Da'wa

Da'wa in Islamic usage is the conveying of Islam to people; the Kuwaiti Fiqh Encyclopedia lists 'conveying the Islamic call' among its entries ¹.

The encyclopedia names da'wa and nida' among its related terms ¹.

The Sheikh advises that whoever tries to persuade another person should enter from the ground that person stands on, and he points back to what he said in the Friday lesson about Abu Sufyan ². He says that the Prophet ﷺ approached them through the door of pride, and that when Adi ibn Hatim (may God be pleased with him) came the Prophet honored him greatly and he entered Islam ³. He relates that the chief of the Abd al-Qays in Bahrain, on hearing that the Messenger of God was coming, was not willing to meet him with the dust of travel, so he washed, perfumed himself and put on his clothes ³.

The Sheikh says that after the Prophet was commanded to warn his nearest kin (Qur'an 26:214), he went to his relatives, who were preparing for their yearly summer journey to Sham; among them were Abu Talib, Hamza, al-Abbas and his other uncles ^{4 5}. He mentions that the Prophet found them busy preparing the journey and so did not raise the matter of the message with them; the Sheikh explains that the listener had not yet lent him his ear, and counts this as part of the Prophet's insight in calling to God ^{4 5}.

The Sheikh recalls the hadith that God guiding a single man through you is better for you than red camels, or than the world and all it contains ⁶.

The Sheikh relates that Umar asked a man who had missed the prayer with them, and the man answered that he was ill and pointed to the place of the pain in his side and neck; Umar then placed his right hand on the man's side and his left on his neck and recited the Fatiha ⁷. He adds that the man then stood up as if released from a rope ⁸.