DAKWAH SESUNGGUHNYA

Dakwah hari ini tidak sekedar ceramah didepan jemaah dan memberikan materi
berkaitan kaidah, tauhid, ataupun fiqih. Kita selaku mahasiswa bisa memulai dakwah
dari hal terkecil yang menyagkut hidup sehari-hari. Tantangan yang dihadapi juga
semakin sulit dan beragam. Oleh kareana itu untuk esay kali ini saya buat dalam bahasa
inggris dalam rangka internasionalisasi dahwah.
Invitation means the proselytizing or preaching of Islam. Dawah literally means
"issuing a summons" or "making an invitation", being a gerund of a verb meaning
variously "to summon" or "to invite" . A Muslim who practices dawah, either as a
religious worker or in a volunteer community effort, is called a ' .
A d is thus a person who invites people to understand Islam through dialogue,
not unlike the Islamic equivalent of a missionary inviting people to the faith, prayer and
manner of Islamic life.
The term da'ah has other senses in the Qur'an. In sura 30:25, for example, it
denotes the call to the dead to rise on the Day of Judgment. When used in the Qur'an, it
generally refers to Allah's invitation to live according to His will. Thus, when used in
the first centuries of Islam, it usually referred to that message and was sometimes used
interchangeably with shara and dn.
Dawah is also described as the duty to "actively encourage fellow Muslims in
the pursuance of greater piety in all aspects of their lives", a definition which has
become central to contemporary Islamic thought.
During the Expedition of Al Raji in 625, the Islamic Prophet Muhammad sent
some men as missionaries to various different tribes. Some men came to Muhammad
and requested that Muhammad send instructors to teach them Islam, 8 Muslim
Missionaires were killed in this expedition. Then during the Expedition of Bir Maona in
July 625 Muhammad sent some Missionaries at request of some men from the Banu
Amir tribe, but the Muslims were again killed as revenge for the assassination of Khalid
bin Sufyan by Muhammad's followers Muhammad sent Khalid ibn Walid to invite the
Banu Jadhimah tribe to Islam. This is mentioned in the Sunni Hadith
Mus`ab ibn `Umair was the first Muslim envoy in September 621 He was sent to
Yathrib to teach the people the doctrines of Islam and give them guidance. In Islamic
theology, the purpose of dawah is to invite people, both Muslims and non-Muslims, to

understand the worship of Allah as expressed in the Qur'an and the sunnah of the
prophet Muhammad and to inform them about Muhammad.
Da'wah as the "Call towards Allah" is the means by which Muhammad began spreading
the message of the Qur'an to mankind. After Muhammad, his followers and Ummah
assumed responsibility for it.
The importance of Dawah has been emphasised many times in the Quran: In the
Hadith of Muhammad, dawah is mentioned to emphasise importance and virtues:
Muhammad sent Muadh ibn Jabal to Yemen and told him You will be going to
Christians and Jews, so the first thing you should invite them to is the assertion of the
oneness of Allah, Most High. If they realize that, then inform them that Allah has made
five daily prayers obligatory on them. If they pray them, then inform them that Allah
has made the payment of charity from their wealth obligatory on their rich to be given to
their poor. If they accept that, then take it from them and avoid the best part of peoples
property.