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| Woman as a da'iya!! |
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| widad |
| 11/25/00 at 10:31:11 |
| slm Here is part of an article about the muslim daiya from {wefound.org},real interesting site,very informative,so let's make a difference this Ramadan and be da'iyas to Islam: "The Muslim woman who is truly guided by the Qur’an and Sunnah is like a lighted lamp that shows travelers the way on the darkest night. She cannot conceal her light from her sisters who are stumbling in the darkness when she has seen the great reward that Allah (Subhanahu wa ta’ala) has prepared for true, sincere callers to the truth. She enjoins what is good and forbids what is evil. The duty of enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil (al-amr bi’l-ma’ruf wa’l-nahy ‘an al-munkar) is not confined only to men; it applies equally to men and women, as is stated in the Qur’an: ( The Believers, men and women, are protectors, one of another: they enjoin what is just, and forbid what is evil: they observe regular prayers, practice regular charity, and obey Allah and His Messenger. On them will Allah pour His Mercy: for Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.) (Qur’an 9:71) Islam gave women a high social standing when it gave her this great social responsibility of enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil. For the first time in history, women were to be the ones issuing instructions, whereas everywhere else except in Islam they had been the ones to receive instructions. In response to this responsibility, which in fact is a great honor , the Muslim woman rises up to carry out the duty of enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil, within the limits of what suits her feminine nature. Within the limits of her own specialized field, she confronts evil - which is no small matter in the world of women - whenever she sees it, and she opposes it with reason, deliberation, wisdom and a clever, good approach. She tries to remove it with her hand, if she is able to and if doing so will not lead to worse consequences. If she cannot remove it by her actions, then she speaks out to explain what is right, and if she is not able to do so, then she opposes it in her heart, and starts to think of ways and means of opposing and eradicating it. These are the means of opposing evil that were set out by the Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam): “Whoever of you sees an evil action, let him change it with his hand, and if he is not able to do so, then with his tongue, and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart - and that is the weakest of faith.”[5] When the alert Muslim woman undertakes this duty of enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil, she is in effect being sincere towards her wayward or negligent Muslim sisters, for religion is sincerity (or sincere advice), as the Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) explained most eloquently when he summed up Islam in one word: nasihah. If that is indeed the case, then the Muslim woman has no option but to enjoin what is good and forbid what is wrong, in order to fulfill the definition of sincerity as stated by the Prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam): “Religion is sincerity (nasihah).” We asked, “To whom?” He said, “To Allah (subhanahu wa ta’ala) to His Book, to His Messenger, and to the leaders of the Muslims and their common folk.”[6]" |
| NS |
| Re: Woman as a da'iya!! |
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| h_m_r00 |
| 11/27/00 at 14:17:29 |
| Salaam Widad that was such a good article.I love it.When I first read it I thought it can't be done except if you free your time to be a da'iya, but now as I think about it, it can happen all the time in everyday's life... Thank you for the Tadhkirah... Hiyam |
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