Usul al-Dawa wa Turuquha 1 - Jamiat al-Madina

Usul al-Dawa wa Turuquha 1 (Foundations and Methods of Islamic Da'wah 1) is an academic textbook published by Madinah International University (Jamiat al-Madina al-Alamiya) as part of its bachelor's degree curriculum in Islamic studies under the course code IDWH2013 Usul al-Dawa wa Turuquha ….

Purpose and Content

The textbook serves as the introductory level of the university's sequence on the principles, methodology, and ethics of Islamic preaching and propagation (da'wah) Usul al-Dawa wa Turuquha …+1. It opens with an introduction to the discipline of da'wah, setting out both the lexical and technical scholarly definitions of calling to God Usul al-Dawa wa Turuquha …. It discusses the purpose of human existence—including divine vicegerency (istikhlaf), bearing the trust (al-amanah), worship, and human cooperation—and outlines the necessity of divine revelation and prophetic guidance to safeguard humanity, discipline natural human instincts, and address the limitations and discrepancies of human reason Usul al-Dawa wa Turuquha …+1.

Across the volume's lessons, the text examines several core areas:

• The distinctive characteristics of Islamic da'wah and its differentiation from previous heavenly messages and modern legal systems Usul al-Dawa wa Turuquha ….
• The personal attributes, moral conduct, and cultural and scholarly qualifications required of Islamic callers Usul al-Dawa wa Turuquha ….
• The fundamental sources comprising Islamic culture Usul al-Dawa wa Turuquha ….
• The principles of legal verdict delivery (qawa'id al-ifta'), the qualifications of a mufti (shurut al-mufti), the etiquettes of the petitioner seeking a fatwa (adab al-mustafti), and the requirement for callers to combine effective preaching methods with sound legal comprehension Usul al-Dawa wa Turuquha …+1.