A young Muslim youth was complaining to me " Nisaar Sir ! Ever since I
have taken up da'wah as a career i have been going through many
hardships." I explained to him , Read the second verse of Surah al
ankabut... Do man think that they will be left alone on saying ," We
believe " and not be tested?"..
Many budding da'ees understand
the term CAREER as somethign that brings a constant flow of money and a
reckoning in the society and luxurious travel. Corporate wise it may be
true but Da'wah wise it is not.
Many Muslim youth are taking
up full time Daw'ah as career. Some have left up lucrative professions
to serve deen. I personally know some of them who were in call centers
and earned good but when they got that Islamic spririt charged up they
left the call centers because many of them were having banks as
costumers. A large number of daee's who are also come from middle
class. Girls who desire to marry only da'ees should note this. Although
da'wah is coming up as the best option in parallel career building yet
there is no financial dreams attached to it.. nor any one should attach
to it a dream which wil make them rich and famous through Da'wah.
Da'wah is to stand up for Islam, speak for Islam, invite people to
Islam while doing an earnest struggle against evil and nobody gets paid
up for that ( unless one is associated with a dawah center that is rich
with funds due other responsilblites attached along with Da'wah ).
Imam Shafai, Imam Ahmed bin Hambal and other stalwarts of Dawah and
Knowlege of Religion had to struggle. There were times when Imam Shafai
and Imam Ahmed bin Hambal had to go through a streched hunger for days
with only piece of dates to fill their stomach. Ibn Abbas r.a. had to
travel hundreds of miles only to cross check a few hadith. Musab bin
Umar r.a. was appointed as a da'ee to visit Madina and do some grass
root level work in the mind and the hearts of Madinites.
Imam
Shafai was not only a student of deen but also a swimmer and an archer
of par excellence. He used to shoot ten out of ten targets accurately
in archery. Long and tiery travels to learn Knowledge, shortage of
money, labouring hard while organising programs are normal routine of a
da'ees life. Those who are desiring to be a full time Daee and those
girls who want to marry a da'ee should remember that Da'wah is not a
luxurious career....
Author : Nisaar Nadiadwala can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com
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