Bismillahirrahmaanirrahiim~
Assalamualaikum,,
I have never came a cross of anything we call dakwah.. =) because I myself is new to learning Islam in a narrower aspect. So, to watch some educated friends doing so (my definition of educated is in terms of their religious knowledge) is really an honor. I understand why when an entertainer, when Allah bless them with Hidayah, they tend to run dakwah even though they too are new to the jihad. Simply due to the halaawah of the imaan~! subhanallah~
Some people they are better in talking and some write better and some show better, every single human being has advantages on top of each other which I agree and I believe everybody would. So, as a Muslim, to see people doing mistakes as we did back then is really a pain and ache in the eyes and of course my heart. That is also why people tend to dakwah.
But as to myself, dakwah-ing is a very risky job. Not that I do not consider doing dakwah, but it really is hard. Some experience of mine, of which a really close friend that I notice hardly kneel the knees and forhead down to the earth, first, I got surprised because I never really met anybody of such act and second I dont know what to do and third, I'm afraid if that person might be close to Hidayah but if interfere that person would turn her head around. It's complicated. So, how do I dakwah if that close person to me is not rightly fixed? So what I do so far is show off. not to show off in that bad way, but to show off what my our religion should perform. Hopefully it works in the end. See? not easy right? =)
Like how a friend of my friend, she courageously wakes her friend up in the morning for Tahajud prayer, never lets that friend sleep after Subuh prayer and recites Quran every day. Interesting right? Lovely and healthy. Imagine the reward she deserves in Jannah. MashaaAllah~ =)
A friend of mind, he is a directly-spoken type of person. He just says what he wants to to anyone, but of course in private. =) Maybe that is a good thing to do but only meant for those who are close to us. I think so.
A lot of my friends, they do their dakwah jobs by post sharing. I like to do that also. but the disadvantage of this way is we have to make sure the post is true and if it is not, we might have shared the wrong message. It is okay of what people think of us. and it is okay of the mistakes we did if it is related. =) Sometimes, if an issue is already being considered for a long time, and a friend sees the sharing, and he or she suddenly considers to completely go for the thing they have been pondering, imagine the reward you deserve. Also, we should remember, some are just sharing opinions and not fact, so if it is a fact, we should spread, but we should be careful if it is an opinion. we might have diverge somebody's opinion or point of view, like how I am doing... I write, these are just what I think.. =) some might think differently as I do.
And to dakwah, we simply have to learn more no matter who we are, a student, a staff, a scholar, anybody we are. learning is crucial.
Allah ma'akum.
