The document discusses different methods of preaching used by the Prophet Muhammad. It describes how he conducted secret preaching for 3 years before openly inviting people to Islam. Some key preaching methods discussed include calling with wisdom, beautiful preaching, gradualism to not overwhelm people, appealing to the audience's level, displaying gentleness, and leading by example through good actions.

1. MOHAMMAD SAIFULLAH 1423869
INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA

2. WAYS OF PREACHING
BY THE PROPHET
IMPLEMENTATIONAL OF EMOTIONAL, RATIONAL, EXPERIENTIAL, AND ANALYTICAL
METHOD

3. DAWAH
• Dawah is the proclaiming of the Prophets the orders that they receive from Allah to men truly,
without changing them.
• Allah states the following in the Glorious Quran:
• "O Messenger! proclaim the (Message) which hath been sent to thee from thy Lord. If thou didst
not thou wouldst not have fulfilled and proclaimed His Mission” (al-Maeda, 5/67).
• In another verse, Allah orders Prophet as follows:
• ‫أحسن‬ ‫هي‬ ‫بالتي‬ ‫وجادلهم‬ ‫الحسنة‬ ‫والموعظة‬ ‫بالحكمة‬ ‫ربك‬ ‫سبيل‬ ‫إلى‬ ‫ادع‬
• Invite (all) to the way of your Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in
ways that are best and most gracious: for your Lord knows, best who have strayed from His Path,
and who receive guidance. It is stated in that verse that dawah should be done with wisdom and
beautiful preaching and that they should be struggled against in the best way.

4. SECRET DAWAH
• “So, proclaim that which you are commanded, and withdraw from the idolaters "
(Al-Hijr, 15/ 94).
• The Messenger of Allah, who was appointed as a prophet, carried out the duty of
calling to Islam secretly for a while; three years later, he started to call people to
Islam openly when Allah ordered him to do so.

5. OPEN DAWAH
• At the end of the third year, the verse;
• “And admonish your nearest kinsmen” [As-Shuara, 214]
• Allah swt ordered Prophet to do dawah openly and start from his relatives. Upon
receiving that verse, Prophet (PBUH) told Ali; Prepare a meal with meat for one
person and fill a vessel with milk. Then summon sons of Abdul Muttalib; I will talk
to them.

6. PROPHETIC METHODOLOGIES AND PRINCIPLES
IN DAWAH
• Call with wisdom
• In a verse in the Glorious Quran, the following is stated,
• ‫أحسن‬ ‫هي‬ ‫بالتي‬ ‫وجادلهم‬ ‫الحسنة‬ ‫والموعظة‬ ‫بالحكمة‬ ‫ربك‬ ‫سبيل‬ ‫إلى‬ ‫ادع‬
• “He grants wisdom to whom He pleases; and he to whom wisdom is granted
indeed a benefit overflowing” (al-Baqara, 269).
• What is meant here is this: O Prophet, convey the truth that is sent down to you by
Allah to men in the way Allah orders you.
• Doubtlessly, it is Allah who chooses and educates prophet. Allah informed them
how to do dawah. One of those methods is to do dawah and to call with wisdom.

7. CALL WITH BEAUTIFUL PREACHING
• We see that in the dawah of Prophet (PBUH), beautiful preaching and sweet talk
are prevalent. There are many examples of it in his life.

8. GRADUALISM IN DAWAH
• One of the methods that we see in the dawah of Prophet is gradualism. It is the
most appropriate behaviour for the human psychology. (using small step at
once)
• The Glorious Quran was sent down in accordance with that principle too. It is one
of the wisdoms that the Quran was sent down in twenty-three years. That
principle is valid in the sending down the verse of alcohol; that principle is also
valid in terms of the difference between the verses sent down in Madinah and
those sent down in Makkah. Allah states that he will not lay on human beings a
burden greater than they have strength to bear. The religion that started with
Adam evolved gradually and reached its peak with Muhammad (PBUH).

9. APPEALING TO THE ADDRESSED PEOPLE IN DAWAH
• It is one of the dawah methods of Prophet to treat men in accordance with their
minds and levels. He forgave the crudeness of the Bedouins; he treated people in
accordance with their positions. He joked with children and treated them in
accordance with their levels. (Abu Dawood, Adab 23.)
• Prophet pbuh sometimes gave different answers to the questions asked. It was
because he took into consideration the state of the person he addressed. For
instance when someone asked what is the most virtuous form of worship?, he
said the prayer performed in time whereas he answered another person as
obeying ones parents.

10. DISPLAYING A GENTLE ATTITUDE
• One of the most important properties of Muhammad pbuh in his dawah was that
he never assumed a harsh attitude. He never treated anybody harshly. He always
treated people sweetly, softly, politely and gently. He even said that Allah did not
like the people who treated their family and people around them harshly.
• Regarding the issue, this message is given to our Prophet when the story of Musa
is told through the Quran:
• “But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear (Allah)” (Taha,
20/44).

11. ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
• Before a Muslim calls other people to Islam with his tongue, he must first display
his religious call through his own good actions and beautiful manners. Before
calling the people to implementing the laws of Islam, a Muslim must first
implement the laws himself. People are influenced by actions and behaviours
more than they are influenced by mere words and statements.
• “Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite
the Scripture? Then will you not reason?” [02:44]
• “We have not sent you (O Muhammad) except as a Giver of glad tidings and a
Warner to all mankind, but most of men know not.” [34:28]