Part of actively communicating Islam in America, would include the aspect of learning as well and funding the efforts. As we know from the Sunnah that the Prophet (SAW) said that the brother that works and cant go to the classes of the Prophet (SAW) will have the same reward as the one who does because it might be because of his working and earning a living for both, the other is able to focus on his islamic studies. Similarly was said about Jihad, that the one who funds a brother’s expedition would have the same reward as the one who actually goes on the expedition. So if you look at it in these two respects, you can say that ‘communicating Islam in America’ is not only verbally doing it yourself, but also being in the background and providing the support and structure to make that possible, and most Muslim organizations tend to have the role of support and structure, if they aren’t actively doing it.

Verse 104 form Ale-Imran specifically mentions that there should be a group form amongst the Muslims that are dedicated to the field of dawah. And part of actively conveying the message includes that but remmeber that the Prophet (SAW) also told us to convey his message even if it is one verse. So doing dawah isnt only obligatory upon those who specialize rather it is upon all of us in the ability that we have.

I think most of your contentions from the post are in regard to people realizing their self-worth and what they are able/capable and qualified in doing and what they aren’t. Which is a different issue, and definitely needs to eb dealt with.

Taking a few classes on Dawah with qualified instructors would be sufficient to talk to the average American one-on-one. A good example is How to get Shahada in 10 minutes by Kamal elMekki and Yusha Evans etc. But going on a public forum and speaking about Islam and representing Islam might need more qualifications than that because we know that the Prophet (SAW) only sent out people that were qualified to other lands.

Perhaps this topic itself might need more analysis and retrospect. This post is getting a bit too lengthy for that.

Allahu’Alam

I am searching for book number 7 in the above list.

Nusûs min al-Hadîth al-Nabawyyi al-Sharîf.

Does anyone know where I can download it?

I studied Arabic using Dr V. Abdur Rahim’s book.

May Allah increase our imaan and taqwa..

I disagree with his second “absolute.” Allah never made dawah obligatory on every Muslim. Only those who are specialized in this field of our religion are permitted to engage in dawah (ayah 3:104). Just as only doctors who are authorized to perform surgeries may operate on patients, only those Muslims authorized to perform dawah may do so. The reward for this is immense, but if you’re not qualified to give dawah you will undoubtedly enter into debate about matters you haven’t studied and will most certainly speak about Allah without knowledge and begin lying about Allah unintentionally (or intentionally). The punishment for this is most severe and some ulama like al sheikh ibn Baaz rahimahullah have stated that it is worse than shirk due to ayah 7:33.

So in this country, sure, we definitely need people to take up this important job, but what we currently have is thousands of jahalaa giving a version of dawah that is nothing more than compromising our religion to ensure the Americans are never offended. Well guess what, tawheed is highly offensive to shirk and kufr.