[E-Book] The Pillars Of Calling To Allaah

By Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan

Source: Taken from a preface that Shaikh Saalih al-Fawzaan (hafidhahullaah) wrote to Shaikh Rabee ibn Hadee al-Madkhalee's (hafidhahullaah) highly beneficial Manhajul-Anbiyaa fid-Da'wah illallaah (The Methodology of the Prophets in Calling to Allaah).

All praise is for Allaah, Lord of all the Worlds, who ordered us to follow His

Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam) and to call to His Way, and may Allaah send

praises and blessings of peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family, his

Companions, and those who truly follow them until the Day of Judgement. To

proceed:

Calling to Allaah (ad-Da'wah ilallaah) is the way of the Messenger (salallaahu 'alaihi wa

sallam) and his followers, as Allaah, the Most High, says:

"Say, Muhammad (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam), this is my way, I call to Allaah (i.e.

to the testification that none has the right to be worshipped except Allaah,

alone, with no partner) upon certain knowledge - I, and those who follow me. I

declare Allaah free and far removed from all that they associate as partners

with Him, and I am free of those who worship anything else along with Him."

(Soorah Yoosuf (12):108)

Indeed calling to Allaah was the mission of all the Messengers and their followers, in

order to bring the people out from darkness and into light, from unbelief (kufr) to

true Faith (eemaan), from shirk to tawheed, and from the Fire to Paradise.

This call to Allaah rests upon firm pillars, and is established upon foundations which

are absolutely essential. If any of these is missing, the da'wah will not be correct and

will not produce the desired results - no matter how much effort is expended and time

wasted - and this is the reality which we witness with regard to many of the present-

day calls which are not supported by those pillars [nor] built upon those foundations.

These pillars which support the correct da'wah are clearly shown in the Book and the

Sunnah, and can be summarized as follows:

1. Knowledge of that which one calls to:

Since the ignorant person is not suitable to be a caller (daa'ee). Allaah, the Most High,

said to His Prophet (salallaahu 'alaihi wa sallam):

"Say, O Muhammad, this is my way: I call to Allaah (to the testification that

none has the right to be worshipped except Allaah, alone, having no partner)

upon certain knowledge (baseerah). I, and those who follow me." (Soorah

Yoosuf (12):108)

Baseerah is knowledge. So the caller is certain to face those who are scholars of

misguidance, those who will attack him with doubts and futile arguments in order to

rebut the truth.

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