she can provide books for library or material for
masjid but "as a gift". And also we will not consider him/her as
VIP. Leaves of trees and grass is more sweet than
'biryani' and 'chicken legs', and soil is more comfortable than
silky-mattresses and blankets. Please
comment / advise. Your advice will be very valuable
for us. Regards, A Brother, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan |
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Dear
Brother Wa alaikum us salam wa Rahmatullah e wa Barakatuhu Thank you
very much for giving value to my advice. Before giving detailed comments, I
need to know that what sort of people are you targeting in terms of education
and income level i.e. highly educated people, moderately-educated people,
middle class, poor class, religiously educated people etc. The reason for
asking this question is that the Da'wah Strategy
should be different for each segment of the society due to differences in
their social infrastructure, value system, views, lifestyles, ways of
expression etc. As far as
the syllabus is concerned, its sounds nice. I'll suggest a few adjustments to
it after you tell me the details of your "Target Audience". For
education at Level 3 and above, I developed a syllabus for the online course
I'm working. You can see its detailed outline at the following link. A
detailed introduction to this project is also available. It may help you in
developing your own syllabus. http://www.mubashirnazir.org/Courses/IS001-00-Studiesurdu.htm
http://www.mubashirnazir.org/Courses/Islamic-Studies-Plan-Urdu-Version.pdf
wassalaam Mubashir |
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Respected
brother, Assalam o Alaykum, Thanks
for reply and advise. As you
asked about "Target Audience", I will like to let you know that
generally all Muslims, in our reach, are target audience but the
special/specific are students. Hope I will
hear from you soon. With best
wishes, A Brother, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan |
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Dear
Brother Wa alaikum us salaam wa
Rahmatullah e wa Barakatuhu If the
target audience is the students of modern schools and colleges, I'll suggest
you a few things: 1.
Understand your target audience, their way of thinking, their approach to the
life, their lifestyle etc. For that, you have to spend time with them as a
friend. 2. The
basic principle of Da'wah is to have a positive
mindset about your target audience. Love your target audience. If you find
them indulged in some polytheistic or immoral practice, even then love them
as a doctor loves his patients, or a trader loves his customer regardless of
their theological & moral weaknesses. A Da'wah
with a negative mindset always fails. If you'll approach them with a positive
mindset and behavior, they'll pay heed to what you say and then Allah may
change their mind. 3. Always
remember one principle; change of a person is not in our scope of work. It is
only with Allah. He has also asked His Prophet صلی
اللہ علیہ
وآلہ وسلم not to bother about the change. Our job is only and
only to convey the message of Allah in a nice way. So never force your
audience to change. Only instigate the positive potential hidden deep inside
their personality. 4.
Personal appearance of a Da'ee (preacher) is
also very important. If you go to your audience in a Moulviyana
(ostentatiously religious) appearance, they'll never listen to you. Your
appearance should be as close as possible with them within the boundaries of Shari'ah. 5. Making
a Jama'ah (organization) is not an
appropriate approach in modern times especially if you are working with
modern-educated people. It was an acceptable approach in 1960s & 1970s.
Now a day, people are generally scary to join a Jama'ah
and following an Ameer (leader). The best
approach will be that of a religious circle (Halqah)
in which all are friends to each other, nobody is an authoritative leader or
a subjugated follower. 6. Study
the Da'wah tactics of others like Sufis, Qadyanis & Christians. In the Muslim History, the
most effective Da'wah work has been performed by
the Sufis. I strongly disagree with their views but I am impressed with their
Da'wah strategy. Since you belong to Kashmir, you
can easily observe the love, affection and following of public with Sufis in
your area. This was due to their attitude. I've written a few articles on the
subject: http://www.mubashirnazir.org/ER/S0022-Sufia%20Strategy.htm
http://www.mubashirnazir.org/ER/Q0009-Work%20for%20Islamic%20Dawah.htm
You can
study the Da'wah methodology of Sufis in the "Zaavia" of Ashfaq Ahmed.
Just read this book, you'll know their tactics. It is available at: http://www.ibitians.com/2008/05/29/download-zavia-1-by-ashfaq-ahmed
7.
Language is very important in the Da'wah work. Your
communication skills must be excellent. You should be able to talk in the
language of your audience. Allah Almighty revealed all His Books in the
language of their target audience. Also see this article. http://www.mubashirnazir.org/ER/S0014-Language%20of%20ulema.htm
8. As
you've mentioned about donations in your approach, always avoid taking money
or any other favor from people. The most effective Da'ee
is the one who 'gives' and not 'takes'. You already have this willingness. So
keep it up. Don't ask for anything. Just become a giver without any
expectation for return. 9. The
most important thing in Da'wah is your own
character. People learn by practical examples, not by sermons. If you
demonstrate a good character, automatically people will follow you. By good
character, I mean the humanistic values of justice, love, care of others,
patience, thankfulness etc. 10.
Always avoid "Munazara" or
polemical debate. It is a killer to your Da'wah
work. The mindset in the debate is to win other. Ego is involved from the
side of both parties. Start with the Da'wah of
faith and ethics. Build a relation of trust between you and your audience.
Once that relation is established, then you can talk on the disputed issues. 11. Never
criticize a person / group directly. It has very bad impact on your Da'wah work. It instigates their ego and your message
fails. If you've to criticize on some moral weakness, do it in an indirect
manner without pointing fingers at any person / group / sect. 12. Study
the literature of successful people who are working on the same segment of
the society, even if you disagree with them on their views. There are various
groups targeting to the same target audience of educated people / students.
Examples include Tablighi Jama'at,
the circle of Waheed ud
Din Khan, the circle of people of Al-Mawrid (Javed Ahmed Ghamidi), Minhaj ul Quran and Dr. Tahir ul Qadri,
different Sufi orders etc. Study and evaluate their Da'wah
Strategy. Identify the reasons of their success. Learn from their mistakes.
This will help you a lot in devising your own strategy. 13. The
key to success of Da'wah is "thinking from
other's point of view". Try to think from the perspective of the person
whom you are targeting. Suppose he is a Barelvi.
Try to understand his way of thinking and the logic he uses to satisfy
himself. Same is the case if he is a Salafi or
Shi'a or Qadyani or a Hindu or a Christian. It
helps a lot in devising your Da'wah strategy. Feel free
to share if you've more questions on this subject. I'll also publish this
advice on my website in Question-Answers section. Please suggest whether I
should put your name or publish it anonymously. If you
need any help/advice on any matter, please feel free to ask. wassalaam Mubashir |
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مصنف
کی دیگر تحریریں قرآنی
عربی
پروگرام / سفرنامہ
ترکی
/ مسلم
دنیا اور ذہنی،
فکری اور نفسیاتی
غلامی
/ اسلام
میں جسمانی و
ذہنی غلامی
کے انسداد کی
تاریخ / تعمیر
شخصیت
پروگرام /
قرآن اور
بائبل
کے دیس میں / علوم
الحدیث: ایک
تعارف / کتاب
الرسالہ:
امام شافعی کی
اصول فقہ پر
پہلی کتاب کا
اردو ترجمہ و
تلخیص
/ اسلام
اور دور حاضر
کی تبدیلیاں / ایڈورٹائزنگ
کا اخلاقی
پہلو سے
جائزہ / الحاد
جدید کے مغربی
اور مسلم
معاشروں پر
اثرات / اسلام
اور نسلی و
قومی امتیاز / اپنی
شخصیت اور
کردار کی تعمیر
کیسے کی
جائے؟
/ مایوسی
کا علاج کیوں
کر ممکن ہے؟ / دور جدید
میں دعوت دین
کا طریق کار / اسلام
کا خطرہ: محض ایک
وہم یا حقیقت / Quranic Concept of
Human Life Cycle / Empirical Evidence of
God’s Accountability
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