Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Dawah: Individual or Collective Duty

“Is the responsibility of Dawah work every Muslim's individual duty (Fardh 'Ayn) or only a collective duty (Fardh Kifayah)? I say it is Fardh 'Ayn, meaning every Muslim, wherever they meet someone, should know what command Allah has sent.”Asked by ڈاکٹر مسلمہ صدیقی, دہلی

He answers at 1:06:25 in Revival and Revivalist · 2 min 32 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:06:25
Maulana, yeh agla sawal aya hai Dr. Saleha Siddiqui ka Delhi se. az dawa work responsibility of every muslim or it is the responsibility of only a group? nahi, nahi, yeh yeh purana masla hai ke farz ain hai ya farz kifaya hai. main kehta hoon ke yeh farz ain hai. yani har musalman jahan kisi se mile to us ko pata hai woh ke Allah ne kya hukum bheja hai. yeh nahi ke koi doosra kar de to mujh se saqat ho gaya. yeh galat tasawwur, yeh tasawwur galat hai.
1:07:00
to farz alal kifaya nahi hai, yeh farz ain hai. har musalman ko jis tarah namaz farz hai, is tarah dawat farz hai. jo nahi karega, pakra jayega. Maulana, yeh agla question aaya hai Mr. Danish Fazil ka Lucknow se. While listening your lecture on class or online, we have no negativity, but we when we are not in your lecture, then negativity comes in our mind. how to eliminate this? dekhiye, main jahan tak samajhta hoon, is ki wajah yeh hai ke log aik bar sun lete hain. aik bar sunne se yahi hoga. aap ko bar bar sunna chahiye aur kitabein bhi padhni chahiye.
1:07:45
supportive literature ko main kehta hoon, lecture ko bar bar suniye aur sath sath report jo supportive literature hai, us ko bhi padhiye. warna is ke baad aap jate hain society mein. society wahi hai to is ka asar pahunchega aap ko. lekin agar aap lecture ko repeat karein aur kitabein padhein to inshallah is se aap mukammal taur par bach jayenge.
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