Dar Zabardaste!
A one day National WOC trip to Peshawar
This was a very dynamic short trip. For me personally & the team. Alhumdulillah
Personally active wise, I got to host our mega event. I came in as a back up speaker for Muhammad Ali at PAC institute, engaged in many conversations, a couple of pseudo debates and various Q&A. So Allah kept me busy. I believe this is the standard that all duaat should inspire to achieve. Not only speaking on stage but grassroots one to one dawah too.
In fact Peshawar was such a positive experience for me, that my doubts about attending future WOCS were quashed somewhat and has made me rethink. ( Look out for my last blog from my whole 2023 Pak trip next month)
After breaky with Tuaha, Wajih, M Ali and our media/ street duaat teams, we visited around 6/7 institutes back to back. Teams were split and with my team we had Sarmad, Rafay, Suleyman and Malik Ashir.
FAST university was the scene where I had an interesting debate/ discussion with a Christian. He was a nice guy but felt uncomfortable as the crowd around us grew. Please watch this video on Insta/ YouTube for a summary of the discussion.
Gandhara University was super busy for us all. Many Questions and discussions. I got the chance to press upon the knowledge of Allah as the ultimate solution. I was impressed with the faculty, Mr Jawad Saab and others, not only did they offer us delicious kebabs but great company and support.
PAK was an experience. After being a last minute speaker, I got the chance to talk about my change story & worldviews. The audience listened attentively.
Two interesting conversations then ensued at the stall. One brother had this fusion of Elvis/ rockstar look about him. The doc martens boots, the tight fitted jacket. So my initiation was to call him over and ask about his stand out dress sense. He didn’t admit he was a lead vocalist in a band.. but I’m sure there’s something ‘rocky’ about him. I asked my fellow daee to chat to him.
Amongst the many students was a cheeky chap who came in strong & challenger my views on music & other matters. As the chat went on, I realised that he’s following random news on the net, most of it sensationalism. This is the sort of stuff you hear in the Uk from right wing extremists! On top of this, he listens to grime & drill genre music! Quite absurd I know!
Anyhow, I brought him down to his salah and his worship.
The strangest issue about Peshawar was the amount of people objecting to giving dawah to Non Muslims. This came up a few times today.
Not only is it hugely rewarding but this is our tareeqa/ sabeel on saving lives.. in the next life. Citing example of the fire of this world and the next as a pressing point.
Dawah to Non Muslims is the ultimate way of showing empathy to Non Muslims. Under the patronage of wisdom & patience. I hope this strange resistance towards dawah to Non Muslims is quashed and we engage with wisdom and intelligence.
Lastly, I am so proud of this Uber cool dawah team of Islamabad. I got to spend a long time with these brothers. Very talented. Some brothers travelled via bus, that’s almost 6 hours journey in total just to call the youth to Allah, voluntarily & with less sleep. May Allah accept it from them and do watch out for their development and progress.
Until the next Campus Dawah mission.
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How were they objecting to giving dawah to Non Muslims?
What points did they raise?
This is so strange! Originally dawah is for non muslims because muslims are already, you know, muslims!!
1. You are harassing people. Live and let live.
2. The differences in religion is something Allah has sent, it’s good for mankind. Why disturb that.
Yes indeed strange
Assalamu alaikum. Enjoyed reading the blog. Got inspired with the sentence save the people from fire of hereafter.
I also find it strange that giving dawah to non-Muslims is frowned upon. But I believe it must be because of the way people relate to dawah. Having a simple discussion with non-muslims or Muslims for that matter about religion seems as getting too personal. We discuss non-sensical matters easily and the things that matter most are generally not ever brought up.
JazakAllah for the insightful blog!
Agreed.
I really like to read this blog, specially to know that you’ve also experienced how Dawah is objected by youth here, in Pakistan. Ppl really don’t understand the true meaning of Islam and Dawah here, still. Anyways I’m impressed with the last mentioned abt Islamabad team’s dedication towards Dawah.
Interesting, May Allah accept it.
ماشاء اللہ ♥️ seems so productive. May Allah SWT accept your efforts brother.