Summary of Sunni concepts
Means of advocacy
The means of advocacy include every legitimate means that leads to achieving the objectives of the call
To achieve monotheism and warn against polytheism and its means
Explaining acts of worship and how to perform them
Explaining good morals and encouraging them
And a statement of misconduct in morals and prohibition against them
The basis is in the means of solution
Unless there is evidence prohibiting it
Call to preach
Preaching is, God willing, the preaching of God Almighty in the heart of the servant
This is by knowing God Almighty and His beautiful names and their effects
And knowing his commands and prohibitions
Sometimes by encouragement and sometimes by intimidation, depending on people’s circumstances
Which results in fear, hope, and love of God Almighty
This results in the action of the commanded person and the abandonment of the prohibited person
Draw closer to God Almighty and seek His pleasure and Paradise
Preaching this concept is not limited to one topic
Not only that, but it should be present and inclusive of all legal sciences and a starting point for them
Whether it is studying doctrine, transactions, or worship
And to be present in every sermon, lesson, sermon, and dialogue
Anyone who meditates on the verses of the Holy Qur’an will find that preaching is the subject of the Qur’an
Therefore, God Almighty described the Qur’an as a sermon
God Almighty said
O people, there has come to you an admonition from your Lord and a healing for what is in the breasts
This is guidance and mercy for the believers
The one who ponders sees many commands and prohibitions
Whether in doctrine or rulings and transactions
It ends or begins with an admonition and reminder of the greatness of God Almighty and His beautiful names
Fear of the afterlife and its rewards and punishments
And the correct concept of preaching as well
It consists of enticement and intimidation
No side prevailed over the other
God Almighty said
Your Lord is full of forgiveness and full of painful punishment
Paradise is barely mentioned in the Qur’an
Unless you remember the fire with it
Useful sermon
It includes, as mentioned previously
The method of enticement and intimidation
Combining fear and hope
And useful sermons
She is the one who adheres to his guidance, may God bless him and grant him peace, in preaching
It avoids innovative and innovative methods
One of the most important features of the Prophet’s guidance in preaching
Firstly
Sincerity of preaching in his sermon to God Almighty
And he does not want fame and praise from his preaching
Or any of the worldly pleasures
Secondly
He should not speak except with knowledge and evidence
He warns against speaking against God Almighty without knowledge
This is the case with someone who cites fabricated and weak hadiths as evidence
Israeli women, curiosities, and false stories
Third
To give people the freedom to preach and not let them get bored
Fourth
To avoid raising one's voice and being arrogant
Fifth
Preaching should be a role model in its character, behaviour, worship and belief
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He must have prepared the elements of his sermon before delivering it
So that it can be used without distraction or lengthening of time
Seventh
The goal of every sermon should be two basic things
The first
Introducing people to their Lord, His beautiful names, and His highest attributes
And what greatness and love this produces
And fear and hope
And other works of the heart
The second
Teaching people the obligations of the individual, including the dos and don’ts
And the rewards and punishments that result from it
Eighth
To avoid extravagance in dressing and adornment for people before the sermon
Ninth
He should not take any reward from people for his preaching
This includes costs and expenses for travel
From a boat, food or housing
The preachers pay it to the preacher
Media
The media is one of the greatest means of calling people to God Almighty
The enemies used it and spent huge sums of money on it
To prevent them from the path of God Almighty
The callers to God Almighty must
That they take great care in explaining the truth to people
And in exposing falsehood and its people
Media includes the read, audio and visual word
Especially what appeared in our time after the Internet revolution
There are many and varied images that influence people
Such as social media
And small purposeful clips
Both visual and audible
And documentaries
Tweets and analyses
Transferring lessons and lectures
And other forms of new media
It is one of the most important media outlets that is unique and distinguished by Muslims
Friday sermon
Therefore, these sermons must be used to explain the truth to people
And admonish them and warn them against falsehood and its people
Explaining what is permissible and what is forbidden to them
Especially since the sermon is in Islam
God Almighty has made it obligatory to listen to it and listen to it
And not to be distracted by any work
From talking or touching pebbles and the like
Enjoining good and forbidding evil
And the concept of this ritual
Enjoining people to do good is one of the duties of religion
His desirable qualities and noble morals
He forbade them from forbidden things and bad morals
Encouraging them to do good
And intimidate them from doing evil
Islam has taken care of this ritual
And make it a safety valve for the Muslim community
It is obligatory for everyone capable of change
He, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
Whoever among you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand
If he cannot, then with his tongue
If he cannot, then with his heart
That is the weakest of faith
Narrated by Muslim
Justice and moderation in enjoining good and forbidding evil
Sharia law has set controls and prohibitions
Make it a means of spreading goodness and what God loves and is pleased with
Preventing evil that God Almighty hates or reducing it
Seizing the hands of corruptors and preventing them from spreading their corruption
Based on the above
Enjoining what is right should be done with what is right
Forbidding evil should not be evil
Meaning that the command and prohibition achieve their purpose
If denying the evil results in evil
There is greater corruption than it, so it is not permissible to deny it
Even if enjoining good leads to evil
And there is a greater corruption than him, so he abandons this matter
On the other hand, commands and prohibitions are not abandoned
Because of an imaginary fear of temptation and corruption that would result from it
So the concept of justice in commands and prohibitions
It is the middle ground between those who neglect commands and prohibitions
Fear of temptation and the imagined evils that would result from it
The Murji'ah and the people of immorality and corruption also take it
And who does not take into account the interests and harms and the consequences of commands and prohibitions
As is the case with the Kharijites and those influenced by them
The goal of the command and prohibition is as God Almighty said
Excuse me to your Lord, and perhaps they will be righteous
Since guiding people and returning them to the truth is one of the goals of commands and prohibitions
You must take the means that help them accept the truth
Of kindness, compassion, mercy, and kindness to them
The command and prohibition should not be a victory for the self
Or to show dominance and rivalry
Which is required by wisdom and kindness towards the commander
Gradually with him in reform and change
Whoever spends most of his life in disbelief or immorality
He does not demand complete change of all his violations at once
He may not be able to do that, but he starts with what is most important and then what is important
As stated in the hadith of Muadh, may God be pleased with him
When the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, sent him
To the People of the Book in Yemen
He said to him, “Invite them to witness.”
There is no god but God and I am the Messenger of God
They obeyed that
So let them know that God has made it obligatory for them
Five prayers a day and night
The hadith was narrated by Muslim
In this regard, Sheikh al-Islam, may God have mercy on him, says:
Also, inside Islam
It is not possible when he enters to teach all his laws
All of them are ordered
Likewise, one who repents of sins
And the guided learner
In the first place, it is not possible to command all religions
All knowledge is mentioned to him
He can't stand it
If he cannot afford it, it is not obligatory for him in this case
If it is not obligatory
The scholar and the prince did not have the right to oblige him in the first place
Rather, he pardons commands and prohibitions
What cannot be known and done until possible
This is not a matter of establishing sanctity
Leave the matter behind the duties
Because it is obligatory and forbidden
Conditional on the ability to learn and work
A good role model in advocacy
It is one of the most important things that affects those invited
The preacher should be a good role model for them
This is in his pure understanding of religion and its rulings
He set an example for them in his behavior, morals, and acts of worship
And when the supplication is like that
It affects people
And God Almighty grants him acceptance among them
Preaching and educational tours
It is the one in which some preachers address certain villages, villages, and remote places
For the purpose of educating people in those places
The origins of their religion, worship, and morals
They live with them for several days
To teach them and answer their questionnaires
And warn them against the evils of innovations and morals
Advocacy between relatives and family activity
By this we mean advocacy among members of a small family or clan
Educating them about matters of their religion
And warn them against evil and corruption
Especially directed at Muslim women
And trying to alienate her from her religion and alienate her
Preaching activity within families came to protect it by all means
From guidance words or competitions
Or distribute targeted brochures
Or distribute the girl scholars on issues affecting the concepts of correct doctrine
And the provisions of halal and haram
Advocacy for creating good environments
This method is one of the most successful, most useful and fastest methods of advocacy
Correcting and consolidating concepts
Because living in good environments affects those who live in them
What he sees as role models and a committed Islamic atmosphere
And the legitimate scientific benefits that come with it
It is cooperation in performing acts of worship and its various forms
As humans are more active in group environments than living alone
Examples of good environments
Hajj and Umrah trips and long trips
The practice of memorizing and contemplating the Qur’an
And other group activities
Jihad for the sake of God Almighty
Jihad for the sake of God Almighty comes at the pinnacle of the means of advocacy
Especially if the perpetrators stop from the path of God Almighty
They prevented the truth from reaching people
Jihad comes to remove and destroy those who prevent people from the religion of truth
So that people know this religion for what it is
To enjoy entering into it
The call to the truth and patience
God Almighty and the Age said that man is in loss
Except those who believe and do righteous deeds and advise each other to truth and patience
The plural form is: “each one another to the truth and one another to be patient.”
It is understood that the call to truth
It requires the cooperation of reformers, their meetings, consultations and arrangements among themselves
An individual invitation is not enough
And God Almighty says about that
And among you there is a nation who calls to goodness
He, may God bless him and grant him peace, said
A group of my nation continues to adhere to the truth
Whoever takes it for them will not harm them
Until God's command comes and they are
Narrated by Muslim
Therefore, the establishment of a group that communicates the truth and calls for it
One of the most important means and methods of calling to God
The enemies are fighting the religion of Islam and its people with cooperation and planning among themselves
And they make malicious plans for that
It is not right to confront it with individual efforts
Rather, there must be a collective confrontation
The statement stated
The statement shown is based on two basic statements
Firstly
Explaining the path of the believers
By explaining their belief and the provisions of their religion in their worship and dealings
Secondly
Explaining the path of criminals, their deception, and their means
And their plans to prevent people from the path of God
Whether they are infidels or hypocrites
Without knowing these two paths and explaining them to people
There is no useful report or invitation
The righteous imamate
With the presence of the righteous Imamate and the Rightly Guided Caliphate
He completes the message and explains the truth to the people
Whether it is with the tongue or teeth
Without the righteous Imamate and the Rightly Guided Caliphate
Reporting will remain limited
As stated in the hadith
God removes with authority what He does not remove with the Qur’an
Advocacy through dialogue
Dialogue is one of the useful ways to convey the truth
It is usually between two parties
Dialogue is review
That is, one or both of the parties
He tries to return the other to what he sees as the truth
There are two types
First, a dialogue between a scholar and a learner
In it, the scholar aims to explain the truth
With his evidence for the ignorant of it
Usually the learner submits to what the scholar says
Secondly
A dialogue between two different parties regarding a matter
Each of them demonstrates, with the evidence he has, the validity of his position
The goal of this dialogue
Each party invites the other to give its opinion with evidence
It is considered successful if both parties agree on one opinion
Or they didn't agree
Rather, it became clear to each party that what they disagreed on could be disputed
It does not lead to division and rivalry
As in matters of ijtihad
Differences in assessing benefits and harms
Dialogue etiquette and controls
In the book of God Almighty
A verse that contains three main etiquettes
And God Almighty preached it
The dialogue should start from it
So that its fruit is meaningful and beneficial
God Almighty said
Say, “I only protect you with one thing.”
That you stand up for God, two or one, and then reflect
The first etiquette in the Almighty’s saying is that you stand up for God
Standing for God means detachment and sincerity in seeking the truth
To submit to him and get rid of self-righteousness and fanaticism of desires
The second literature is in the Almighty’s saying, two or several times
This means that dialogue and thinking take place between a person, himself, and individuals
Or between one party and another
The dialogue should not take place in a group of people
Because the truth is lost in the public atmosphere
It is difficult for the soul to submit to the truth before people
As for between two individuals, it is more effective for submission to the truth
The third literature is in the Almighty’s saying, “Then reflect.”
That is, each party uses its mind after detachment
He thinks about what evidence he has and what the other party has
Which one is more correct?
This requires that he should not speak in support of what he is without knowledge
The one who does it should not make a mistake except with knowledge
Interfaith dialogue and rapprochement
This concept has been proposed in the last two decades
Those who asked him meant a dangerous connotation
It aims to correct the religion of Christians and Jews
The convergence of Islam with these religions through belief in one God
And the agreement to belong to Abraham, peace be upon him
This is a dangerous concept they used
The term interfaith rapprochement
The term Abrahamic religion
Which, in their claim, combines Islam, Judaism and Christianity
Whoever believes in these terms violates his belief in Islam
It corrects and recognizes these pagan religions
While in the book of God Almighty
There is no religion except Islam, which is the religion of monotheism
The religion before God is Islam
And whoever desires a religion other than Islam
It will not be accepted from him, and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers
The correct concept of dialogue with distorted religions
It is a dialogue between a Muslim and an infidel
These are two opponents who disputed over their Lord
The verse of Al Imran, which was revealed in Nasar Najran, explains
The dialogue that took place between them and the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace
And called them to monotheism
Its clarification breaks down their beliefs and their polytheism
God Almighty said to his Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace
Say, O People of the Book, come to a common word between us and you
We should not worship anyone but God and not associate anything with Him
Do not take one another as lords other than God
If they turn away, then say, “Bear witness that we are Muslims.”
This is the correct concept of dialogue with people of infidel religions
Whether Jewish, Christian or other
This is by calling for monotheism
And not to acknowledge it and write it down