Understanding the Mad’u: Towards an Impactful Da’wah

People who are involved in Da’wah, in contemporary times, are mostly those who lack the true understanding of the message that Islam as a religion, brings. Such lack of understanding often leads to negative effects such as hatred towards the religion. It is very important for the Dā’ī who is perfor...

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Main Author: Khan, Musaddiq Majid
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Leadership and Management, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia 2017
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spelling ump-194562019-10-04T04:27:45Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/19456/ Understanding the Mad’u: Towards an Impactful Da’wah Khan, Musaddiq Majid B Philosophy (General) BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc H Social Sciences (General) People who are involved in Da’wah, in contemporary times, are mostly those who lack the true understanding of the message that Islam as a religion, brings. Such lack of understanding often leads to negative effects such as hatred towards the religion. It is very important for the Dā’ī who is performing Da’wah to fully understand his audience before attempting to spread the message of Islam. He thus must have the ability to fascinate the hearts of the audience to attract them towards the message and be sensitive to the differences of human nature, intellect, and cultural background. Using analytical and descriptive methods, this paper discusses the importance of fulfilling the necessities in Da’wah, as well as the significance of true understanding of religion with regards to the called, or the mad’ū. In addition, it also explains the following seven fundamental characteristics: (1) proficiency in religious sciences with evidence from the Qur’ān and Sunnah or prophetic traditions; (2) aspiration to unite the people involved in Da’wah; (3) familiarity with the ethics of disagreement and its discourse; (4) focus on established facts rather than allegories; (5) engagement with the people according to their level of understanding; (6) the ability to blend in with different sciences and cultural traditions of the people; and, (7) the ability to understand and acquire the skills of making comparisons and setting priorities. Faculty of Leadership and Management, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia 2017-10 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/19456/1/ICDAIM%202017%20-%2060.pdf Khan, Musaddiq Majid (2017) Understanding the Mad’u: Towards an Impactful Da’wah. In: Proceedings of International Conference on Da’wah and Islamic Management (IC-DAIM 2017), 30 Oktober - 1 November 2017 , Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia. pp. 326-337., 1 (1). ISBN 978-967-440-412-3 19456
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BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc
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Khan, Musaddiq Majid
Understanding the Mad’u: Towards an Impactful Da’wah
description People who are involved in Da’wah, in contemporary times, are mostly those who lack the true understanding of the message that Islam as a religion, brings. Such lack of understanding often leads to negative effects such as hatred towards the religion. It is very important for the Dā’ī who is performing Da’wah to fully understand his audience before attempting to spread the message of Islam. He thus must have the ability to fascinate the hearts of the audience to attract them towards the message and be sensitive to the differences of human nature, intellect, and cultural background. Using analytical and descriptive methods, this paper discusses the importance of fulfilling the necessities in Da’wah, as well as the significance of true understanding of religion with regards to the called, or the mad’ū. In addition, it also explains the following seven fundamental characteristics: (1) proficiency in religious sciences with evidence from the Qur’ān and Sunnah or prophetic traditions; (2) aspiration to unite the people involved in Da’wah; (3) familiarity with the ethics of disagreement and its discourse; (4) focus on established facts rather than allegories; (5) engagement with the people according to their level of understanding; (6) the ability to blend in with different sciences and cultural traditions of the people; and, (7) the ability to understand and acquire the skills of making comparisons and setting priorities.
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title Understanding the Mad’u: Towards an Impactful Da’wah
title_short Understanding the Mad’u: Towards an Impactful Da’wah
title_full Understanding the Mad’u: Towards an Impactful Da’wah
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title_full_unstemmed Understanding the Mad’u: Towards an Impactful Da’wah
title_sort understanding the mad’u: towards an impactful da’wah
publisher Faculty of Leadership and Management, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
publishDate 2017
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/19456/
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/19456/1/ICDAIM%202017%20-%2060.pdf
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