A Short Story related to Kitab at-Tawheed
Someone i
trusted narrated to me that, there was a scholar who was living in some
of the cities of India and was giving classes in the Masjids. He used to
whenever he finishes his classes, supplicates a lot to Allah. And among
his supplication is that, he used to supplicate against Sheikh Muhammed
Ibn Abdul Wahab and cursed him.
Fortunately, there was one smart and
intelligent Saudi student who was attending his class. This student
thought about how he could save this poor Sheikh who was led astray by
the evils of propoganda, till he fell into deadlock. So his thinking
guided him to the following plans: He took Kitab At-Tawheed (i.e The
Book of Tawheed), which is the right of Allah upon His slaves, and he
peeled off the covers and the first pages contain the biography or the
information of the author. He then gave this book to the Indian Sheikh
and then asked him to read the book and give him feedback about the
book. So the Sheikh took the book, and read it and was pleased with it.
So the next day, the student asked him about the book. It was then that
the teacher started to praise the book in an amazing manner, and that it
is one of the best books written on this subject matter. Then the
student said to him, the author of the book is Muhammed Ibn Abdul Wahab
the one you always curse. And then he gave him the cover and the papers
that contain the name of the Sheikh. So the teacher was very astounded
and regretful of what he did. And then he started to supplicate for the
student, and changed his postion towards the Sheikh and started to
suppplicate for him after his class instead of supplicating against him.
So we asked Allah the Almighty to forgive him. This is how the false
propoganda misleads the people and entraps them, but subsequently the
true Da’wah to Allah is always successful, but with wisdom as we have
seen in the act of the Saudi student(May Allah have mercy on him). Allah
Subahana wa ta’alaa said:
Invite(Mankind, O Muhammed Salallahu
alayhi wa Salam) to the Way of your Lord (i.e Islam) with wisdom(i.e
with the Divine Revelation and the Qur’an) and fair preaching, and argue
with them in a way that is better.
This is the Daw’ah of Muhammed Ibn Abdul
Wahab from its birth, till the present day. I summerized its
presentation including some of the problems it underwent. This call has
undergone a alot of turmoil and trials the like of which no call to this
present era has undergone, but yet still the success that was written
for the other calls. Therefore,. we ask Allah to reward the owner of
this call and those who carried it on after his death the good which he
rewarded the reformers with, as we ask Him the Almighty to keep the
kings of the Saudia family and thier leaders firm on the path, thise who
helped this call out, spread it, defended it, published its books and
are still like that. May Allah accept from their Islamic Deeds and may
Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon the best of His creatures Muhammed,
his family members and his companions.
Taken from the book “The
Problems Of The Da’wah and the Du’aat In The Present Era” by ,Sheikh
Muhammed Amaana Ibn Al-Jaami page 85How to give Dawah in a Beautiful manner?
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