In the Name of Allah, the
Beneficent, the Merciful
DA’EE’S TRAINING PROGRAM [DTP]
I. TOPICS -
CONCEPTUAL STUDY:
1. Allah’s Tradition about Guidance, The Greatest Need of Man;
2. Iman Billah & Iman Bil Akhirah - Concept and Scope:
* Talluq Billah, * Ekhlas fil-Amal, & * Tawakkal Alallah: Three Driving forces in
Mumin’s life?
3. Concept of Amanah & Its Significance in Life
4. Kalama Tayyebah– The Revolutionary Political Slogan of Rasulullah (S) – A
Commitment
5. Concept of Ebadah – Scope, comprehensiveness & Sequence in life;
- All are the means to remember Allah not an end
6. AQEEDAH & ITS COHESIVENESS
7. Iman, Islam, Taqwah, Ehsan [Abudiyah] – The Progressive stages of IMAN
- A’mal-e-Saleh – Reflection of True/perfect Iman
- Taqwah – The Essence of this cosmos
- Ehsan – The desired climax of Iman
- Abudiyah – The Zenith of human emancipation
* Allah loves it
8. Infaq-fi-Sabeel-Allah – The Barometer to Judge the closeness to Allah;
9. Islam is a Deen, a Movement and not religion – Its comparison with other Systems
10. Social, Economic & Political System of Islam;
11. Concept of Justice, Peace & Human Rights, including minorities in Islam;
12. Rights, Privileges and Status of Women in Islam in comparison to West
13. Essence of a Muslim life: Sabr & Shukr; Fear & Hope; Azimah & Tawakkal Alallah
14. Concept of Falah & Khusran in Islam – What is the ideal?
15. Characteristics of a Mumin’s life
16. Understanding Basics of Fiqh: Ethics of
Taharah, Salah, Dress code, Halal &
Hara’m & Eating code, etc.
17. The Mission of Rasulullah (S) in the light of the Qur’an & Seerah (S)
- How he (S) accomplished it in his (S) life time? AND
- How can we accomplish it in today’s world?
II. DAWAH ILALLAH
[DI]:
18. Dawah & Its Basic Needs?
* A team of committed Da’ees to begin with – The nucleus
* A platform for collective efforts;
* Basic Dawah literature on: Tawheed, Akhirah, Amanah, Risala
* A comprehensive Dawah Program – both for Muslims & non-Muslims;
* An effective Tarbiyah Program for Training future Da’ees/Muslim leadership;
* Funds to cater Dawah Needs;
* A proper process of Evaluation at every stage & every project
19. What is Dawah Ilallah? – An Organized, a Determined and a Continuous effort to
call the people unto the fold of their Creator & Sustainer;
19. Who are our
addressees and how to address them?
20. What are the “dos” and “don’ts” of Dawah
Ilallah?
21. Building Team of Effective Da’ees in
American Perspective by Fulfilling these
Five Requisites:
i. Acquiring the working knowledge of Islam at
the least on the lines stated above;
ii. Knowing the country,
its people and their problems with Islamic solution;
iii. Preparing themselves as its model;
iv. Sacrificing time,
talents and resources for its sake to maximum possible extent;
v. Becoming active integral
part of an Islamic Movement [as DI is a collective
effort] if it exists. If not, making every
effort to build the IMOA.
22. Understanding Challenges to Islam and Muslims in the Context of Modern world.
23. How to Present Islam in the context of the Modern world? [A Challenge]
III. KNOWING THE
COUNTRY WELL THROUGH”
*
Regularly studying a leading daily News paper of the country
* A national Magazine;
* Study of the
Problems & Islamic Solution’
* Following developments of world events
& Muslim World visa vise
IV. DAWAH IN FIELD –
TO BE PROGRAMMED:
A. Individual Dawah contacts at personal level with Muslims & Non-Muslims
B. Group Dawah Contacts: In selected areas: at Public places; Arranging Dawah
Tables in Park, market places, at thorough fares, and at campuses; in cooperation
with Mosques; * Open Masjid Meetings
C. Involvement in social works:*Rendering humanitarian services at personal level
and in group where possible; *Participating in Block activities; *visiting Churches
and mosques etc;
V. PROGRAMS OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT: * Practice speeches; * Participation in
Dialogues; * Preparing for Qur’anic Studies; * Addressing Friday sermons etc.
* Expending in the way of Allah
Shamim Siddiqi
June15, 2006/ April 15, 07
[NOTE: Similar simultaneous
efforts are essential in each Muslim land to build the requisite Team of Da’ees
every where on the same lines as the need of time to get the Fate of Ummah
Resurrected as a whole. It must be a global effort.]