MashaAllah Sh. Ahmed jazakumallahu khairan for the nice article. There is no doubt that we should encourage the propogation of Islam and not discourage the brothers from doing so. Knowledge and dawah go hand in hand, thus the Ulema of the past always engaged in dawah and propogation of the religious knowledge.

The least a Muslim can do is not obstruct those who seek to propogate the deen. There is a false contention that “I don’t have enough knowledge to give dawah.” This is contradictory to the words of the Prophet(saw): “Propogate from me, even if it is only one verse.”

If we keep quiet and do not encourage goodness and forbid evil, we will be blameworthy. In short, the more we learn, the more we should propogate, otherwise the light of knowledge will fade.

May Allah increase us in love for all those who helped make the deen reach us, and use us as a means to raise the Oneness of Allah on the earth.

here’s some notes from Imam Suhaib’s lecture on dawah in America from the summer:

http://islamequalscool.wordpress.com/2007/09/17/contemporary-musab-ibn-umayr-radiallahu-anhu-the-american-muslim/

the parts that are highlighted in that article deal with humbling yourself when making da’wah.

Alhamdulillah i work full time and wear hijab and jalbab to work and i have to do 3 salahs @ work..so people at work saw me praying but didnt say anything..then ramadhan came and i started fasting so couldnt join them for lunch and they asked me questions like why do we fast, why pray and why pray the way you do…etc I answered the questions then i noticed one of the co-worker was veyr mesmerized by salah and fasting so i invited her to mosque..and she has agreed to come in one of these days..

Best dawah is through action and thats probably the only which hits the point. my co-workers always tell me how can somebody do wuddu and pray the way you do and still be willing to commit hideous crimes..=) i didnt even need to tell them that religion doesnt approve =)

Just a typo I noticed.. Abu Sufyan stood in front of Heraclius (not Hercules).

Hammad