اصول و مباني دعوت در عصر پيامبر

Essence and Principle of Preaching in the Era of the Holy Prophet (PBI. H)

Summoning men unto God that the holy Prophet (PBUH) was its founder under the instniction o die Mm ,, I n v ■ nmprised all principles of the religion in a very sample and comprehensive way. So, the term Islamic Oawnh i tsJainic Summoning i \. ■. used for Islam referring to ir in a comprehensive form. It is very interesting to know that Dawah at the early era of fslarti was being conducted through a mechanism in which education and practice were effectively ::oing on sidt. by side. the w.r. preaching Islam at ihe time of his Excellency was functioning as a school where the companions received educalu n .m l also as monastery where ihey lo practiced their learning. El was. the mo>! prominent it.nre of i!ie IsUmie Dnv. ah. In twentieth eentury Molana Muhammad llyas _ the founder of Jamaat Dawat&Tabligh, experimented the above pattern of summoning in the Mywaat region of India which proved greatly successful in that aiea and the entire world. During his vast and deep studies be could find out tite fundamental principles of the early era of summoning and included them in his Dawah movement. Some of those principles are: 1 - Summoning men unto God 2- Education and learning 3- Worship and invocation of God 4- Embracing Islamic ethics One of the important features of summoning at the era of the holy Prophet (PBUH) was minimalism as a generally accepted principle. The great companions of his Excellency remained committed to this principle too. But after the era of companions the situation was gradually changed. The Islamic Dawah was tom apart and got confined in monasteries and seminaries separately. Consequently, the principles of unity and simplicity became obsolete. As matter of fact, simplicity was a program by which the companions and their successive attendants could apply complete set of Islamic values and principles in their lives; that is why, in terms of devotion and cultivation of religion they got to a level that the holy Prophet (PBUH) declared them as the best class of Muslims.