DAKWAH SESUNGGUHNYA

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berkaitan kaidah, tauhid, ataupun fiqih. Kita selaku mahasiswa bisa memulai dakwah

dari hal terkecil yang menyagkut hidup sehari-hari. Tantangan yang dihadapi juga

semakin sulit dan beragam. Oleh kareana itu untuk esay kali ini saya buat dalam bahasa

inggris dalam rangka internasionalisasi dahwah.

Invitation means the proselytizing or preaching of Islam. Da‘wah literally means

"issuing a summons" or "making an invitation", being a gerund of a verb meaning

variously "to summon" or "to invite" . A Muslim who practices da‘wah, either as a

religious worker or in a volunteer community effort, is called a ' .

A dā‘ī is thus a person who invites people to understand Islam through dialogue,

not unlike the Islamic equivalent of a missionary inviting people to the faith, prayer and

manner of Islamic life.

The term da'ah has other senses in the Qur'an. In sura 30:25, for example, it

denotes the call to the dead to rise on the Day of Judgment. When used in the Qur'an, it

generally refers to Allah's invitation to live according to His will. Thus, when used in

the first centuries of Islam, it usually referred to that message and was sometimes used

interchangeably with sharī‘a and dīn.

Da‘wah is also described as the duty to "actively encourage fellow Muslims in

the pursuance of greater piety in all aspects of their lives", a definition which has

become central to contemporary Islamic thought.

During the Expedition of Al Raji in 625, the Islamic Prophet Muhammad sent

some men as missionaries to various different tribes. Some men came to Muhammad

and requested that Muhammad send instructors to teach them Islam, 8 Muslim

Missionaires were killed in this expedition. Then during the Expedition of Bir Maona in

July 625 Muhammad sent some Missionaries at request of some men from the Banu

Amir tribe, but the Muslims were again killed as revenge for the assassination of Khalid

bin Sufyan by Muhammad's followers Muhammad sent Khalid ibn Walid to invite the

Banu Jadhimah tribe to Islam. This is mentioned in the Sunni Hadith

Mus`ab ibn `Umair was the first Muslim envoy in September 621 He was sent to

Yathrib to teach the people the doctrines of Islam and give them guidance. In Islamic

theology, the purpose of da‘wah is to invite people, both Muslims and non-Muslims, to

understand the worship of Allah as expressed in the Qur'an and the sunnah of the

prophet Muhammad and to inform them about Muhammad.

Da'wah as the "Call towards Allah" is the means by which Muhammad began spreading

the message of the Qur'an to mankind. After Muhammad, his followers and Ummah

assumed responsibility for it.

The importance of Dawah has been emphasised many times in the Quran: In the

Hadith of Muhammad, dawah is mentioned to emphasise importance and virtues:

Muhammad sent Muadh ibn Jabal to Yemen and told him “You will be going to

Christians and Jews, so the first thing you should invite them to is the assertion of the

oneness of Allah, Most High. If they realize that, then inform them that Allah has made

five daily prayers obligatory on them. If they pray them, then inform them that Allah

has made the payment of charity from their wealth obligatory on their rich to be given to

their poor. If they accept that, then take it from them and avoid the best part of people’s

property.”