The Qualities of A Dai-i-Allah
A Dai-i-Allah’s (the one who does the Dawat-i-Allah
– i.e. invite people to Allah) mission is to give the message of Allah to the
people, calling them to Allah alone. He should never call people to mundane
attractions or to take advantage of all things which do not have any relation/
link with the messages of Allah. In other words, [what I am trying to say] he
should not use the name of Allah to seek any mundane favour, to fulfill personal
worldly desires.
In the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam, there should be
people – we should be people – who call the world to Allah and this is indeed
the true goal of Dawat-i-Allah : to increase the number of people
by making them know the message of Allah and to bring them in that very path
which shall lead them to Allah (swt), not the path of make-believe and
deception, because there are such types of people who instead of doing the Dawat-i-Allah,
they try to fool the people [ensnaring them], asking them to listen to them to
make them integrate their Jamaat/ communities by promising them worldly riches.
This kind of invitation is not a real invitation to Allah. On the contrary,
your call should all the time be one which provides the people spiritual
riches, providing them the means to increase the level of their spirituality
and that of others.
So, our call, our invitation is to Allah only. That is
why, each member of the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam should not put any other goal
in the invitation to Allah (except Allah of course – our sole aim) so as not to
spoil this spiritual invite. Your good deed shall prove that you are indeed
calling people to Allah. If you accept the true religion, you should call
people only to Allah, and you do not have the permission to hide the true
[teachings of this] religion, for if you do this, you would not have
accomplished your duty as a Dai-i-Allah (one who calls people to Allah).
If you hide the truth coming from Allah and you establish yourselves on lies,
this would definitely not be good words before the eyes of Allah. It would be a
sin in God’s estimation. So, bear in mind that the Dawat-i-Allah is a
great responsibility, a great engagement that you have undertaken.
Dawat-i-Allah requires Lots of Patience
DAWAT-I-ALLAH, is a
work which demands lots of patience. Not just patience, but you have to keep
yourselves calm, and speak softly [politely, with good manners] because you
will meet all types of people to give them the [divine] message. Among those
people, there are some who shall be very headstrong, stubborn and you shall
need to understand their negative attitude vis-à-vis you and there shall even
be menaces with foul words also. Disregard all this. Bear in mind, that you
only have to give the message and make them understand, but if they do not
understand, then it is between them and Allah.
You are different from them; all that you do should be
only for the cause of Allah. Bear in mind that you are doing the work that a
Messenger of Allah does. Remember that a Messenger of Allah [all Messengers of
Allah] undergoes all kinds of persecutions, trials, problems, and blames.
People ridicule him, mock at him, take him as a madman, as a sorcerer and
accuse him of indoctrinating the believers and all other people and their families.
But what does the Messenger of Allah and the believers do? They continue to be
steadfast. They bear it all with patience till the help of Allah comes and
enables them to be victorious by His immense grace.
There are people who try hard to give the true message
of the true religion – ISLAM – to
others because of their love and friendship for them, but then these people
become enemies of the callers to Allah, and they bar others from taking the
right path leading to Allah (swt). So, bear it all with patience, for the
reward for and fruits of all this patience shall be great and very sweet.
When you start calling people to good deeds, there are
many who shall not listen to you, and they won’t show any interest in what you
calling them to and as a result, this can discourage you and you can even
develop a disgust that your efforts are to no avail at all. You feel weak and
depressed. You should not be disgusted or discouraged. Be firm and steadfast on
your words and deeds and as a result of your patience, you shall get a great
reward. When the time shall come where you shall receive the fruits of your
labour, when you shall be rewarded for the patience that you displayed, it
shall certainly be a great and unexpected (pleasant) result which you shall receive
for your Dawat-i-Allah.
So, patience is a great virtue, a great display of
courage. Patience is found in two things: in words and deeds. The [good] words
that you say [in Dawat-i-Allah], continue to say it, even if you have to
repeat it countless time. Even Allah in the Holy Quran repeats His commandments
and advices. This is what is called patience in words and what is good in all
this is that your deeds shall not take a back step with it all. Despite the
hurdles of trials which come your way, becoming more and more difficult, do not
let the beauty of your deeds change into evil. Stop your deeds from becoming
ugly. These two kinds of patience is what you should adopt.
The Courage to Pray as a Result of Patience
Along with patience, you acquire another strength
through the force of supplications to Allah [duahs]. With prayer/
supplications to Allah, you shall be able to open the hearts of people [by the
leave/ permission of Allah] with whom you are doing Dawa/ tabligh [Dawat-i-Allah].
Through duahs, you want that they have faith in the divine message and
believe in the Unique God and His Messengers and abandon all false deities. These
duahs, buried deep inside you come from time to time to your lips
[because you want that they have faith in the true God]. In the work of Dawat-i-Allah,
duahs come out with such force and duahs have indeed a great
relation with patience. And patience is that quality which shall bring you to duah,
indeed duahs which come from the profoundness of your hearts.
The Dai-i-Allah needs to Speak gently
A good quality which each Dai-i-Allah must have
in him is that he should talk softly [with good manners], and not be
hot-tempered. Even if someone hurt you in your conversations, you should not
replicate same feelings but instead act in a goodly way. If someone is
impolite, rude and has a bad character, all his knowledge is to no avail. He
would not be able to be useful to the world. To become a Dai-i-Allah, you
should set an example [be a model for others], especially when you are talking
with strangers. You should then be much more gentle, polite and you must
control yourselves. You should listen with courage to your adversaries and then
explain to them [the true message] with love and politeness, and you reply to
their question/s in the same way [with good manners]. This is the main quality
of a Dawat-i-Allah/ Dai-i-Allah and if someone succeeds in getting it,
he would be able to fight the great theologians/ savants, the people who are
supposedly more knowledgeable in religious matters whereas in fact they do not
really know religion in its profoundness, and they are those kinds of people
who then deviate other people through their ignorance.
Those who do the Dawat-i-Allah must have the Fear of Allah.
In the realm of mundane works, many people talk a lot
without the fear of Allah to make their career and work progress. All talks are
for them and they are Mr. Know-it-all. In life, you need to learn to listen to
others also, and you must inculcate this in you, i.e. the quality of listening
to others. And you must ponder well over your words before you speak, lest you
say a word which can cause Allah to be angry with you, and lest that word hurt
the feelings of the person with whom you are talking also.
By the grace of Allah, Allah (swt) has taught us that
we should do all our works with the fear of Allah (Taqwa). The more a
person has the fear of Allah, the more his words shall carry more weight. Plans
are to no avail – to enable Dawat-i-Allah – that is why the members [of
the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam] should increase their level & quality of Taqwa
so that their words carry weight.
Thus, your words shall have the desired effect in the
ears [and heart] of each person who is listening to you when you have Taqwa,
and this can bring about a great change in him. Insha-Allah.
The Dai-i-Allah should not rest until people receive and understand the Message.
A great responsibility rests on the shoulders of those
who do the Dawat-i-Allah to make the whole world know the true religion
of Allah and enter its fold. It is not a petty deed. It is a great and noble
work which Allah (swt) has entrusted upon our shoulders. Not everyone, not
every Jamaat has gotten this responsibility along with its guideline. To be
successful in this work, we need to prepare ourselves seriously. And there is
no other way besides this way. It should be that everyone of you does the Dawat-i-Allah
and so long that his efforts – by the grace of Allah – does not yet yield
results, he should not remain idle and quiet. He should do everything in his
power, deploy maximum efforts along with duah to persevere in this work/
path and Allah shall indeed give him his reward. Insha-Allah.
Those who do the Dawat-i-Allah should be Steadfast.
“Surely those who say, “Our Lord is
Allah,” and then remain steadfast, the angels descend upon them, (saying), ‘Do
not fear, nor grieve. Rather, rejoice in the good news of Paradise, which you
have been promised. We are your supporters in this worldly life and in the
Hereafter. There you will have whatever your souls desire, and there you will
have whatever you ask for: an accommodation from the All-Forgiving, Most
Merciful.’” (Ha Mim Al-Sajdah,
41 : 31-33).
This verse shows us that the one who affirms that
Allah is His Lord, then he shall be made to go through all kinds of
difficulties. As a result of these difficulties, you need to show lots of
steadfastness and patience also.
There shall be some internal as well as external
difficulties/ trials also. Concerning the internal ones, when that person [the
Dai-i-Allah] makes the formation of (i.e. train) the masses, he goes
through many trials. With each step he takes, those who are against him shall
try to hinder him in his work, saying: “When you follow that Master of
yours, your provisions shall decrease and you shall fall in many difficulties
and problems.”
These are internal trials through which these callers
to Allah go through and it is through steadfastness that they show the truth of
their claim and they come out of all difficulties. They face trials with
courage; they do not have any fear [except for the fear of Allah] and they are
fully convinced that it is Allah Who shall provide for their sustenance and
that it is through Him that they shall accede to all kinds of blessings. It is
this kind of Dai-i-Allah that we should become.
So, O members of the Jamaat Ul Sahih Al Islam, come
forward and remove all these kinds of fears and convert darkness into light.
And change sadness into tranquillity and peace for it is these [qualities] which have been written in your destiny.
Nurture a strong connection with Allah.
Dawat-i-Allah also has a profound connection with Allah. To enable
these advices to become efficacious, firstly it is very important that you have
a deep connection with Allah. When those doing the Dawat-i-Allah keep a
deep connection with Allah, therefore their advices create a revolution of good
deeds. That is why you should establish a solid relation with Allah so that the
people may receive this light.
Secondly, if you have to call people to Allah, you
should call them by having the intrinsic desire [personal internal desire/
wish] to attain to Allah completely, as if you have already reached and
acquired Him, and having this feeling in you – that you have been successful in
bonding with Allah – then you can call people to Him. When this happens, then
in the voice that you use to call others to Allah, there is the manifestation
of another kind of honour. When you call people to Allah as an obligation, this
voice has a certain sense [of accomplishment], and when you have got Allah
[with you] – attaining to Him – this voice takes another meaning [becoming much
more perfect]. Its determination and courage becomes more refined.
TO ENABLE SUCCESS IN DAWAT-I-ALLAH, THE REAL TOOL/WEAPON IS DUAH.
To do the Dawat-i-Allah, what is highly
required is the actual desire to accomplish it. Next, this should be
accompanied with duah. Knowledge, proofs and all other things come
afterwards. I have witnessed how many unlettered people who did not have many
knowledge on the Deen, but despite this, in their words there were [the
accomplishment of] good deeds and Taqwa. They were attached to prayer/ duah
and they became accomplished Dai-i-Allah. That is why the true weapon
which each member of the Jamaat Ul Sahih al Islam needs to acquire and
cultivate as a good habit within him is duah because without duah,
he shall cease to exist, just like a fish which has been brought out of water,
dies.
So, if you enter the field of Dawat-i-Allah,
then it is Allah Who shall little by little do your training. He shall awakened
your memory and put blessings in your knowledge. So, the greatest weapon in Dawat-i-Allah
is the help of Allah, and duah. If, through duah a person accepts
the true religion, he enters therefore the field of battle, and thus no force
in this world can ever fight and defeat him. That is why, by this announcement,
I appeal to you, if in the past you were not Dai-i-Allah, then as from
today become a Dai-i-Allah. With each step we take in the field of Dawat-i-Allah,
we should always pray to Allah. When we are doing the Dawat-i-Allah, we pray (do
duah). When we are returning home, we pray. We need to tell our children to
do duah/ to pray. If you concentrate in Dawat-i-Allah with much
devotion and you accomplish it with all your heart, you shall see how Allah
(swt) shall mix the prayers of these innocent children with your prayers. In
your [as well as the children’s] words, there shall then be a great, noble and honorable
courage.
Each Sahih al Islam member
should therefore start their work of Dawat-i-Allah with duah with all the importance it deserves. And this
should be a daily routine, transforming it into an obligation. You supplicate
Allah (swt) in this way: “O Allah, give us the
courage to fulfill our duty and acquire the full right to become a Dai-i-Allah and fulfill
this duty, and O Allah give the world the courage to listen to us, to listen to
what we have to say.” Ameen.
----Friday Sermon of 26 July 2019¬23 Dhul-Qaddah 1440 AH delivered by Hadhrat Muhyi-ud-Din Al Khalifatullah Munir Ahmad Azim Saheb (atba) of Mauritius.