The Manners of the Du’aat (Callers to Islam) and their Characteristics: Part 2

Two – al-‘Ilm (Knowledge):

“…Secondly, you must base your call upon evidence, meaning upon knowledge. Do not be ignorant of what you are calling to: {Say: This is my path I invite to Allah based on insight.} Having knowledge is a must. Knowledge is a duty. Beware of calling to ignorance! Beware of speaking about what you do not know! The ignorant one destroys, he does not build up. He causes corruption and does not rectify. So fear Allah! O servant of Allah! Beware of speaking about Allah without knowledge! Do not call to anything without first having knowledge of it, of possessing insight to what Allah says and what His messenger said.

Having insight is a must and it is to possess knowledge. It is obligatory on the student of knowledge and the caller to comprehend what they are calling to and to look into what they are calling to with evidences. So when the truth is made apparent to him and he understands it then he calls to it, whether that is an act (of an obligated duty or permissibility, etc.) or an act of abandonment (forbidden acts, sins, etc.). He invites to an act when it is obedience to Allah and His messenger. And he calls to abandon what Allah and His messenger have prohibited based on evidence and insight…”

Ash-Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez bin Baaz (may Allah have mercy upon him)
Min Aqwaal Samaahah ash-Shaykh Abdul-Azeez Ibn Baaz fee ad-Da’wah
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Translated by Aboo Imraan al-Mekseekee-May Allah guide him