Top 10 excuses Muslims give
for not doing Dawah
By
Yahya Ahmed
This article is especially for those
Muslims who are living in non-
Muslim countries. In General, it is
for all those who have any
contact with non-Muslims.
Definition of Dawah and
Islaah:
Da'wah means a 'call' or
'invitation'; which means to invite
non-Muslims to Islam as well as
the Muslims to the true
understanding and practice of
Islam, but many a times, in
context, it refers to the
invitation of Islam extended to
those who are yet to believe in
or accept Islam.
'Islaah' literally means 'to repair'
or 'to improve'. In an Islamic
context, it refers to efforts to
improve Muslims or to correct
them.
Difference between Dawah
and Islah:
Dawah in Arabic actually means
an invitation and an invitation
can only be given to an out sider.
And in Islamic terminology, Dawah
ul Islam means an invitation to
Islam. When we speak about Islam
to a non Muslim inviting to Islam
it's called Dawah.
Many people even think when we
speak about Islam to Muslim it's
called Dawah and they use this
term Dawah for both types of
talk. Basically when we speak
about Islam to a Muslim calling him
closer or letting him know more
about Islam the more appropriate
word is Islah,
1. I do not have enough
knowledge to do Dawah
This is one of the most common
excuses given for not doing
Dawah. The Prophet (pbuh) said
"Convey (my teachings) to the
people even if it were a single
sentence " (Sahih Bukhari,
Vol.4, Hadith 667)
In those days, times were
different. The access to
knowledge was difficult. They did
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