Thoughts and reflections on da'watuna fi majmu' ar-rasail

Da’wah and Islam

1.       we spent last night going through Da’watuna from Majmu’ al-Rasa’il, a collection of writings from Hassan Al-Banna. An interesting du’at borne out of the chaos enveloping Egypt in the early 20^th Century, where muslims were under severe pressure from European colonial influences, loss of Khilafah Uthmaniyyah (though interestingly, in my readings, the idea of a centralised Khilafah may not be as widespread throughout Muslim history as thought before). His collection of thoughts formed strategic imperatives for the muslim personality and character, muslim organisation and amal jamaie and Islamic political thought. No doubt, he has left a lasting legacy, and may he be given the blessings and forgiveness of Allah for his contribution towards Islamic awakening towards the rightful path of Islam throughout the world.

2.       Also, implications are – what are the strategic imperatives for society racked by confusion and materialism as we are seeing now in Malaysia. As HAB himself lost sleep thinking of the direction of his society, what of Malaysian society where in extremis, we are seeing babies disposed, children killed, widespread zina and identity confusion, political and societal fragmentation. What of our responsibilities and activities? Are we also confusing the issue by separating our da’wah into muslim and non-muslims? Has not Ibn Khaldun pointed out Islam’s role as savious of mankind?

Knowledge and execution

3.       NN has various threads of beneficial knowledge- some contemporary, some classical Islamic text and tazkirah. I’d need to make full use of this existing repository, and utilise this for ummah’s benefit. More importantly, the ability to change personal direction, opinions and position based on what the truth is. After all, is not Islam purely based on what is Haq? Ref: Saifulislam’s blog on Laura’s journey to become a new revert.