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| BroHanif |
| 03/26/02 at 19:21:43 |
| Salaams, If you were asked by somebody which action of the prophet [saw] you found most interesting and good for dawah which aspect of the prophets [saw] life would you choose. The reason for my question is perhaps your limited to time say a couple of minutes and you want to give dawah to your work collegues or somebody else. You can't give the whole history of the prophets [saw] lifestyle but perhaps small snippets of information or perhaps detailed information on the small list below. Would it be his conduct, Would it be his lifestyle, His humbleness His conduct with his wifes, orphans, the poor, animals His behaviour as a father As a leader, As a warrior, As a teacher etc etc. Would would it be or what really appeals to you.... salaams Hanif |
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| Mohja |
| 03/26/02 at 22:23:47 |
| [quote] Would it be his conduct, Would it be his lifestyle, His humbleness His conduct with his wifes, orphans, the poor, animals His behaviour as a father As a leader, As a warrior, As a teacher etc etc. [/quote] All of the above can be sumarized in one word : Al-Qur'an! |
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| M.F. |
| 03/27/02 at 05:40:39 |
| Assalamu alaikum What I love about Muhammad [saw] is his mercy in the way he taught his companions how to be Muslims. His manner as a whole was gentle and forgiving, and he taught his sahaba a whole new way of thinking and acting just by the way he treated them. I love how, when wanting to correct a certain behavior, he wouldn't say: you're doing this wrong and this is how to do it. He would say (like in a khutba)... what do you think of the people who do such and such... for example. I love how instead of making du'a against a tribe who hadn't accepted Islam, he would make du'a that Allah guide them (unlike what many people do today). I love how though he had great knowledge and intellect, he knew and understood how to speak to people at the level that they understood. Look at his humility: [color=Green] Narrated Al-Bara bin 'Azib: When Allah's Apostle concluded a peace treaty with the people of Hudaibiya, Ali bin Abu Talib wrote the document and he mentioned in it, "Muhammad, Allah's Apostle ." The pagans said, "Don't write: 'Muhammad, Allah's Apostle', for if you were an apostle we would not fight with you." Allah's Apostle asked Ali to rub it out, but Ali said, "I will not be the person to rub it out." Allah's Apostle rubbed it out and made peace with them on the condition that the Prophet and his companions would enter Mecca and stay there for three days, and that they would enter with their weapons in cases. [/color] his mercy [color=Purple]Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle kissed Al-Hasan bin Ali while Al-Aqra' bin Habis At-Tamim was sitting beside him. Al-Aqra said, "I have ten children and I have never kissed anyone of them," Allah's Apostle cast a look at him and said, "Whoever is not merciful to others will not be treated mercifully." [/color] his excellent example [color=Navy] Narrated 'Aisha: Whenever Allah's Apostle was given the choice of one of two matters, he would choose the easier of the two, as long as it was not sinful to do so, but if it was sinful to do so, he would not approach it. Allah's Apostle never took revenge (over anybody) for his own sake but (he did) only when Allah's Legal Bindings were outraged in which case he would take revenge for Allah's Sake. [/color] |
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| BrKhalid |
| 03/27/02 at 07:04:44 |
| Asalaamu Alaikum ;-) I'd have to go for humilty as well: Mughira b. Shu'ba reported that Allah's Apostle (may peace be upon him) worshipped so much that his feet were swollen. It was said to him: (Why do you undergo so much hardship despite the fact that) Allah has pardoned for you your earlier and later sins? Thereupon he said: May I not (prove myself) to be a grateful servant (of Allah)? [Muslim] |
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| ahmer |
| 03/27/02 at 09:15:51 |
| [slm] I feel it depends on the person you are addressing. The nature, status and other socio-economic details all matter when you are giving dawah to a person. Prophet Muhammad [saws] did the same thing, A shaykh once said a beautiful thing, "Our Prophet, his companions and the generation who came after them were the greatest psychologists when it came to dawah. They understood the nature of people and gave them dawah accordingly. " When the leaders of the Quraysh came to the Prophet, he told them , 'you want honor in this world, islam will give you honor'. When the bedouin from the desert came to the Prophet asking about Islam, he told him just to do the basic things, because he understood bedouin's nature. Similarly Musab bin umayr was sent to Makkah to assess who's who in the city, and subhan'Allah he opened Makkah to Islam. What a great man Musab was!! From my experience going to school in a city with a large African American Muslim presence, i have learned that understanding their living conditions is critical to good dawah, and it works. Islam is such a big cosmos of goodness that there are so many ways to enter it. wallahu alam [wlm] ahmer |
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