More Than 80 ways to Make Dawah-1

More Than 80 ways to Make Dawah:-

All praise is due to Allaah who expressed the highest praise for the “caller” to his religion
saying: “And who is better in speech than one who calls to Allaah and works
righteousness and says: ‘Surely I am of the Muslims.’ ” (41: 33). And may Allaah’s
peace and blessings be on Prophet Muhammad, the role model, who said: “Whoever calls
to guidance will have a reward similar to that of one who follows it.”1
Muslims know that Allaah is the one who honored them with the religion of Islaam and
made them responsible for fulfilling the trust of spreading it. Furthermore, they know that
they will be asked about this responsibility, as Allaah says: “This is a reminder to you
and your people and you will be asked (questioned).” (43: 44) They also know that if
they fulfill this trust and become a reason for the guidance of others to Almighty Allaah,
they will receive a reward greater than they can possibly imagine, as the Almighty said:
“Say: Let them rejoice in Allaah’s grace and mercy, for it is better than what they
accumulate.” (10: 58) And the Prophet (r) said, “For Allaah to guide someone by your
hand is better for you than anything this world contains.”2
It is from Allaah’s grace upon us in these times that there are many ways to give da‘wah
(calling to Islaam) and sufficient opportunities for everyone to participate and benefit
from its great rewards. One who calls to Islaam is obliged to choose the most suitable
way for those whom he or she calls. Furthermore, the caller has to vary these methods
according to the particular circumstances he finds himself in, as Prophet Noah and the
prophets before him did.
The responsibility of the caller is to be aware of the various forms of invitation in
order to facilitate his work. The caller should also direct his invitation to everyone,
including his immediate family, relatives, servants, guests, neighbors, colleagues and his
friends. He should also be aware of the various locations where the invitation can be
given like mosques, prayer halls, schools, hospitals, prisons, parks, beaches and
recreational areas, Hajj tents, hotels, residences, airports, bus stations, banquet halls,
shopping centers, market places, barbershops, public buses, offices, lunch rooms,
cafeterias, and restaurants. Places where new comers to the country frequent such as
passport offices, duty free shopping areas, immigration offices, post offices, traffic police
offices, police stations, tourist bureau, information counters in the various governmental
departments and embassies.
Cooperation in da‘wah is also important as there are many others striving to give
the invitation whose skills and experience may benefit you and yours may benefit them.
Learning from their experiences will help you to be more creative and upgrade your
knowledge and da‘wah skills. Consequently, the caller should eagerly encourage others
to collaborate with others in da‘wah and to give their utmost in serving the religion,
whether they are from his family or not. Futhermore, he or she should utilize a variety of
da‘wah materials and advertisements to recruit others to this noble cause by jointly
1 Sahih Muslim, vol. 3, p. 1050, no. 4665.
2 Sahih Al Bukhari, vol. 4, pp. 156-7, no. 253.
printing books, pamphlets, and brochures, as well as copying tapes, CDs, video tapes, etc.
and distributing them as widely as possible within his or her circle of friends as well as
outside of the circle.


Since people are often at a loss as to how they should go about giving da‘wah
and use their ignorance as an excuse not to do anything, the following list of more than
eighty suggestions have been compiled from among the many possible ways to give
da‘wah in order to make the way easier:

At Home:

1. Household library. Prepare a collection of books, magazines and tapes according
to what is suitable for the various age groups (with consideration of what are
suitable for all the members of the family).
2. Posters. Make a bulletin board for the home on which announcements for
Islaamic lectures and events can be posted in order to remind the family of
important events and lectures.
3. Family lessons. Read from a book, listen to a tape or memorize a portion from
the Qur’aan and hadeeth together as a group.
4. Family Competitions. Engage family members in Islaamic competitions and
maybe the prize is writing the winner’s name on the honor roll in the house).
5. Family Magazine. Create a family magazine by having family members
participate writing essays or in cutting articles and pictures related to Islaam from
the magazines and newspapers which you bring home.
6. Participation in Islaamic Social Work. Have your brother or son accompany
you to the prayers, lectures or to visit a sick person or a scholar or the offices of
Da‘wah.
7. Righteous Acts in Public. Do some righteous acts in front of the family, such as
prayer, reading Qur’aan and giving charity, as an example for them to learn from.
At the Mosque:
8. Participation in the Wall Magazine. In most mosques there are bulletin boards
at the back with announcements and Islaamic posters. Contribute articles to the
board and purchase beneficial and informative posters for it.
9. Development of the Mosque’s Facilities and Programs. Participate in
developing the mosque’s Da‘wah facilities and activities such as its library,
Qur’aan memorization classes and its contribution’s box.
10. Providing Books and Tapes. Collect good books, booklets, pamphlets and tapes
from Islaamic charitable organizations and put them in various locations in the
mosque. For example, it is possible to place the literature in the Qur’aan shelves
and in particular the Qur’aanic commentaries and their translations in different
languages.
11. Advertisement for Mosque’s Programs. Announce the topics and timings for
new lectures and classes in the mosque and post advertisements for them on the
bulletin boards and on the doors of the mosque.
12. Lectures. Invite a good lecturers know to you to give lectures at the mosque or
contact organizations like the Awqaaf or other Da‘wah organizations to provide
lecturers for your local mosque on a regular basis.
13. Translation of Friday Khutbah. Arrange with the Awqaaf for the translation of
the Friday sermon into the languages of the majority of those who attend Jumu‘ah
in your local mosque.
14. Mosque Committee. Participation in the mosque’s committee which organizes
the mosque’s Da‘wah programs and its and social activities.
At School:
15. Morning Assembly. Help to prepare da‘wah oriented material for the morning
assembly and the school’s morning broadcast.
16. Bulletin Boards. Prepare attractive posters advertising internal extra curricular
activities as well as external Islaamic lectures and classes for the various bulletin
boards around the school.
17. Drama Activities. Participate in the drama activity in the school by developing
Islaamic plays and themes.
18. Lectures. Arrange for the visits of various speakers and callers to the school.
Focus on open forums in which students are able to ask the questions which are
most important to them, thereby making Islaam seem more relevant.
19. Competitions. Organize Islaamic and academic educational competitions
between the students and schools and distribute Islaamic prizes. Use such
occasions as a means to talk about the importance and responsibility of da‘wah.
20. Facilitating Student Input. Collect students’ suggestions and complaints and
present them to the school authorities. Give full support to student opinions on
important issues, especially those related to Islaam.
21. Islaamic Library. Help the Islamic studies department to develop a strong and
varied section for Islaam in the school’s general library. Focus on Islaamic novels
and stories of the Companions and others.
22. Exhibitions and Expositions. Participate in book and tape exhibitions or antidrug
epositions, etc. which are officially organized by the school.
23. Islaamic Week. Request that the school dedicate a week annually to Islaamic
exhibitions, displays, posters, artifacts, videos, books and tapes.
24. Summer Holidays. Introduce Islaamic content in the summer vacation activities
of the school
.
At the Work Place:

25. Da‘wah Posters. Put up Da‘wah posters and announcements for Islaamic events
on the office’s bulletin boards.
26. Your Desk. Keep Da‘wah material on your desk at all times, among your books,
in a rack as well as on your own bulletin board.
27. Tape Distribution. Distribute tapes of recent lectures relevant to co-workers.
Especially those with catchy titles that address materialism.
28. Invitations. Invite interested co-workers to lectures and other Islamic events, as
well as to visit Islaamic da‘wah offices.
29. Congregational Prayer. Establish congregational prayer in the office or invite
co-workers to accompany you to the nearby mosque.
30. Islaamic Socialization. Organize social gatherings and invite Islamic propagators
to join you as informal guests.
31. Open Discussions. Encourage Islamic discussions during lunch and tea breaks.
32. Islaamic Projects. Gather other active Muslims in the office to initiate Islamic
charitable projects on your job.
33. The Islaamic Example. Do your job to the best of your ability at all times as a
good Islamic example to your co-workers.
General Means of Da􀂵wah:
34. Da‘wah Posters. Create or purchase a variety of beautiful eye-catching posters
whose scenes match though-provoking Islaamic texts or suitable Da‘wah
situations and put them in appropriate locations around the city.
35. Muslim Greeting Cards. Print and distribute congratulatory cards and Eed cards,
as well as cards commemorating other occasions of Islaamic significance which
contain beneficial da‘wah messages and slogans.
36. Da‘wah Album. Collect awe-inspiring pictures and powerful Da‘wah slogans in
da‘wah albums which may be kept for visitors and guests or given as a gift.
37. Marriage Invitation Cards. Turn the cover of a useful pamphlet into a marriage
invitation card as a means of reaching all who attend. For example, where people
are accustomed to a number of un-Islaamic practices during marriage, a wellknown
booklet on the etiquette of marriage could become the marriage invitation
card.
38. Revision or Typing. Request the person you wish to invite to Islaam to revise or
type out a da‘wah article as a means of indirectly exposing them to the Islaamic
information you wish to get across to them.
39. Da‘wah Mobile. Send da‘wah messages by mobile to the general public or by
email to mass mailing lists as reminders for religious occasions or lectures, etc.
40. The Internet. Utilize the Internet for da‘wah conversations or participate in any
of the many the chat rooms in which Islaam is being maligned on the net.


                           SOURCE:- DR. BILAL PHILIP
                                        BOOK OF DAWAH