The Responsibility of the Muslim Ummat:
It has been established on the authority of the
text of the Holy Qur'an and authentic Traditions that the entire Muslim Ummat,
following the example of the Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, has been
deputed by Allah to convey His message to all nations of the world. As a matter
of fact, this was created and sent out to the world with the only purpose of
fulfilling the obligations of da'wat (inviting people to the message of Allah),
tableegh (propagation of the message of Allah) and amr bil ma'roof wa nahi
a'nil munkar (enjoining the doing of the Good and negating the evil).
The following verse is elucidating this fact:
كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنْ الْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ
[3:110]
You are the best Ummah ever raised for mankind. You
bid the Fair and forbid the Unfair, and you believe in Allah.
This
verse clearly states that the Muslim Ummat has been raised for [the guidance
of] all other communities. The purpose of this Ummat 's creation is that it
should serve all the other nations in the sense that it should enjoin them to
do good deeds, propagate good actions and forbid what is wrong. Now, if this
Ummat neglects this duty, it will not be fulfilling the function for which it
was raised.
A few verses earlier than the one quoted above,
it has been expressly stated that it is the farz-e-kifaya (collective responsibility) of this Ummat to
depute, in every age, an adequate number of people for this mission. If all the
various sections of the Ummat neglect this duty, the entire Ummat will be
regarded as a community of defaulters. However, if some groups fulfil this
collective obligation on behalf of the others, the entire Ummat will be
absolved from this obligation.
Allah says:
وَلْتَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنْ الْمُنْكَرِ وَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمْ الْمُفْلِحُونَ (آل عمران: 104
وَلْتَكُنْ مِنْكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنْ الْمُنْكَرِ وَأُوْلَئِكَ هُمْ الْمُفْلِحُونَ (آل عمران: 104
[3:104]
There has to be a group of people from among you who
call towards the good, and bid the Fair and forbid the Unfair. And it is these
who are successful
According to this verse, this chosen group has
been made responsible for the reformation and well-being of the entire Ummat;
and three important tasks have been assigned to it:
(1) inviting the entire ummat, rather all
mankind, to what is good,
(2) propagation of good ideas and good deeds,
and
(3) forbidding what is wrong.
By the time the jama'ats committed to this
cause were present in the Ummat, this obligation continued to be fulfilled, the
tempo of work being proportionate to the number of persons belonging to these
jama'ats. And, according to the prediction of the Hadees: The best generation
is the generation of my companions...- after the jama' at of sah'aba razialuhu
anhum, the jama' at of tabieen and the jama' at of taba-tabieen , these
jama'ats gradually with the passage of time reduced to mere individuals effort.(All
people of Ummat as whole were not involved)
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DAWAH MANHAJ PRINCIPLES METHODOLOGY IN
THE HOLY QURAN AND MESSANGER LIFE
THE HOLY QURAN AND MESSANGER LIFE
By
ALLAMA SYED SULAIMAN NADVI (R.A.)
The celebrated biographer of Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam (Book Seeratun Nabi ) Great Islamic Scholar of last century founder of Darul Musannefin
The celebrated biographer of Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam (Book Seeratun Nabi ) Great Islamic Scholar of last century founder of Darul Musannefin
