02-19-2004, 03:59 PM
As salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullah!!!!
HEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPP!!!!!!!!!
Brothers and sisters... I was appointed amir of this group... we have to run a course on da'wah... we have little time with which to work... (8 weeks) once a week on a saturday after zuhr..
anyways.. our syllabus will focus mainly on the way that rasulallah gave da'wah... and how we are to apply that today....
here's the problem... our group is a part of a larger group and this group is telling us that they would like us to be innovative... and come up with different and innovative methods of giving da'wah... they want us to give methods that are more adapted to <i>"modern times"</i> .... but when hearing this all that i could think was....
"Isn't the prophet's methods of giving da'wah good enough? why do we need to invent our own methods" subhanallah.....
another thing is this.... this larger group wants us to focus more on technique... and they would prefer that we include topics like "public speaking" etc.... the problem with this is that i dont want this da'wah course to end up being a 8 week public speaking course....
i would really like this course to focus on the way of the prophets... this way has worked for sooo much years why is it that we need to change them....
my brothers and sisters.. da' wah is the work of the prophets... the best of mankind..... who are we to say that their methods are not good enough for todays world..
as the amir i made it clear.... i would only authorise things that are in accordance with the quraan, sunnah, consensus of uluma...etc... if they wanted to invent their own ways then i will not allow it.. and if they dont like that then they can remove me as amir.....
please brothers and sisters.. i am not saying that we should not use modern mediums of giving da'wah... eg:television, websites, radio etc.... but shouldnt our TECHNIQUE of giving da'wah be in accordance with our beloved rasuul....
shouldnt we base such a short couse on what HE has thought us as opposed to teaching our own theories.....
my reason for this post is to gain advice...
what do you think i should do??
should i listen to these ppl
or should i follow this trend that i have alreadu set out on....
please reply......
as salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh