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How to Give a Shahadah in 10 Minutestips, tools and training providing

effective methods of giving dawah

By

Kamal El Mekki

[email protected]

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Understanding Your Obligation

“and you can not guide the blind from theirstraying; you can make to hear only those who believe in Our Ayat (proofs , evidences, verses,

signs) and have submitted to Allah in Islam (suslims)!"#

(Al$%um &'&)

“ And who is better in speech from the one who

calls to the way of his *ord and does good deedsand says I am from amongst the uslims#

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Great Reward

+hoever guides -another. to a good deed willget a reward similar to the one who performsit!+ -/aheeh uslim.

+0y Allah, if Allah were to guide one manthrough you it would be better for you thanthe best type of camels!+ -al$0ukhaaree,uslim.

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Two Types of Guidance (Hidaya)

1! Hidayat ul irshaad: Our 2uty

3rying to direct someone to thetruth

4! Hidayat ul tawfiq: 5rom Allah

hen Allah opens a persons heart

to Islam!

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Obstacles on the ath to gettinga !hahadah

"# $%pecting &nstant Results

'# & dont ha*e enough +nowledge,

-# & .yself a. in need of dawah,

/# Too !hy

0# 1ot +nowing who youre tal+ing to

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$%cuses for 1ot ta+ing the!hahadah

"# 2oo+ing for a sign,

'# 3isconceptions about&sla.43usli.s4Religion

-# roble.s are caused by religion

/# &nfluences of fa.ily and society

0# roble.s apply across the board

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The 5arious 6awah 3ethods

"# a.phlet pushing

'# Group 6awah

-# One7on7one style street 6awah

/# One7on7one sit down 6awah

0# &nternet 6awah

8# &ndirect 6awah

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a.phlet ushing

!etting: 9reas with hea*y traffic

6 Goal is to hand out as .uch .aterial aspossible#

6 Requires a plan for can*assing the area

6 1ot .uch tal+ing

6 o*er the entire pathway so you dont .issa single person;

6 Ha*e a catch phrase to arouse interest;Ta+e it or hear it;,

6 <now what youre handing out#

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Group 6awah

!etting: Gi*ing a tal+ or lecture to a group ofpeople

"# !tic+ to the point

'# The Rules are the sa.e;

= 3a+e sure you dont .isrepresent &sla.;

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O1$ on O1$ Street Dawah

"# Ti.e is of the essence# >e efficient;

'# Tra*el in groups or pairs#

-# Ta+e security into consideration;

= ?al+ with .e;

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O1$ on O1$ Sit-Down

9 detail oriented theological discussion@ usuallypre7planned

"# >egin with how .uch the person +nows on

&sla.A diagnose to find proble.

'# You ha*e ti.eA but still use it wisely;

-# 2istenA donBt interrupt and let the. finish#

/# &f the person has studied &sla.: find the coreissue that is +eeping hi.4her fro. &sla.#

= o..on roble.: &f they repeat an argu.entArephrase and say it bac+ to the.

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6awah through the &nternet or.ail

!etting: the use of e.ailA chat roo.sA!etting: the use of e.ailA chat roo.sA&3 or letters to propagate &sla.#&3 or letters to propagate &sla.#

"#"# !end lin+s to websites for!end lin+s to websites forfurther reading#further reading#

'#'# !tic+ to the point!tic+ to the point

= 3en co..unicate with .en and= 3en co..unicate with .en and wo.en co..unicate with wo.en; wo.en co..unicate with wo.en;

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6oBs and 6onBts

These are helpful tips

to help you use e*ery potentialasset to your best possible

ad*antage#

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6Os:

"# >e patient: be prepared to run acrosspeople who dont want your dawah

'# >e straight forward#

-# 9*oid unnecessary confrontationsAargu.entsC si.ply .o*e on;

/# <eep your eye on the ball and +eepthe ball rolling#

0# Ha*e a partner with you#

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6Os:

8# Use si.ple language

D# Understand needsA obstacles and issues

E# 2isten with your eyes and your ears#DF7EF of co..unication is non7 *erbal

# Try to coin state.ents into a positi*e

.annerA highlight words li+e good, Iyes,

"F# >e neat and clean in appearance#

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6Os:

""# Get your rospect to listen:

1od

Use open gestures

2ean forward

3aintain eye contact but dont stare

"'# !.ile

"-# Jind points to agree upon

resent the. with concepts that will get you a Kyes#

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6Os:

"/# 9c+nowledge their questions as intelligent

7 L Thats a good questionL

7 &B. actually glad you brought that point up,

7 & can see why you understood it that way,

"0# 9s+ for a na.e

"8# Jind out the beliefs of your prospect

"D# 9*oid hu.an obstacles (partner)

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6O:

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Don'ts:

6 6ont start by attac+ing or beingaggressi*e

7 people beco.e defensi*e and put a

.ental bloc+

6 6ont use an approach that .ay annoypeople

6 6ont be e*asi*e

6 1e*er use the Blets not push hi.Btechnique

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Don'ts:

6 1e*er interrupt a person gi*ing dawah

7 unless 5$RY GOO6 R$9!O1 or you ha*ea good point your partner o*erloo+ed

6 6ont >egin a sentence with 1o, orL ?hat you need to understandL#

7 6onBt use BbutB it erases all that was said before it# &nstead useL & agree 79greeing

is i.portant

6 6ont get into a negotiation#

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Don'ts:

6 Gi*e up if the person see.suninterested or .a+es fun of you#

6 Jalsify nor e%aggerate infor.ation

6 3isrepresent &sla.s positionregarding the other party

6ont .a+e the +aafir co.fortable with his

<ufr,;

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Methods and Techniques

• Avoiding Handshakes

• Using the name “ Aah!

• "othing: tho#e vs$ %ants

• Using agg&ession a%%&o%&iate

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(ak )awa %oints

Depends on the type of Dawah

– but what would they be?

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*a&t ++

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Understanding DawahFrom the Quran

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Understanding DawahFrom the Quran

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.nowledge%adith:

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• “Aah and the anges V and even the ant inits nest and the ish in the sea wi %&a o&the one who teaches %eo%e good things$!

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*atience

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• “And o& each o the %&o%hets (e have made anenem &om the ido wo&shi%%e&s!

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*atience

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“So #e %atient with what ou& o&d hasdec&eed$!

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The Sim%icit othe Matte&

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• YZy$ So the tu&ned to themseves and said: še&iVou a&e the w&ongdoe&s$''[ YZ]$ Then the tu&ned tothemseves: +ndeed ou know we that these s%eaknot™''[ YZZ$ He said: Do ou then wo&shi% #esidesAahV things that can neithe& %&oit ou no& ha&mou''[ YZ›$ œie u%on ouV and u%on that which ouwo&shi% #esides Aah™ Have ou then no sense''[

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The Sim%icit othe Matte&

• The ”uestionnai&e

• ”uestions ou can ask

– (hat is the *u&%ose o ie – Gods in Thaiand$

* Most people think problems with their religion

automatically apply to others.

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Thinking Outside of the Box

– T&init: th&ee in one o& one in th&ee

– How man Gods whe&e the&e whenžesus died o& th&ee das

– (h neve& an e%icit mention o

T&init in the ri#eV since it is the c&uo the &eigion

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T&inita&ian Anaogies

The ggThe gg

The ameThe ame

(ate&(ate&

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Using Sto&ies and Anaogies

When doing this make sure you utiliethe follo!ing guidelines"

• Begin !ith the most sim#leex#lanations first$ and the more%om#li%ated as the situationne%essitates&

• Make %om#arisons to the dunya&

Ÿi someone i a%ostatieV cut o hands$YŸee% ou& ee on the #a™[

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1$ *ut the &eigion unde& the mic&osco%e$

\$ Human vaue sstem

¡$ vi and the ža& o da&knessy$ eigion and vioence

a$ Most vioence not #ecause o &eigion#$ MediaV %oitics vs$ %u&e teaching to ki

]$ (omen %ogn 1¢1£\

Z$ "once%t o žustice and &esu&&ection

Using Sto&ies and Anaogies

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Using Sto&ies and Anaogiescont

›$ *&o%het continuation cha&t

¤$ &ganied &eigion

¥$ œun and Ha%%iness

10$ The names o Jesus and Moses mentioned in ”u&an mo&e than

Mohammed $

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Using Sto&ies and Anaogiescont

11. Tawheed £ no %a&tne&$ Mentionchid&enV wivesV &iends he%e&sV&idicuous $

1\$ %ain conce%tŽ ogicV then ask ithe&e is a %&o#em with that ogic

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(h do %eo%econve&t

1$ Ag&ees with human natu&e and makessense

\$ *&ae&s

¡$ Soutions to Socia aiments

y$ Devotion o +sam's oowe&s

¦ The conve&sion o Hama A

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"&eate the Senseo U&genc

1$ Uq#ah i#n a#i Mueet

\$ ma& i#n A khatta#

¡$ A#u suaan

y$ Sa “a iaha iaah!

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How to a%%&oach %eo%e

Di&ect and +ndi&ect a%%&oaches

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Indirect Approach

1& 'a!ah through manners and (eha)ior

2& *a)ing a dis%ussion !ith a friend or

#artner intending for non+Muslims to hear ,& -erforming a%ts of !orshi# in -u(li%

a& -rayer at .ir#ort (& /oot in the sink0%& -i%ture of the Kaa(a

& ea)ing #am#hlets on train and (us seats3 (usstations3doorste#s3 hotel rooms3 'r& offi%e et%

5& Bum#er sti%kers

4& Other methods

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Di&ect A%%&oach1$ + ou have a dawah ta#e

\$ +n st&eet dawah the a%%&oach is ve&st&aight o&wa&d$

xše& di&ect$ (hat is the %u&%ose o ie

¡$ rut in an eevato& o& sto&e How

(hat was a&e the&e to st&ike u% aconve&sation


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Di&ect A%%&oach

1$ A&e ou a Musim

• (h not• œ&om this &es%onseV ou see how

a& o& cose the a&e to +sam$

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Scena&ioSomeone #eieves in God #ut noto&ganied &eigion

1$ Diso&ganied \$ œaac o &eigion and wa&$¡$ vi in the wo&dŽ ža& o da&kness$y$ (hat is good and what is #ad

]$ Science § ”u&an¦ S+T D(X U: US A SHT œ*A* AXD (+T *+XTS AGDU*X ™ (H¨

Z$ +sam astest g&owing &eigion o& a&eason

›$ A caim to have the t&uthV %ut &eigionunde& the mic&osco%e

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Atheist

1$ ruiding in dese&t Žwatch in thewoods$ idicuous to come &omnothing$

\$ How did we hea& o c&eato&¡$ œai&nessŽ sending %&o%hetsy$ žustice$]$ Autho&ed a rook Z$ Sitxdown›$ œastest g&owing &eigions$

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Two theo&ies:

1$ 'St&ong aith' shake the oundations V when

the &ee #ack then show them +sam

e$g$ Mo&mons

\$ 'weake& aith'V don't get into #i#ica de#ateuness necessa&V ust %&esent +samV itmakes mo&e sense and is mo&e acce%ta#e inits theo&ies

“ ¨ou don©t need to know the othe& &eigionª ustknow ou&s!

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œoowxu% Methods

Dawah Tak Ž ncou&agment Tak

1$ r&othe&hood Sstem\$ "ommitment Sstem

¦ "ommunit "haenge

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