كتاب اجوبة لاسئلة غير المسلمين عن الاسلام - ANSWERS TO NON-MUSLIMS’ COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT ISLAM

Da’wah is a dutyMost Muslims know that Islam is a universal religion, meant for all mankind.Allah (swt) is the Lord of the entire Universe, and Muslims have been entrustedwith the duty of conveying His message to all mankind. Alas, most Muslimstoday have become callous towards this duty! While accepting Islam as the bestway of life for ourselves, most of us are unwilling to share this knowledge withthose to whom the message has not yet been conveyed.The Arabic word Da’wah means a call or an invitation. In Islamic context, itmeans to strive for the propagation of Islam.The Glorious Qur’an says:“Ah! Who is more unjust than those who conceal the testimony theyhave from Allah? But Allah is not unmindful of what ye do!”[Al-Qur’an 2:140]Twenty Most Common QuestionsIn order to convey the message of Islam, dialogue and debate becomeinevitable. The Glorious Qur’an says:“Invite (all) to the way of thy Lord, with wisdom and beautifulpreaching, and argue with them in ways that are best and mostgracious!”[Al-Qur’an 16:125]In conveying the message of Islam to a non-Muslim, it is usually not sufficient tohighlight only the positive nature of Islam. Most non-Muslims are not convincedabout the truth of Islam because there are a few questions about Islam at theback of their minds that remain unanswered.They may agree with your contentions about the positive nature of Islam. But,in the same breath, they will say - “Ah! But you are the same Muslims whomarry more than one woman. You are the same people who subjugate womenby keeping them behind the veil. You are fundamentalists, etc.”I personally prefer asking the non-Muslims upfront, with their limitedknowledge, whether right or wrong, from whichever source it may be, what theyfeel is wrong in Islam. I encourage them to be very frank and open and convincethem that I can take criticism about Islam.In the past few years of my Da’wah experience, I have realized that there arebarely twenty most common questions that a common non-Muslim hasregarding Islam. Whenever you ask a non-Muslim, “what do you feel is wrong inIslam?”, he poses five or six questions, and these questions invariably fallamong the twenty most common questions.Logical replies can convince the majorityThe twenty most common questions about Islam can be answered with reasonand logic. A majority of non-Muslims can be convinced with these answers. If aMuslim memorizes or simply remembers these answers, Inshallah he will besuccessful, if not in convincing non-Muslims about the complete truth of Islam,