Post titleThe Roles and Responsibilities of The Dawah Centers..

The Roles and Responsibilities of The Dawah Centers..

by Nisaar Y. Nadiadwala on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 12:41pm

    Igatpuri is a small town with few hundred Muslim families. It is in the deep interrior of main road, kie an alienated place. There is a huge Masjid in the town and a little away there is also a small dawah center  one tenth of the Masjid's size,which is  run by educated young Muslims who are inspired by their da'wah counterparts acroos the globe. When I visited Madrid a few years back I attended Jumuah salah in a Masjid cum dawah center. It was a huge complex built by the Saudis and attached with a dawah center and I was told that a few hundred Sapnish had embraced Islam in a couple of years. 

   Whether it is a small town of Igatpuri or an Internatinal city of Madrid, Da'wah centers makes its presence felt. The job that was supposed to be done by the Masjid, its Imams and the trustees, is now being taken over by small dawah centers with a computer, shelf stuffed with books and booklets, dvd sets of prominent speakers and free literature.  Dawah centers are buzzing with activites and welcoming visitors. 

 Dawah centre is a muti purpose activity center. It is not an idle place that one just places books and Dvds on Islam and waits for Non Muslims to visit . Rather it buzzes with activites that helps the society. Infact in many cities, Da'wah centers also work as a community center offering social services as well. It is a learning center as wel information about Islam center. It is for the Non Muslims as well as Muslims. 

       For those who run small or medium sized dawah centers or for those who would like to initiate Islamic activities in their Dawah centers or locality let me brief them a few guidelines and  share with them inspirational activities. 

1. Hold workshops and seminars on social issues too. E.g. Personal Hygenie, Matrimonial Happiness, How to give a burial bath to a dead body..etc. You may invite some specialist to do it.

2. Hold counselling centers for disputing couples and appoint a local senior person and his wife to do the job.

3.Hold Islamic Elocution competition for students.. (sperate for girls and boys)

4. Orgnise Interfaith Dialogues if you have prominent da'ees.

5. Offer Training for those who would like to be volunteers  and enhance their skills. You may invite a corporate trainer to train Time management or Marketing an event etc..

6. Besides all these of course.. darse Qur'an, darse Hadith, Arabic language course..

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Now add your own ideas asper the need of your locality. Local dawah isone the finest activity to improve community status...

Author : Nisaar Nadiadwala. speaks and writes on socio-educional issues from Islamic perspective..He can be reached at nisaar_yusuf@yahoo.com 

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