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Which is better – devoting oneself to calling others to Allaah (da’wah) or devoting oneself to seeking knowledge?
Praise be to
Allaah.
Seeking knowledge is better and is preferable,
but the seeker of knowledge may call people to Allaah whilst he is also
seeking knowledge, but it is not possible to call people to Allaah when
one has no knowledge. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
“Say
(O Muhammad): ‘This is my way; I invite unto Allaah (i.e. to the Oneness
of Allaah — Islamic Monotheism) with sure knowledge…”
[Yoosuf
12:108]
How
can there be da’wah with no knowledge? No one ever called anyone to
Allaah without having knowledge; whoever calls people without knowledge
will not be helped by Allaah.
