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Dawah

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	'''Dawah''' is the invitation to Islam, calling people to worship Allah alone and to live according to guidance with wisdom, mercy, clarity, and good conduct.		'''Dawah''' is the invitation to Islam, calling people to worship Allah alone and to live according to guidance with wisdom, mercy, clarity, and good conduct.

			<blockquote>And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allâh (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands firm (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allâh’s (Islâmic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims." <br />—Qur'an 41:33</blockquote>

	== Definition ==		== Definition ==
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	The Qur'an also praises the one who invites to Allah, does righteous deeds, and openly identifies as one of the Muslims.		The Qur'an also praises the one who invites to Allah, does righteous deeds, and openly identifies as one of the Muslims.<ref>[https://quran.com/en/41/33 Qur'an 41:33]</ref>


	<blockquote>And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allâh (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands firm (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allâh’s (Islâmic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims." <br />—Qur'an 41:33<ref>[https://quran.com/en/41/33 Qur'an 41:33]</ref~~></blockquote~~>

	== Purpose ==		== Purpose ==

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	~~This~~ page ~~explains how to choose the article shown in~~ the featured-article ~~box on https~~:~~//dawah.wiki~~.		The DawahWiki landing page reads the featured article title from [[Project:FeaturedArticle]].

	== How to ~~feature an article~~ ==		== How to change it ==

	# ~~Open~~ [[Project:FeaturedArticle~~\|the featured article control page~~]].		# Edit [[Project:FeaturedArticle]].
	~~# Click '''Edit'''~~.
	# Put only the exact article title on the first line.		# Put only the exact article title on the first line.
	# Save ~~the page~~.		# Save.
	# Refresh https://dawah.wiki.		# Refresh https://dawah.wiki.

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	Dawah		Dawah
	~~</pre>~~

	~~That will feature the page [[Dawah]].~~

	~~To feature a different article, replace the first line with that exact page title.~~

	~~Examples:~~

	~~<pre>~~
	Shirk		Shirk
	Tawhid		Tawhid
	Islam		Islam
	</pre>		</pre>

	~~== Current featured article ==~~

	~~The current control page is:~~

	* [[Project:FeaturedArticle]]

	~~== Notes ==~~

	~~The landing page reads the title from [[Project:FeaturedArticle]], then pulls the article preview from the English wiki.~~

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	This page explains how to choose the article featured on ~~the DawahWiki landing page~~.		This page explains how to choose the article shown in the featured-article box on https://dawah.wiki.

	~~To change the featured~~ article:		== How to feature an article ==

	# Open [[Project:FeaturedArticle]].		# Open [[Project:FeaturedArticle\|the featured article control page]].
			# Click '''Edit'''.
	# Put only the exact article title on the first line.		# Put only the exact article title on the first line.
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			Examples:

			<pre>
			Shirk
			Tawhid
			Islam
			</pre>

			== Current featured article ==

			The current control page is:

			* [[Project:FeaturedArticle]]

			== Notes ==

			The landing page reads the title from [[Project:FeaturedArticle]], then pulls the article preview from the English wiki.

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Dawah

TheIslampill — Fri, 22 May 2026 23:19:12 GMT

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	In Islamic usage, dawah refers to inviting people toward Allah, toward Islam, and toward what is true, beneficial, and pleasing to Allah.		In Islamic usage, dawah refers to inviting people toward Allah, toward Islam, and toward what is true, beneficial, and pleasing to Allah.

	~~Dawah is not merely argument~~ or debate.		Argument or debate are not the primary goals of dawah.

	It includes teaching, clarification, good example, sincere advice, answering doubts, removing confusion, and calling people to worship Allah alone.		It includes teaching, clarification, good example, sincere advice, answering doubts, removing confusion, and calling people to worship Allah alone.

			Dawah is not limited to non-Muslims alone; it also includes inviting Muslims to proper worship, strengthening their faith, and doing good deeds.

	== Qur'anic basis ==		== Qur'anic basis ==

	The Qur'an commands inviting to the way of Allah with wisdom, good instruction, and the best manner of discussion.<ref>[https://quran.com/en/~~an-nahl~~/125 Qur'an 16:125]</ref>		The Qur'an commands inviting to the way of Allah with wisdom, good instruction, and the best manner of discussion.<ref>[https://quran.com/en/16/125 Qur'an 16:125]</ref>


			The Qur'an also praises the one who invites to Allah, does righteous deeds, and openly identifies as one of the Muslims.


	~~The Qur'an also praises the one~~ who invites to ~~Allah~~, does righteous deeds, and ~~openly identifies as~~ one of the Muslims.<ref>[https://~~corpus.~~quran.com/~~translation.jsp?chapter=~~41~~&verse=~~33 Qur'an 41:33]</ref>		<blockquote>And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allâh (believes in His Oneness)," and then stands firm (acts upon His Order), and] invites (men) to Allâh’s (Islâmic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims." <br />—Qur'an 41:33<ref>[https://quran.com/en/41/33 Qur'an 41:33]</ref></blockquote>

	== Purpose ==		== Purpose ==

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	This page ~~controls~~ the featured ~~article shown~~ on the DawahWiki landing page.		This page explains how to choose the article featured on the DawahWiki landing page.

	To change the featured article:		To change the featured article:

	# ~~Edit~~ [[Project:FeaturedArticle]].		# Open [[Project:FeaturedArticle]].
	# Put only the exact article title on the first line.		# Put only the exact article title on the first line.
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= Feature article =

This page controls the featured article shown on the DawahWiki landing page.

To change the featured article:

# Edit [[Project:FeaturedArticle]].
# Put only the exact article title on the first line.
# Save the page.
# Refresh https://dawah.wiki.

Example:

<pre>
Dawah
</pre>

The landing page will then pull that article from the English wiki.

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Dawah

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	== Definition ==		== Definition ==

	The word ''dawah'' comes from the Arabic root meaning “to call,” “to invite,” or “to summon.” ~~In Islamic usage, dawah refers to inviting people toward Allah, toward Islam, and toward what is true, beneficial, and pleasing to Allah.~~		The word “''dawah''” comes from the Arabic root meaning “to call,” “to invite,” or “to summon.”

	Dawah is not merely argument or debate. It includes teaching, clarification, good example, sincere advice, answering doubts, removing confusion, and calling people to worship Allah alone.		In Islamic usage, dawah refers to inviting people toward Allah, toward Islam, and toward what is true, beneficial, and pleasing to Allah.

			Dawah is not merely argument or debate.

			It includes teaching, clarification, good example, sincere advice, answering doubts, removing confusion, and calling people to worship Allah alone.

	== Qur'anic basis ==		== Qur'anic basis ==

Dawah

TheIslampill — Fri, 22 May 2026 22:46:42 GMT

Created page with "'''Dawah''' is the invitation to Islam, calling people to worship Allah alone and to live according to guidance with wisdom, mercy, clarity, and good conduct. == Definition == The word ''dawah'' comes from the Arabic root meaning “to call,” “to invite,” or “to summon.” In Islamic usage, dawah refers to inviting people toward Allah, toward Islam, and toward what is true, beneficial, and pleasing to Allah. Dawah is not merely argument or debate. It includes..."

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'''Dawah''' is the invitation to Islam, calling people to worship Allah alone and to live according to guidance with wisdom, mercy, clarity, and good conduct.

== Definition ==

The word ''dawah'' comes from the Arabic root meaning “to call,” “to invite,” or “to summon.” In Islamic usage, dawah refers to inviting people toward Allah, toward Islam, and toward what is true, beneficial, and pleasing to Allah.

Dawah is not merely argument or debate. It includes teaching, clarification, good example, sincere advice, answering doubts, removing confusion, and calling people to worship Allah alone.

== Qur'anic basis ==

The Qur'an commands inviting to the way of Allah with wisdom, good instruction, and the best manner of discussion.<ref>[https://quran.com/en/an-nahl/125 Qur'an 16:125]</ref>

The Qur'an also praises the one who invites to Allah, does righteous deeds, and openly identifies as one of the Muslims.<ref>[https://corpus.quran.com/translation.jsp?chapter=41&verse=33 Qur'an 41:33]</ref>

== Purpose ==

The purpose of dawah is not to win arguments for their own sake.
Its purpose is to clarify truth, call to worship of Allah alone, invite to guidance, and remove obstacles that prevent sincere understanding.

A person engaged in dawah should care about the guidance and welfare of the person being addressed. The goal is not humiliation, domination, or display, but sincere clarification.

== Method ==

Dawah should be carried out with:

* knowledge;
* sincerity;
* wisdom;
* patience;
* truthful speech;
* good manners;
* awareness of the listener’s state;
* clarity about what is certain and what is uncertain.

Different people require different forms of address. Some need basic explanation. Some need answers to doubts. Some need moral example. Some need correction of false assumptions. Some need time.

== Dawah and good character ==

Good character is part of dawah. A person may undermine the truth by presenting it harshly, ignorantly, or arrogantly. Likewise, good manners without truthfulness are incomplete. Dawah requires both truth and mercy.

== Reward of guiding to good ==

The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ taught that whoever guides someone to good receives a reward like the one who does it.<ref>[https://sunnah.com/muslim:1893a Sahih Muslim 1893a]</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Islam]]
* [[Tawhid]]
* [[Theology]]
* [[Comparative religion]]

== References ==

<references />

[[Category:Islam]]
[[Category:Theology]]
[[Category:FAQ]]

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Shirk

TheIslampill — Fri, 22 May 2026 22:25:03 GMT

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'''Shirk''' is the association of partners with Allah in worship, lordship, names, attributes, or rights that belong to Allah alone.

== Overview ==

Write the overview here.

== Definition ==

Write the definition here.

== Types ==

Write types or classifications here.

== See also ==

* [[Tawhid]]

[[Category:Islam]]
[[Category:Theology]]
[[Category:Shirk]]

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