[Music]
Alhamdulillah.
It's a good chance for us to be together
today and talk about one of my favorite
subjects which is Islam and actually a
topic within that which is da and
particularly today we want to talk about
the role of women
in da
and before we go any further we got an
Arabic word here it needs to be
straightened out we need to know what is
that in lazy. What is da? And we find
that there are two words that the
Muslims are using very frequently every
day. One is da the other one is dua. And
these are related to each other. Now da
we consider is something we're doing
with non-Muslims and dua is something
we're doing with Allah.
So what is this verb? What is what's
this action we're talking about? If
you're doing it with somebody that's not
even a Muslim, but you're also doing it
with Allah, what is that? And we find
that the word in fact is call. C A L L.
Call because in the day you are calling
the people to something and at night
you're calling upon Allah subhanana wa
ta'ala to fulfill your requests and your
needs. And that's how we understand this
word da in the simplest form that we
could find in English. Of course, we
know also that it's often associated
with the word invite, to invite people
to something as you would invite to a a
meeting or invite them to a feast or a
ceremony of some kind. So, this is also
interchangeable,
but you wouldn't say you were inviting
Allah to something. So, therefore, we
wanted to find as close as we could a
word in the English language for these
two coming from the same root. Now what
is the role of the woman in this? Now we
have to define first of all the general
idea of calling to Islam and then we
want to find out the role of the woman
specifically. Islam
treats women and men differently.
Often we hear people use the term
equality. They would like to have equal
rights. Islam provides the first true
source documented in history to give
women proper equal rights. Although
Islam does not treat a man and a woman
equally. So if you are thinking in terms
of equal rights, it means that
everything's exactly the same. It's not
because Islam also provides another mode
of dealing with people. It's called
equity. So there is equality and there
is equity. Where the condition is such
that it demands equal rights, Islam has
provided it. But where the situation and
condition is such that it's demanding
equity, Islam also provides that. Let me
give you an example before we go any
further. Whenever someone enters into
the fold of Islam, they are required to
do their first step which is to testify
what they believe in. And if they
believe there's only one God and they
want to serve him on his terms. This is
called the shahada. To say that out
loud, to bear witness to that fact.
The shahada is to say, "I bear witness.
There's none to worship except Allah.
And I bear witness Muhammad is his
messenger. Now when someone has done
this, they have taken their first step.
The requirement is exactly the same for
the woman as it is for the man. There is
no difference
because this is an article of faith.
But the articles of faith are not like
the pillars of action.
We we take an an example here and I
think you can see this even more clear
and that is when we next take the next
step in Islam. We pray we do what's
called salah. This is a physical type of
worship a ritual which is performed on
the same order as has been for centuries
to stand bow and prostrate.
Okay. This is something again for men
and women the same when they do it.
But because Islam recognizes the equity
in the gender, it mandates that the men
and women pray until there's a condition
where they can't. And then in this case,
they don't. So the women have a monthly
cycle. During that cycle, she must not
do this ritualistic worship. She
continues to pray. She continues to
supplicate. She continues to ask her
Lord yes but she doesn't perform this
duty and she doesn't have to make it up.
Now we'll come to another one we'll talk
about when we have material wealth and
we hold on to it for a year or longer
then it needs to be purified according
to Islamic teaching and it's done by
taking a small portion of it and
distributing it out to the poor. This is
called zaka the purification of the
wealth. Now this is exactly the same for
men as it is for women. Whatever wealth
she holds or whatever wealth he holds,
this is measured and then distributed
accordingly. Why? Because there is a
demand here for equality.
Now we come to equity again in another
area. We talk about the Ramadan. This is
the month of fasting when we don't eat
or drink during the daylight hours. It's
exactly the same for the man and the
woman during the days that she's able
to. But again, when her monthly cycle
comes, this is a physical restriction.
This is something different. So Allah
has already mandated for this in
advance, showing that the women don't do
that. Not in those days. They can make
those days up when it's easier and
another time of the year. So we found
now there is equality and there's also
equity. So these are the differences
right away. So if you see uh conditions
for instance in the Hajj the pilgrimage
to Mecca you see the men are wearing
these two white towels but the women are
just wearing their regular clothes. Why
is that? And the reason for this is
simply because a woman is different than
a man. Allah recognizes this because he
created them and he has already shown
you what the women should do. But the
things are still the same when it comes
to the areas where it's equal.
Now again, if her condition comes up,
her monthly condition comes up during
the Hajj, then there are certain things
she doesn't do, but she could make them
up at another Hajj in another year. This
helps us to better understand
the difference between men and women in
Islam. Because when we start talking
about doing anything in Islam, we have
to know exactly what the prescription is
before we open our mouth and start to
say, "Well, today it's modern. We can do
this, we can do that." Because we may be
overlooking some of the very basis of
Islam itself, and we need to check that.
Now, having said all of this, what I'm
going to do now, we're going to take a
little break, give you time to digest
what I said, make some notes about that,
and we'll be right back. You're watching
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Islam. And you're here with us. So stay
there. We'll be right back.
Welcome to another episode of ours from
the mailbag from the Dean Show. I'm your
host Paul Holly. In today's mail, we
have a question uh from a Christian who
says, "I was born a Christian. I was
raised a Christian. Why do I have to
convert to Islam? If God made me a
Christian, if God made my family a
Christian, then why should I change that
way? Because God is the one who created
me in that way or he made me uh
basically be raised by a family of
Christians, being born to Christians.
Why then should I think about changing
my faith? This is a very deep and
profound question and it goes back to uh
divine destiny. It goes back to
predestination. It goes back to God's
knowledge. It goes back to God's power.
A person says I have been born in this
way why should I change and the response
is okay you were born in a certain
family in a certain time in a certain
place that is beyond your control but
now who you are and what you make of
yourself that is within your grasp and
power god has given you an intellect
he's given you a mind he's given you
common sense the same excuse is used by
murderers and rapists and thieves and
they say I was created this way I have
this inside of me I can't change if a
murderer says to you it's not my fault.
I murder. You know, this is just the way
I am. I'm a serial killer. Don't get
angry at me. We respond, "No, God
created you with the free will. He
created you with common sense. You can
control it. If you're too weak to
control yourself, that's not my fault or
the fault of anybody else. You will be
punished for your crimes. Similarly, you
now as a rational, sane human being, you
can say it was beyond my choice who I
was born to, my parents were beyond my
choice, my family was beyond my choice,
my society, my culture, my ethnicity."
But your religion right now as you speak
is not beyond your choice. And you're
confusing the two. You're confusing the
two because
who you are now, your identity, your
values, your morality, your theology,
all of these factors are well within
your grasp. And God does not call you to
account for who your parents were. But
he will call you to account for who you
are and what you've done. God will not
punish you or call you to task or even
reward you for that which your parents
did or your society did or your culture
did. But he will call you to task for
what you have done. Now you are a
rational and sane human being. You need
to make up your mind. What should I do
with my life? Who is the god who created
me? What should I do towards that god?
This requires common sense and
rationality and these are things you
have been blessed with. The fact that
your family is Christian is not an
excuse for you to be a Christian. The
fact that you have relatives who did for
example sins and crimes. Suppose you
have a relative or a distant cousin or
even a friend or even a person uh that's
a parent or an elder who has done a
crime. Can you say this person has done
a crime I should do one as well? Not
that I'm comparing Christianity to
murder. I'm not saying that. What I'm
saying these are things beyond your
control. Don't use them to justify what
is in your control. Okay? Simple common
sense and rationality that your parents
have done something they're responsible
for it and God will judge them based
upon their intentions. You are a
different person. You are a different
human being. You have a different mind,
a different rationality. And therefore,
you are required to think and reason out
all of these things. Now, also realize
that you can never use uh the fact that
God has decreed something. You can never
use it as an excuse for what you do. If
a person does a sin and said, "Oh, well,
God knew I would do this. Don't punish
me for that." Well, when you did the
sin, you did it rationally. You did it
knowing fully well what you're doing and
the implications of what you're doing.
The fact that you did it and God also
knew you would do that is not an excuse
for you. Or else no human being would
have any problems doing anything. If
somebody comes and steals your wallet,
don't get angry at him because he can
say, "Well, don't get angry at me. God
knew I would steal it." If somebody
comes and takes your property or damages
you or hurts you or abuses you, you
won't have the right to get angry at him
because you can you he will use the same
excuse that you're using now and he will
say, "Well, God knew I would do this."
Yes, God knew, but that's not an excuse
for you to do what you've done. You had
the power to do what you did, and you
chose to do it. God has infinite
knowledge. He knew you would do it. But
when you did it, nobody forced you to do
it. Now, right now, nobody's forcing you
to be a Christian. Therefore, you have
to think. And if you choose a certain
path, whether it be Christianity or
Judaism or Hinduism or whether it be
Islam, that is your choice now. And you
have to be responsible for that choice
in the hereafter. So to conclude this
question, we say the fact that you're
equating your current state with the
state that's beyond your control is not
a fair question. Certain things are
beyond your control. God will not call
you to task for that. God will not ask
you why were you born to Christian
parents. But he will ask you why did you
die as a Christian when you had so many
years to think about the various
religions? Did you reason it out? Did
you research? And if you honestly and
sincerely concluded that a certain
religion is right or wrong, you are
responsible for that decision on the day
of judgment. And that is your decision
that you have made. Nobody can force you
to become a Muslim or Christian or Jew.
But just because my parents were Hindu
or atheist or Muslim or Buddhist and I
also want to follow their path just
because they are. That's not that's not
that's not rational faith. That's not
academic faith. That's just blind
following. And our religion does not
approve of blind following. Our religion
says you should if you don't know the
truth, research it and find it. If you
know the truth, then alhamdulillah,
thank Allah. But if you don't know the
truth, our religion asks you to use your
common sense and reason and ration and
pray to God. Rationalize and pray to God
because they both go together. Think and
also use your emotions because we are
human beings who have an intellect and
we have emotions. When something makes
sense to you rationally, intellectually
and emotionally, you found the truth.
And I say and I say it say with the full
confidence and sincerity the only
religion that will appeal to you
rationally and emotionally and
intellectually is the religion of Islam.
So go out and do the research and if you
have any questions you know who to ask
the people around you ask God himself
for guidance and help and uh you can
also ask the people around you Muslims
and you can send us questions in as well
and we'll try our best to answer them to
the best of our abilities. This brings
us to conclusion of uh this particular
episode. I hope to you next time on the
mailbag. Until then,
alhamdulillah. We're back and we're
talking on the subject of the role of
the women in the da'wah. We've already
outlined that there are differences
between men and and women in Islam and
there's definitely a different
uh position that they come from. This is
a different aspect but at the same time
there are things that are still
required. All Muslims everywhere are
required to believe there's only one God
and to serve him alone without any
partners. All Muslims are required to
believe in Muhammad as the last and
final messenger and to use these two
criterion to base all their decisions.
Quran and Sunnah of Muhammad.
At the same time as we've already
discovered the women and men are
different. So what is the role of the
dai that's one who gives da in Islam and
then what would be the differences
between the men and the women that's
pretty much what we want to say every
Muslim is required to know
understand and implement his religion
this is first and foremost to know what
are the six and what are the five the
six beliefs in Islam and the five
actions without which a person cannot be
considered a Muslim. They could be
close, huh? But not full Muslim. First,
let us talk about the beliefs and make
sure we understand. It's to believe in
Allah, his oneness, his uniqueness
called the Islam, the monism of Islam.
Allah is not in the creation. He's not
like the creation. He is separate and
apart from what he creates.
Then to believe in Allah's angels. This
is important because we know that these
angels are always doing what they're
commanded to do. They're made from
light. They are absolutely pure. They
never fail in doing their job.
At the same time, we recognize
immediately that the devil is not a
fallen angel. This is one of your
biggest subjects really when you come to
this area of talking about the devil is
to know his source. He is not coming
from angels. He was not an angel. Even
though the Quran is saying that Allah
ordered all the angels to bow down and
they all bowed down ill except forl but
we know in other places in the Quran he
was Allah telling us that he was with
the angels but he wasn't one he's from
the what the jin so this is important
for us to know about these aspects I
won't go into it detail now but it's
just to let you know that these are why
we need to know these things another
thing in articles of faith is to know
about the books
the books of Allah subhana wa ta'ala,
the revelations in scripture and scrolls
that have been sent down over the
centuries. We have to believe in all of
them. This is not an option. We know
that the originals came from him. The
originals, they don't exist anymore. We
know that. But still, there are remnants
of these things floating around. And we
must treat with respect what we're not
sure of. This might be from God. It may
be not. But at least we don't speak
about something when we're not sure
about it. So the Muslim is the first to
say the Bible absolutely was the word of
God. Next is to believe in the prophets.
All of the prophets regardless of how we
feel toward a group of people. Let us
say we still cannot put down the prophet
who's coming from those people. We can't
do that. The prophets are all highly
respected, highly honored. They're human
beings, but they don't make the capital
sins. They don't make the big sense.
This is the difference between them and
us. There are some other differences,
but that's the big one. Now, the next
thing is to know about the day of
resurrection. Every Muslim has to
believe that we're all going to be
brought back on the day of judgment in a
body in the form of a human. We're not
coming back just etherically or in a
spirit world floating around. No, it's
going to be with a real body
more real than the one you have right
now. That's an important part of
understanding what resurrection in Islam
means to be on yukama to stand again.
Kiam is to stand. So these are some of
the things that we want to talk about.
And then finally I want to come to a
very important one which is the of Allah
to believe in the of Allah is essential
because if you know the hadiths about
this in the last day this would be the
problem for the belief of the Muslims
and we see it today. People say well I
don't understand predestination. So we
have some courses on this and you want
to catch this before you go out and
start talking about it. Now those are
the six points that we talk about in the
areas of belief. Let us talk now about
the application. Once you have the
belief down, then comes the application
or the pillars of Islam. And that is to
say the shahada and make sure that they
understand the meaning in their own
language before you ask them to do it in
the Arabic. But you do it in the Arabic
as well. And there's some things that go
along with this. And we have this in
another package we can talk about. After
the shahada is the salah. The salah is
not uh optional. It comes into place as
soon as a person recognizes it's the
obligation on them. As soon as they
recognize that, then it begins to be
their obligation. They must learn to say
it in Arabic. This is not optional
either. Now, their duas, this is another
subject, but the salah itself, this is
in Arabic and they may need to start
learning and that's one of the things
that we're doing in the da centers is to
help them learn and so on.
And then after the salah, the next thing
we have is the month of Ramadan. Fasting
in the month of Ramadan. And this is not
difficult to understand, but it's nice
to help them get started with it.
Following that is the purification of
wealth, the zaka, which is 2 and a half%
on the holdings of wealth of excess
wealth. This is very simple also to
calculate and you can help people with
that. And finally is the Haj or
pilgrimage to the house of Allah. This
we all understand is part and parcel. We
do that uh and when Allah makes a way
for us to do so that's it that that is
the six and five and that's what we
explain that's the most we explain and
where do we start now we come to a point
that men and women are exactly the alike
and that is that the prophetam when he
sent wabul down to Yemen he as the
governor he said to him to teach these
people who wereab Jews and Christians
this is a good example for us because
this what we're dealing with teach them
first to
of Islam
and then if they accept that then teach
them about the salah and if they accept
that you teach them the zaka and that's
the order that it comes in now listen to
this from Muhammad sallallahu alaihi
wasallam he said that whoever says
the shahillah
establishes the salah pays the zaka he
is a Muslim and his life and his
property are free from your hand and
your tongue You don't speak against them
and you don't do anything against them.
This is clear. Now, I think we've summed
that up pretty good. And when we come
back, we're going to finish it up with
the actual role of the women in the role
of the da. And sit right there. We'll be
right back.
Check this out.
You better care too. Welcome to another
episode of the Mailbag on the Dean Show
where we answer the listeners and
viewers questions on Islam and hopefully
clear up some of the misconceptions that
may come in contact with many of the
viewers. Let's look and see what we have
today.
The writer asks, "If God can do
everything, then why don't you Muslims
accept that he can be a man in the form
of Jesus?" Yes, it is true. God can do
everything. However, God does not choose
to do the things that are unnecessary.
Almighty God, who we know is whose
proper name is Allah, has created the
heavens and the earth without help. He
created the sun, the moon, the stars,
and all the planets without help. He has
created human beings with all of our
faculties and our intricate fibers
without help or assistance.
But it but this almighty God who created
everything without help, without any
effort, he doesn't have to do
unnecessary things. It's unnecessary for
God to appear in the form of a man. It's
unnecessary for God to appear in the
form of an animal or anything else in
creation. However, God places his
existence and his testimony of existence
in the things he's created by the fact
that these things that he has created
even exist in the first place. The very
fact that there are mountains, the very
fact that there are animals, the very
fact that there are fish of the sea, and
the very fact that there are human
beings that exist and live and breathe
is testimony to the to the existence of
almighty God. So God doesn't have to
come in the form, but God's existence is
being testified as a testimony in
everything that he has created. So he
places the the beauty and the reality of
his existence in creation without him
having to take form of that creation.
Because in order for Almighty God to
take form to have to take the form of
anything he's created, that means that
we would have to contain or confine
almighty God to a physical description.
And God is beyond human comprehension.
He is beyond a description that can be
given by human beings. So if God was to
come in the form of a man, come in the
form of a woman, come in the form of an
animal or anything else in creation,
that means that we would be able to
describe God. And if we were able to
describe God, then we would have to put
give him limitations because a
description the man has limitations. The
man has to live and eat and breathe and
sleep and play. These things man has to
do. So God would not want to come or
would not need to come in the form of a
man because that would give God
limitations. The same as if God came in
any other form of an animal or a
mountain or a tree because these things
have limitations because everything that
almighty God created has limitations. It
has a lifespan. It has a beginning and
it has an end. It has needs. It has
desires. It has weaknesses. All these
things are qualities and characteristics
of creation. But God peace be God
Almighty God the Lord of the heavens and
the earth has no limitations and has no
need to confine himself or limit himself
to anything that will have to be
described or able to be described by
another human being. So this is the why
God almighty God did not come in the
form of a man nor does he need to
because that would be dangerous for us
because we will begin to try to describe
him and God is indescribable except for
the fact that he is the most great.
Thank you for listening and we look
forward to seeing you on the next
episode of the mailbag on the dean show.
Alhamdulillah we're back again and we're
in our third segment of explaining the
role of the women in Dao. We've already
talked about men, women in Islam. We've
talked about da'a itself. And then we
laid out the six important pillars of
belief and the five important pillars or
actions that are required. Those things
are what make up a a Muslim. Where do we
begin? Again, this is a general thing.
We begin by explaining the monotheism of
Islam. If there are objections along the
way, we take it slow. We take it easy.
We use the foundation that we pick up
from our other courses to be sure that
we don't get off track. Don't let
something distract you. Somebody come to
you and everything's going real smooth
and they said, "Yeah, but how come in
Palestine right now they did so and so?"
This is not your subject. Okay? This is
not our subject. As quick as you can
come back to your main topic, this is
what you want to talk about and stay
focused on what you're doing.
Now I want to talk about uh what happens
as the person progresses and they're
starting to get interested. What do you
do? When a person's really interested
and they seem to have the knowledge of
it down, the commitment to this and
they're ready. It could be on the same
day. It could be after months of
visiting or talking with them. But when
they're ready, you feel like, gee, it
seems like they're just almost Muslim
already. We saw one last night where we
were. The lady was wearing the hijab
already. She said inshallah mashallah to
me from the audience when I spoke to her
and I said but you're not a Muslim. She
said technically no. And I said
technically what is this? So I come to
find out that she had been with Muslims
so long studied along with him but
nobody ever asked her to do shahada. How
do you ask him to do shahada? It's very
simple. You tell them when you're ready.
When you're ready let me know. But I see
you standing and praying with us. I see
you sitting and worshiping along with
us. And I I'm curious to know, would you
take a job and work there and then not
get paid? Cuz you imagine a man, he goes
to work, he puts on a hard hat, has a
toolbox, and he works all day, every
day, all week long. And on Friday, he
goes to the pay window to get paid. I'm
sorry you didn't sign up. You don't work
here. I mean, you know, we saw you work.
Thanks a lot for the free effort, but
it's gone. And this is the same thing if
you don't do the shahada. You already
have the belief. If you're already doing
the worship, you're even some of them
are fasting, but they didn't make
shahada yet. So ask them, do you have a
doubt? Now listen carefully. Do you have
a doubt about God? Or do you are you
convinced there really is God? If they
say, yeah, there really is God. Is he
one? Yes. No partners. I'm sure you
mentioned this cuz Trinity brings about
a partnership. They say nope. No
partners. And what about Muhammad? You
have any doubt about Muhammad? Nope.
He's a messenger, not a god, not a son
of a god. And we believe Jesus is the
Messiah without a doubt. They've already
heard all of this from us. We have I'll
give you the links for all of that so
you can have the evidences for these
various discussions and arguments. But
now we come back to this. So you have a
conviction. So simply put, it's like
this. Who's your mother? Mary. Okay.
Your mother is Mary. That's nice. Would
you swear to that? Yeah, sure. And who's
your dad? My dad, Bill. Okay. Your dad
is Bill. Would you swear to that? Of
course. All right. So, you swear to who
your parents are. So, it makes sense.
You'd swear to who your God is. Make
sense? You're willing to testify who
your parents are. Why not your God that
created your parents? And they go,
"Yeah, it makes sense." Okay. Just say,
"I bear witness. There's no God to
worship except to one God, Allah. And I
bear witness, Muhammad's messenger.
That's it." And if you repeat after you,
then you help them with the shahada in
Arabic. And that's it. That's it. And
then begin to help them to understand
they just were forgiven for all their
sins. Everything is washed away. They're
like a newborn starting over in the best
condition with the law. They get to keep
all their mountains of good deeds, no
bad deeds. That's nice. And now their
dua, their call upon Allah is being
accepted directly by Allah. No
intercession, no waiting. They can pray
for anything. And so that's the
beginning. Then you teach them step by
step the salah and so on. Now again this
is general. What about the role of the
women? The role of the women here is
that little different little different
is we don't want the women in the
streets standing around giving out
pamphlets and things like this for a
couple of reasons. First of all, this is
not the way that it was at the time of
Muhammad sallallam.
And the second reason is in
practicality. This is something
dangerous, very dangerous. Even if she's
standing around handing it out in the
hallway of a university, if she's by
herself, there are things that can open
up into trouble, can be problems, and it
shouldn't be done like that. What's nice
is when you have it organized, they have
some a booth or something that's set up.
I'm talking about when you're giving da
out in public. Then you have a booth or
table set up where the ladies ladies
two, three or more are together helping
each other and covering each other's
backs, so to speak, and making sure that
there's not such a thing as a man and a
woman alone together. This is one of the
things that you want to watch out for,
brothers. You too, when you're giving
the so-called da to the ladies, be sure
you know what you're giving them. Da
too. Okay? what you calling them to.
Don't start thinking, well, you she's a
nice lady and I'll give her da'a and
she'll be a Muslim and I'll teach her
Islam and blah blah blah blah. That's
not right. You call them to Allah,
that's it. If they become Muslim, that's
one subject. You're out here looking for
a wife, that's a different subject.
Don't mix the two. I've seen it bogged
down many times. Brothers suffer from
this and so does the lady and the
family. So, don't do that. You call to
Allah and nothing else. Got it? So you
have another brother with you or if
you're married, your wife should be with
you. You're not out here talking to
women alone. That's not right. Same
holds true for the women.
The women have a very special role in
Islam. A very big role that men cannot
perform. Women first of all have babies.
We know that women raise these babies
up, nurse them.
How a man can't do these things. Women
also have responsibility to the house.
It's very clear in the Quran 4:34 that
she has a big responsibility as well as
the man. The man has a responsibility to
go out and work and get the money and
take care of the house and the clothing
and the utilities and transportation
etc. That's his responsibility. Even if
she's wealthy, she doesn't pay a penny
of her money for any of that. But at the
same time, she's responsible to take
care of the house, especially when he's
away. So it means women are not free to
just run out and do anything they want
to any time. They have a responsibility
just like he has a responsibility. So be
sure now finally I will tell you that as
much as I've seen women bring others to
Islam and I've seen it so many times my
wife has had more effect than I ever did
in the early days of da. I'm not joking
when I tell you that. because they would
sit around together, have a cup of
coffee, some tea, discuss things about
babies or discuss things about recipes,
things like this. And many women, many
more women come to Islam than men. We
have seen this again and again and
again.
But listen to me. But still we don't we
don't put women out in the street and
say, "Oh, mashallah, how good they are
in doing da'ah." And then you sit home
and watching television. That doesn't
work. Allah will bless them. Even if
they went for jihad and they were the
only ones out there working, women could
do that. But you would be cursed by
Allah for this thing because that's not
how Allah has laid it out for us to do.
And by the way, they might be better at
that, too. But it still means you don't
do it. You don't do that cuz that's not
the way Allah said for it to be done.
The women are excellent
in supporting each other in the da.
That's why you put them in teams.
They're excellent in supporting the men
in da. That's why you incorporate women
in your da programs. Ever since I
started in DA, I've always had women
involved in one way or another.
Now, that's true. But the role that a
woman plays in da is just the same as a
role that a woman plays as a Muslim.
It's not exactly the same. It's there.
It has to be there, but it's not the
same. So, you have to know that there
are differences. Always respect that
difference. And you don't treat these
women in Da like, "Oh, she's my good
buddy in Daaha and I." No, she still has
a respect of a woman as a Muslim woman
and she has the dignity, the honor
that's due to her. And you must be
careful about this. You still respect
her in full and even more because she's
doing a job that a lot of the men are
not doing that they should be doing.
Now, I know some of the what I said
might be a surprise to some of you. You
might not have thought of it that way,
but the role of the woman in da'ah
starts from the time she gives birth.
From the time she gets married, she's
given da'a. I've heard so many women
say, "My first child was my husband."
That's true. And then to raise the child
up in teaching them Quran and Sunnah,
this is da'wah. And then working with
the teachers that are teaching their
children, da'a. Other parents, da'a. of
the children who come over to play da'a
and then supporting your da efforts and
you should be out there and listening to
them. If they tell you go over here and
give da to this person, you don't just
say and let why don't you go do it.
Okay, so these are some of the things.
I'm going to wrap it up by saying that
we could talk all day on the subject,
but it's time to get out and put it into
practice. You'll always find new things
that'll come up. You'll have questions.
So visit our internet website called
shareislam.com.
sherislam.com you'll get a lot of
answers there to follow up on this
important role of the women in the da in
summary I want to mention this about the
role of the women in the da for Islam
and that is that they start from the
very time that they're growing up just
like all men women both and this is key
though as they develop to learn how to
support the da to support the brothers
who are doing da to help them by getting
more volunteers to help them in getting
their things laid out, the paperwork and
doing the detail things that the
brothers are not too good at. Also
helping to organize and getting the
timings and plings for events to help
the people organize from the very
beginning to the end of all the things
they put together to do the emails and
the text messaging and be sure that
everybody is on time to do what they're
supposed to do. all of these things
along with along with working to help
get donations because it does take money
to support this effort. The printing and
the cost of traveling and so on and all
of these things require money. So if the
sisters work in this area coordinated
together with one leader for them and
then working with the brothers who are
in the da and following their overall
leadership of that you'll have a very
nice dao community inshallah we make dua
accept from all of us and forgive us for
any shortcomings and help this dean of
Islam be spread around the world. Amen.
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