Since my childhood I was having very much interest in Dawah (invitation towards Islam). But one thing was missing: a good platform. In 2009, my dream came true when I first time logged on to Facebook. It gave me a great opportunity to reach to non-Muslims. By the grace of Allah, the feedback from non-Muslim brothers and sisters has been encouraging so far.
Once a non-Muslim sister, Garima Yadav, said and I quote: Hi, it feels so nice though. I do not know you that well but if you are what you write (sorry if it is offending) then I am so happy to see someone so passionate about ones religion and giving his best shot to follow it. This world needs more people like you. May Allah grant her Hidaya
to accept the beautiful religion of Islam!
It reminds me the verse: Invite all to the way of Lord (Allah) with wisdom and beautiful preaching and argue with them in the ways that are best and most gracious. {Quran 16:125}.
She is a research scholar at Lady Shri Ram College for women. This was the great compliment from a non-Muslim sister, though there were instances, when feedback was against also.
I believe that on Facebook, Dawah is very easy and effective. Every time when you post an Islamic link, video or any other related information, you have to be prompt to give answers to all the queries related to the post. Every time when I upload an Islamic post, I always care for its authenticity. Dawah needs good and authentic knowledge and enthusiasm.
Good and authentic knowledge may be not likely to be known by the Facebook scholars but their courage, enthusiasm and their good intentions must be appreciated. It is a good Dawah tool, which must be used by all those who have authentic and good knowledge of Islam.
Facebook also gave me chance to interact with prominent scholars of Peace TV like Nisar Nadiadwala, Assim Alhakeem, Areeb Islam etc. I believe lot of Dawah work is yet to be done, as Prophet Muhammad (SAW) said: Whoever hides knowledge, Allah will brand him with the branding iron from the hellfire. [Tirmidhi]
You can invest a pretty good time on Facebook while giving Dawah. This may take a bit of your time initially, but if there is anything beneficial for the society then Inshallah, this will be a sound investment of your time. The last prophet of Islam (SAW) said:
Balligo anni walaw aayah (Relate from me, even if, only one verse).
So, if you know one verse of the holy Quran or one Hadith, spread it.
Raashid Ul Nabi Khan
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