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**leareliovag** · 09-04-2012, 03:57 AM

From here:

DA'WAH IN THE SEERAH

As you are aware, the Prophet (sallallahu-alayhi-wasallam), had a burning desire to invite humanity towards Islam. Despite 13 years of untiring effort in Makkatul-Mukarramah and 7 years in Madinatul-Munawwarah, there was no large scale movement of non-Muslims into Islam. Between 7 AH and 10 AH, which is the period after Fath-Makkah until the Prophet's demise, there was such an influx of people entering the ranks of Islam that was not witnessed in the preceding 20 years.
Imam Zuhri (rahmatullahi-alayh), an eminent Muhaddith and Tabii, expressed surprise on this sea change, with so many people embracing Islam in a matter of just 3 years. Along with other distinguished Muhaddith he has commented that this was due to non-Muslims having had an opportunity for the first time, to observe and intermingle with Muslims, witness their honesty, fair dealing, compassion and sole reliance on Almighty Allah. This left such a deep and profound impression on non-Muslims that thousands entered into the fold of Islam within a relatively short period of time. My impression is another - there is a gap between Dawah and heavy influx into Islam. Dawah is grueling and the results are not immediate. If It was a life time project for Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti (RA) then we do have Islam in India today. If we do not have Islam in Spain today then may be it is because there was no Chishti there. Wallahualam.

09-04-2012, 03:57 AM	#15
leareliovag Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 396 Senior Member	From here: DA'WAH IN THE SEERAH As you are aware, the Prophet (sallallahu-alayhi-wasallam), had a burning desire to invite humanity towards Islam. Despite 13 years of untiring effort in Makkatul-Mukarramah and 7 years in Madinatul-Munawwarah, there was no large scale movement of non-Muslims into Islam. Between 7 AH and 10 AH, which is the period after Fath-Makkah until the Prophet's demise, there was such an influx of people entering the ranks of Islam that was not witnessed in the preceding 20 years. Imam Zuhri (rahmatullahi-alayh), an eminent Muhaddith and Tabii, expressed surprise on this sea change, with so many people embracing Islam in a matter of just 3 years. Along with other distinguished Muhaddith he has commented that this was due to non-Muslims having had an opportunity for the first time, to observe and intermingle with Muslims, witness their honesty, fair dealing, compassion and sole reliance on Almighty Allah. This left such a deep and profound impression on non-Muslims that thousands entered into the fold of Islam within a relatively short period of time. My impression is another - there is a gap between Dawah and heavy influx into Islam. Dawah is grueling and the results are not immediate. If It was a life time project for Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti (RA) then we do have Islam in India today. If we do not have Islam in Spain today then may be it is because there was no Chishti there. Wallahualam.
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