|
Giving
da'wah without knowledge
*Please appropriately reference
this fatwa to: www.fatwa-online.com, thankyou!*
Question: Which of the two is better:
i) Freeing oneself for giving da'wah,
or
ii) Freeing oneself to seek knowledge?
Response:Seeking
knowledge is better and a priority, with the possibility that
the student of knowledge can give da'wah
whilst seeking knowledge. And it is not possible to give da'wah
whilst he has no knowledge. Allaah (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala)
says:
{Say
(O Muhammad): "This is my way; I invite unto Allaah with
sure knowledge..."}, [Soorah
Yoosuf, Aayah
108]
So
how can da'wah
be given whilst he has no knowledge? And no-one has ever given
da'wah
without knowledge, and whoever has done so without knowledge,
then he will not succeed.
Shaykh
Ibn 'Uthaymeen
Kitaabul-'Ilm - Page 145, Question No.43
|
