Dawah Leaders Guide by iERA

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DAWAH LEADER S GUIDE

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iERA dawah guide. Learn how to give dawah as a leader. Lead the team.

Transcript of Dawah Leaders Guide by iERA

  • DawahLEaDER S

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  • iERA (Islamic Education and Research Academy) is a global dawah organisation dedicated to presenting Islam to the wider society. The vision of iERA is to be an engine for the global dawah movement. Through research and development, we aim to produce effective resources to empower Muslimsas individuals and local communities to give dawah.

    One of the main focuses of iERA is to develop dawah community organisers in every area of the UK. The dawah community organisers are iERA representatives who have a focus on developing and supporting new and existing dawah leaders and teams within a specified region. The dawah community organisers will have targets of helping develop a certain amount of effective teams each year, and through this, by the will of Allah, the output of du aat and shahadahs will drastically increase.

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  • The dawah leader will need to have a strong connection with Allah as success will only come from Allah alone. The leader can build a stronger connection with Allah by reading the Quran as often as possible and also by doing extra ibadah such as praying tahajjud, fasting and giving in charity. We can learn from the seerah (the life of Muhammad (pbuh)) that Allah will test you in different ways within the dawah, so it is important to be connected with Allah in times of ease and in times of hardship . Along with this, it is vital that the leader focuses his intentions on becoming a dawah leader for the sake of Allah and not for worldly gain or praise of high position.

    It is vital for you as a dawah leader to have a love for the dawah and to be motivated by the mission of giving the message of Islam to everyone living in your locality. One way that you can stay motivated is by being connected to the stories of the Prophets.

    Many of the stories are focused on the Prophets calling their people to Allah. These will not only keep you motivated, but will also allow you to learn amazing lessons which will help your mission.

    Before his mission started, Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) already had a positive reputation in society. For example, he was known as Al Ameen, meaning the trustworthy one. This helped set a foundation for people trusting his message.

    For more effective dawah, the local Muslim community should promote a positive reputation. To achieve this, they should be involved in charitable activities which benefit the community such as helping the homeless or the elderly. These activities can also be show on the local media platforms such as a local newspaper and radio. This will result in the locals trusting the Muslim community rather than following a negative perception which they may have from other sources.

    A leader is someone who reflects on the reality of how the world is and has a clear vision on how he wants the world to be. The leader has a subconscious feeling that something in the world is not right and that it is his obligation to work to make things better.

    The leader has a vision. He develops a never say die attitude and is proactive in making his vision a reality. Through the leaders vision and passion he is able to motivate others in working to make the vision a reality.

    A key part of your role as a dawah leader is to manage your local dawah team. A part of managing people is helping other people grow and develop by giving them roles and responsibilities. The leader has a strong personal relationship with his team and understands each members strengths and weaknesses.

    You will also be communicating with others, such as the mosque committee or the local police. So you will need to be able to talk to anyone in an effective way. Another important aspect of dealing with people is building trust through having integrity. It is important that you do what you say and if you are not able to meet a commitment you have made, then to communicate that and deal with the consequences.

    You will need to have basic organisational and IT skills as you may be involved in creating rotas and small dawah projects. You also will need to be able to build a strong team and elevate the team by delegating tasks.

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    A fundamental principle in leadership is that the leader is there to serve people.The leader will need to develop some specific characteristics and qualities to be successful. Some of the main qualities are listed below:

    And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining whatis right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful. (Quran 3:101)

    A key part of developing a mass movement in dawah is for people like yourself to step up and take leadership of the dawah within your local community. This role is something the Quran calls our ummah to:

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  • StEp 1: MotIvatIon

    you will need to motivate members of the community to make dawah a key part of their life and to join the new dawah team. This can be done in the following ways:

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    The foundations of developing the mass movement in your area are motivation, knowledge and action.

    You are likely to face Muslims making excuses for not doing dawah, such as they do not have knowledge, they need to work on themselves or there are other problems in the world to deal with, such as wars and poverty. So it is important to be persistent and show how their excuses are invalid.

    For example, for someone who said we need to have a lot of knowledge to give dawah, a simple reply is that the Prophet (pbuh) said,

    Convey from me even if one ayah - (Al-Bukhari) They will know at least one verse so they have enough knowledge to do dawah. And remind them that dawah is only about telling people about the basics of Islam, such as who is Allah. They will also get training on how to do dawah in an effective way.

    People may make different excuses, however this is only to hide the reality of them not being motivated and passionate for the dawah. A key way to deal with this is to motivate them towards the dawah using their own key interests.

    For example, if they are passionate about developing the Muslim youth, explain how the Muslim youth can be developed through getting involved in dawah. Or if they are passionate about feeding the homeless, explain how dawah will also help them feed their soul and that the first to become Muslims were from among the poor.

    Everyone has a personal interest that they are passionate about so use that to motivate them to get involved in dawah.

    - Deliver a talk on the importance of dawah and take the names and contact details of those who want to join the team. There may be other classes or events that you could attend to give a short reminder.

    - Arrange for the local imaam to do a khutba on the importance of dawah and organise a registration table outside the mosque after the Jummah salaah for people to join the team.

    - Deliver a talk or arrange for a local event where a known daee delivers a talk on the importance of dawah. The daee should then motivate the attendees to join the team. This will give you the opportunity to take down the details of those who are interested in joining the team. An iERA speaker may be available for booking through the Speakers Bureau page.

    - Look at online social media networks to advertise for people to join the new dawah team.

    - Organise a dawah training course or dawah mission which will motivate the local attendees to make dawah a key part of their life. A Call of Duty dawah training course or dawah mission can be organised through the Mission Dawah website.

    - Contact friends and family and have one to one conversations on the vision of the new dawah team and motivate them to join. You can also ask them if they know anyone else who may be interested in joining and also call them.

    - Send an e-mail out to a local mailing list with a reminder of the importance of dawah and information about the new team and how to get involved.

    - Create a poster with information on how to join the team and put it in the local mosque or university prayer rooms.

  • StEp 2: knowLEDGE

    Those who have been motivated will then need to be educated on how to do dawah effectively and also have the correct understanding of how to look after new Muslims in an effective way so that they become strong practicing Muslims.

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    Once they have the knowledge on how to give dawah, you will then need to create the avenues for them to take action in calling people to Allah.

    The Dawah Leader is the Ameer and will be in charge of the dawah team.

    The Vice Ameer will help the Ameer and will take his place in his absence.

    The Ameerah is in charge of sisters doing dawah

    The new Muslim Ameer/Ameerah is in charge of making sure new Muslims are being looked after.

    The da ee who has given dawah and got a shahadah is in charge of looking after the new Muslim. The new Muslim Ameer and Ameerah will help by organising events and circles for the new Muslims.

    The regular members are the duaat on the ground who go out to give dawah.

    It is important that the team builds a sense of brotherhood and are in regular communication. This can be done by:

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    The next step is to create the avenues for dawah to be done on a regular basis. you may decide to start off small and then gradually build up. This will depend on the amount of dedicated duaat you

    For the dawah activities it is likely that you will need dawah materials which can be ordered and downloaded from the Mission Dawah website.

    For regular dawah activates it is very important to create a rota and get commitment from each da ee on attending agreed dates. This is to make sure the dawah happens consistently.

    It is vital that you, as the dawah leader, contact them three days and also the night before they are scheduled to go out to do dawah. This can be done through e-mail, text message, messaging them in a Whatsapp group or by calling them.

    If a daee is unable to attend their scheduled date, they should inform you a minimum of 3 days before and they should try to arrange for a replacement.

    Street dawah is the simplest and easiest form of giving dawah:

    Pick a location that is busy like a high street or town centre. It is a good idea to choose a place where it is easy to access a local mosque. This is so that you can take a new Muslim to the mosque to teach them how to pray.

    As people are walking past, you can hand out an initiation flyer and ask open questions to get into conversations such as: What do you think is the purpose of life?

    Use the GORAP method to give dawah.

    After the dawah session, go back to the mosque with the teamand have a debrief on what went well and the lessons they learnt. You may also decide to go out for dinner to help build brotherhood within the team.

    Take all of your equipment to the venue, including thedawah material and a table if you choose to use one.

    Give a motivational reminder to your team on why you are going out.

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    Setting up a dawah table is also very simple to do:

    Be aware not to place the table on a private property unless you ask the owners permission. It may also be handy to get permission from the council to put the stallin that location, but this is not always necessary.

    Purchase a solid dawah table with chairs. Cheaper tables tend to break very easily so it is recommended you get a strong lightweight table.

    Set up the table and the banner, place the materials on the table in a presentable way and keep one or two people behind the table while the rest of the team does street dawah away from the table.

    Get dawah material and a table banner. You may also need aplastic sheet to cover the table and the materials in case it rains.

    Pick a location that is busy, like a high street or town centre.

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    MInI Dawah MISSIon

    A mini dawah mission is great to create a buzz for the dawah and also fairly easyto organise. The mini dawah mission is a one day mission which includes a shortdawah training workshop in the morning with a focus on teaching how to do street dawah with the GORAP method.

    Thereafter the students will be taken out to a busy area to give dawah after the training.

    Find a basic venue for training such as a mosque or a hall. Also arrange for an area where you will go to give dawah. The area must be easy to get to and also have a good traffic of people. It is also recommended that the dawah area is as close as possible to the mosque so that any new Muslims can be taken to the mosque and taught to pray straight

  • after taking their shahadah. You may also need to organise cars if the dawah location is not walking distance.

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    StEp 4 Advertise the event through e-mails, text messages, posters, word of mouth, and announcements at other events. You could use eventbrite.com for a registration system if you would like to take down details.

    Manage the day and make sure everything goes to plan. Some of the brothers who go out may find it difficult to get into dawah conversations, so it is important you keep an eye on everyone and keep encouraging all of the duaat.

    Come back and have a team briefing where eachdaee discusses the conversations they had.

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    Prepare for teaching the dawah workshop in the morning. If no one in your team currently has the ability to teach the workshop, then contact the Mission Dawah team who will arrange for a daee to come and teach the dawah workshop.

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    oBJEctIvES oF thE Dawah MISSIon:

    A full dawah mission is where your dawah team travels to another area and stays over in their local mosque from friday to sunday. during these few days the travelling team will help further develop the local dawah team by delivering motivational talks, dawah training and taking them out to do street dawah.

    Motivate and empower members of the local community to make dawah a key part of their life and to join the local dawah team.

    to give the community knowledge on how to effectively present the message of Islam and how to develop new Muslims into strong practicing Muslims.

    the dawah team that is travelling will use this mission to gain valuable experience and also develop their tarbiyyah as they will be staying in the mosque.

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    Two Lectures (10/30 minutes each) on the importance of Dawah (After Maghrib or Isha).

    Dawah Training Workshop (9.30AM - 1PM) Street Dawah Activities (From Zuhr to Asr/Maghrib) Two GORAP/Dawah related talks (15/30 minutes each after Maghrib or Isha)

    New Muslim Development Workshop (9.30AM - 12PM) Street Dawah Activities (12PM to Asr/Maghrib/Isha)

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    to oRGanISE a MISSIon, Do thE FoLLowInG:The next step is to create the avenues for dawah to be done on a regular basis. you may decide to start off small and then gradually build up. This will depend on the amount of dedicated duaat you have.

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    Build relationships and get agreement with another dawah leader to do a dawah mission in their area. Check if the mosque you will be staying at meets the requirements to hold a dawah mission.

    Once you have agreed the venue and the date, the next stepis to advertise the dawah mission.

    REQuIREMENTS: a) A venue to stay over from Friday evening to Sunday evening. This venue should have toilets, showers, kitchen and a clean and quiet sleeping area. This venue should also be easily accessible via public transport and there should be adequate (free/inexpensive) parking available throughout the dawah mission.

    b) A good sound system should be available during the talks and the Dawah training workshops if needed.

    c) There are tables and chairs available for the training. If tables and chairs cannot be provided then it is possible that the workshop can be done sitting on the floor with mini tables that are used by children during Quran classes.

    This could be done by:

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    It is vital that the local community is heavilyactive in publicising the mission.

  • IntERnatIonaL Dawah MISSIonS

    Once you have a strong team set up you can also arrange an international dawah mission. The objective of an international dawah mission is to help develop new or existing dawah leaders to create a mass movement of dawah within their countries.

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    Confirm who will attend the mission from your team and select people to deliver the talks and the workshop. It is also important to select a competent Vice Ameer and to send all contact details to the local organisers.

    Confirm travel arrangements and also make an agreementon how much each attendee needs to pay towards traveland food expenses. Each member will need to pay forthemselves; however, they can fundraise by asking theirfamily and friends for the money. Also remind the teammembers to bring their own sleeping bags and othernecessities such as medicine and toothbrushes.

    During the mission have regular team meetings and give them a short motivational reminder on key points, including:

    - Keeping their intentions pure- Creating brotherhood amongst the team and with the local community (talk to people one to one in the mosque to come to dawah training)- using the time in the mosque to worship Allah and to grow spiritually. Avoid too much laughing, joking and banter.- Respect mosque etiquettes- Listen to the Ameer because whoever disobeys the Ameer is disobeying Allah- Not following the guidelines may lead to you being banned from future missions

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    It is vital to do research into the country. It is recommended to research the following:

    - Country breakdown i.e. major cities etc. - Languages spoken- Number of Muslims- Number of mosques- Current dawah activities- Current dawah organisations /teams

    The next step is to start building relationships and inspiring others within the country to be a part of the dawah mission. Select a representative from the country to help and guide you during the mission.

    Get a plan together on what you are going to do during your time in the country. For example, you may decide to travel to 5 key areas and do a mini dawah day within each area to help organise a new dawah team. You will also need to confirm the total cost of the mission.

    You can fundraise for the mission by asking friends and family to finance the mission.

    Get things prepared, including tickets, visas, vaccines and also dawah materials that you will be using.

    - Current dawah leaders- Other Islamic activities and organisations.- Countrys religious affiliations i.e. 60% Christian - Influential people- Current political situation

    An example of an objective could be to help develop 5 active dawah leaders and teams within Brazil during the 2014 Brazil football world cup. This can be done by:

  • A key aim for a dawah team is to get shahadahs from people who willgrow to become strong Muslims and will also join the local dawah team.

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    The aim is not only to get a shahadah but for that new Muslim to enter Jannah. The duaat and the new Muslims need to understand that becoming a Muslim is not just about believing in allah and that Muhammad (pbuh) is the messenger.

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    Muslim now is a department of iera focusing on helping the new Muslim to grow. it is important that you introduce them to the Muslim now website where they can benefit from the Muslim now services.

    The new shahadahs details can be taken down on a shahadah card which can be ordered through the Mission Dawah website. The shahadah cards have more details on Muslim Now which can be given to the new Muslim.

    The New Muslim Gift box can be ordered for free on the Muslim Now website. The box contains vital resources which will help the new Muslims to become practicing Muslims. It is important that a member of the dawah team goes through the content with the new Muslim.

    The Muslim Now department has developed a one-day training course dedicated to teach how to effectively empower new Muslims at the very beginning of their journey and help them to build a solid foundation of Islam in their lives to become strong believers.

    The Muslim Now department has also developed a course designed for dawah teams to teach to their local new Muslims. This allows the new Muslims within that area to slowly increase their knowledge and become strong practicing Muslims.

    The new Muslims details can be taken down online via the Shahadah App which can be found at MissionDawah.com/shahadah. The app will take you through the process of capturing key information and will allow you to order the welcome pack for them thereand then. You can also use the app to manage all your new Muslims and as a DawahLeader you can view all the shahadahs that your team gets.

    Rather, accepting Islam is accepting that you are going to live your life following the guidance that Allah has sent. The Christian doctrine of belief is that you only need to believe that Jesus died for your sins and you will be forgiven and entered into Paradise. Many religions have a culture that you only need to believe that it is the truth to go to Paradise. However, Islam does not only deal with the internal beliefs but also the external actions. The new Muslims need to understand that they will be living their life in accordance to Gods guidance, not just believing something in their heart without taking any action. Many duaat get shahadahs, however due to the haste of getting the shahadah, the new

    Muslim does not fully understand what it means to be a Muslim and often many of these cases leave the fold of Islam afterwards. At times, some people may need more time to digest what it means to become a Muslim.

    Duaat need to have the mindset that they are aiming to develop long term friendships with the non Muslims. The duaat should invite non Muslims to their house and do kind acts to build trust and friendship. You can introduce the non Muslim to other practicing Muslims and also take them to the mosque. In this way the dawah can be done over a longer period of time and if the non Muslim accepts Islam, they are more likely to become a strong practicing Muslim.

    However, you may come across people who have already researched into Islam and are already ready to take their shahadah and become a strong practicing Muslim.

    Once a daee has taken the persons shahadah, it is important to teach the new Muslim how to pray as soon as possible. It is vital to take their details and carry on spending time with them and introducingthem to other practicing Muslims.

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    It is important for the local team to have brothers and sisters focused and dedicated to help and support any new Muslims. if the daee is unable to look after the new Muslim, for example if the daee is going abroad or if they are of the opposite gender, then the new Muslim can be passed onto the new Muslim team who will teach the new Muslim how to pray and how to become a practicing Muslim.

    The New Muslim team should do the following:

    This is a great way to spend quality time with the new Muslims and for them to meet other people in the same situation. You can also invite other non-Muslims who are interested in Islam

    You can also initially use this for the duaat within the team to come together and socialise. You can also invite other potential duaat as it may motivate them to join the team. The team will also be motivated from meeting the new Muslim.

    Organise an NRG training course so that the local team understands the importance of a quality shahadah and how to develop a new Muslim into a strong practicing Muslim.

    Organise and teach the Step by Step course.

    Organise a regular new Muslim dinner. You can start doing this by simply organising a monthly dinner in a small restaurant, house or mosque.

    REGULaR Dawah caMpaIGnS5There will be other dawah campaigns and projects that iERAs One reason will be developing, such as the neighbours dawah projector the Olympics dawah campaigns.

    You may also wish to develop your own dawah projects, such as door to door knocking, open days or presentations to the public. We recommend you do a quarterly dawah campaign; however, this can be done as frequently as you want.

    aDvancED Dawah tRaInInG4As the team grows and gets more experience, the members will come across more intellectual issues that they may need to tackle, such as common atheist contentions and other attacks against Islam.

    For this, the iERA research department has developed courses and webinars for duaat to gain more advanced knowledge in the dawah.Details of these courses can be found on the Mission Dawah website.

    Topics in our islamic Thought online seminar series include:- Is God Good? Islams Response to the Problem of Evil & Suffering- The Book of Signs: A new approach in discussing science in the Quran- Divine Eloquence: The Literary and Linguistic Miracle of the Quran - Dont Shoot the Messenger: Muhammad (upon whom be peace) Misunderstood - The Designed universe: How the cosmos is precisely set for life - Is Atheism unnatural? God & Our Natural Disposition - No God, No You: Consciousness and Gods Existence - Know God, Know Good: God and Objective Morality - A universe from Nothing? The Qurans Argument for God

  • finally, many dawah teams fade away due to lack of motivation, passion and vision. The difference between a team that fades away and one that is successful is to do with the leader.

    You, as the leader, must organise regular activities and training to motivate the duaat and to also regularly bring in new duaat. It is also vital for you to develop other leaders to help you so that if you are away, the dawah will still carry on.

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    - Full / Mini COD Training- Mini Dawah Mission- Weekly Dawah Activity

    - Full / Mini NRG Training- Monthly New Muslim / Dawah Team Dinner- Weekly Dawah Activity

    - Full Dawah Mission- Monthly New Muslim / Dawah team Dinner- Weekly Dawah Activity

    - Full / Mini COD- Mini Dawah Mission- Monthly New Muslim / Dawah team Dinner- Weekly Dawah Activity- Advanced dawah training webinars / seminars

    - Full / Mini NRG Training- Monthly New Muslim / Dawah team Dinner- Step by Step New Muslim course- Weekly Dawah Activity- Advanced dawah training webinars / seminars

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    Recommended new dawah team yearly schedule:

    - Full Dawah Mission- Monthly New Muslim / Dawah team Dinner- Step by Step New Muslim course- Weekly Dawah Activity- Advanced dawah training webinars / seminars

    - Full / Mini COD - Mini Dawah Mission - Monthly New Muslim / Dawah team Dinner- Step by Step New Muslim course- Weekly Dawah Activity- Advanced dawah training webinars / seminars- Quarterly dawah campaign

    - Full / Mini NRG Training- Monthly New Muslim / Dawah team Dinner- Step by Step New Muslim course- Weekly Dawah Activity- Advanced dawah training webinars / seminars

    - Full Dawah Mission- Monthly New Muslim / Dawah team Dinner- Step by Step New Muslim course- Weekly Dawah Activity- Advanced dawah training webinars / seminars

    - Full / Mini NRG Training- Monthly New Muslim / Dawah team Dinner- Step by Step New Muslim course- Weekly Dawah Activity- Advanced dawah training webinars / seminars

    - Full / Mini COD - Mini Dawah Mission - Monthly New Muslim / Dawah team Dinner- Step by Step New Muslim course- Weekly Dawah Activity- Advanced dawah training webinars / seminars

    - International Dawah Mission- Monthly New Muslim / Dawah team Dinner- Step by Step New Muslim course- Weekly Dawah Activity- Advanced dawah training webinars / seminars

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  • so you have a strong, effective dawah team. now what? you can become an informal dawah community organiser. you can do this by taking the following actions:

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    Develop other members of the team to become the Ameer of the dawah team.

    Do research into the area on other mosques, Islamic activities or dawah teams to get an idea of where you can set up another dawah team or support existing teams.

    Also, look out for influential individuals who have the power to create change withinthe community, with whom you can build positive relationships.

    Go through the same cycle and develop another effective dawah team. This cycle can be done many times so that you help develop many effective dawah teams.

    As you grow and get more experience as an informal dawah community organiser, you will get the opportunity to apply to become a formal iERA dawah community organiser.

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