Words of Advice Regarding Da'wah
Shaykh Abdul Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz (rahimallah)
Pgs. 24-25
It is well known to all those who have even the least amount of knowledge or understanding that the Islamic world today, indeed the whole world, is in a great need of clear Islamic da'wah. Da'wah which explains the reality of Islaam to the people and clarifies the Islamic rulings, it's virtues as well as explaining the meaning of Laa ilaaha illallaah {none has the right to worshipped except Allah} and the meaning of the declaration of Muhammad ur-Rasoolullah {that Muhammad (alayhee salatul wasalaam) is the Messenger of Allah}. Verily most of the creation have not understood these two declarations as they should. They have ascribed partners with Allah and become distant from Him. For indeed these two declarations are, in essence, the roots of the religion, the basis of the faith and the foundation of Islam, around which it revolves.
There is an urgent need for the Muslims today, and indeed for the whole world today to understand the deen of Allah, be shown it's goodness and clarify it's truth and reality. I swear by Allah, if the people and the whole world knew of it's reality today, then they would surely enter the deen of Allah in crowds as they entered it after Allah made His Prophet (alayhee salatul wasalaam) victorious in Makkah (at the conquest of Makkah).
The society is in serious need of reform, the Muslim and the non-Muslim societies alike. However the Muslim society especially, has the most need to adhere to the correct methodology and undertake the ways and means by which its reformation will come about. They have to tread the path which the best person of this Ummah followed, the beloved of the Most Merciful, the of His slaves; the great Prophet Muhammad (alayhee salatul wasalaam).
For this reason it has been made clear to every student of knowledge that da'wah is from one of the most important issues, and that the Ummah has great need or rather necessity for it in every time and place. This is because jihaad is non-existent in most of the world, and the people are in great need for daa'ees, and those who give guidance and who are all upon the light of the Qur'an and Sunnah. Therefore it is obligatory upon the people of knowledge, wherever they are, to convey the da'wah and to be patient with it. Furthermore, their call to Allah and Islam should be based on the Book of Allah and the way of the Messenger (alayhee salatul wasalaam), and his Companions (radiallahu anhum), and the methodology of the Pious Predecessors.