 When every method of persuasion in the thirteen years of preaching had failed, the Prophet took to the sword. The sword removed evil, mischief, the impurities of the hearts, the evilness and the filth of the soul, and also cured the people of the time of their arrogance. Dr. Wilfred Kent Will Smith states, Muhammad preached Islam with a sword in one hand and the Quran in the other. However, the critics are blind in this matter. They cannot see that the sword walled by Prophet Muhammad was the sword of mercy, compassion, friendship, forgiveness, the sword that conquers enemies and purifies the hearts. His sword was more sharper than the sword of iron or steel. This is why tonight's episode is one of the most controversial topics to be debated and discussed over multimedia. Tonight's episode is dedicated to clear up the misconceptions regarding the methods used by Islam in spreading the religion of Islam in light of the Quran, respected viewers, brothers and sisters in Islam. As-salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. Welcome to the seventh episode of Life from Karbala, Ramadan series with me and host Ahmed Ali. Tonight's episode, as I mentioned, is very controversial. This is why my esteemed guest, Saeed Hussain Al-Qazweeni has joined us once again in tonight's episode, to clear up these misconceptions. Welcome back. How are you, Sayyidina? Welcome. Yesterday, something very tragic happened in the U.S., especially in Orlando. Tonight's episode is somewhat related to what happened yesterday. Preaching the religion of Islam has various methods. It's unfortunate to see that the people that take the religion of Islam extreme to the next level, and they just cherry pick whatever they want and they apply it. But what is the importance of Da'wah preaching? And how should we, as Muslims, preach Islam to others? Take, for example, the shooting that happened yesterday in Orlando, that was motivated by homosexuals deserve death penalty. I mean, it's clear that Da'wah has major effects. Should we use aggression in this manner? It's a simple act. Of course it is. But should we use aggression in such matters? We live at very critical times. The spotlight is completely on Islam today, especially since a group of extremists who have misunderstood Islam, and consequently they are misrepresenting Islam through their actions. For them, Da'wah to Islam comes by aggression, inviting people to Islam and introducing them to the laws of Allah comes through aggression and violence, through hatred, through barbarism. These people, we have nothing in common with them. The ISIS mentality, they're far from the Quran. Are they? Very far from the Quran. They're far from the Sunnah of Rasulullah, the traditions of Rasulullah. And they have not understood how Islam is supposed to be implemented today. The problem with many preachers and many speakers and many scholars today is the way they're trying to get their point across. They have a passion for Islam. Some people, their passion stems from ignorance. Others, they stem from knowledge. But how do they get their point across to the other side? The other side could be a non-Muslim. It could be an American, a European, a Westerner that has no idea of Islam. They're trying to teach them and educate them about Islam. Or it could be another Muslim that disagrees with them. That relates to another school of thought. Sectarianism. Sectarianism, to another ideology. They're trying to teach them their version of Islam. But it's a matter of how, how are you getting your point across? Is it through aggression, through violence, through name-calling, through disrespect? Is it everything that you say it must be said? Everything that's written literally in the Quran should be said and taken for face value. Or should it be analyzed? Should, you know, time and place has a role in certain laws. This all plays a major role in the invitation of Islam. That is why it's a critical job. It's not for everyone to come and say, you know, this is Islam. It's a very detailed, specific job. It's very intricate. It's very dangerous. It's very sensitive. You have to be politically correct in how to convey the message to others without offending, without offending your own faith, without giving a bad image of your own faith. This is all part of the manners of Dawah and Islam. You just said that not everything within the Quran should be said. Is that, you know, after understanding? I mean, isn't the Quran clear? No. You see, not that everything in the Quran should not be said as in we should hide certain things. No. But there are some things in the Quran that should be understood within a context. That should be understood within a context. Yesterday, I heard a speaker and this is in the United States of America. You know, and this is what I'd like to emphasize on. Yes. Not the idiot who went on a shooting grand page and who killed 50 or 49 or I don't know how many people know. That person, I have nothing in common with him to discuss. He has no reason, no, you know, rational sort of thinking. He has no logic. So isn't he entitled as a Muslim? He's a Muslim by name. He's a Muslim by name, but not by intellect. That's my discussion is not with him because I have nothing in common with him. My discussion is with those that are not violent physically, but they're violent intellectually in their means of Dawah. You see them on TV, on channels, all over the media, on YouTube. There is style of preaching, there is style of condemning. This is a mushrik. This is a kafir. This person deserves execution. This person deserves death. This person deserves to be killed. Who are they? This sort of aggression. Not just with non-Muslims, but even with Muslims themselves. This person is an innovator. This person is a mushrik. This is bid'ah. This is kufr. This is sometimes within the same school of thought. Yes. In the same school of thought, we have tekfiris in the same school of thought. This person is a muhdarrif. This person is a vaad, a deviant. This person has straight away. This person is not a follower of Ahl al-Bakr. My issues with these kind of people, that we have something in common with them. They're preachers. And for me, this sort of person who has the freedom to speak and has a platform and comes on TV or on social media and is watched by millions. This person can do damage to Islam and Muslims more than the one that goes and terrorizes. More than the one that goes and terrorizes. Because that person is an idiot. He goes and he kills. It's very bad. But he doesn't claim to be a spokesman for Islam. Those who come and speak, they're claiming to be spokesmen. But that person... Right now, my job is very dangerous. Because right now I'm claiming to be a spokesman for Islam. So if I make a mistake, it will be reflected on Islam. He claims to be a representative of Islam. True. True. That is correct. However, his way of thinking is so ill. It's so irrational that it doesn't need a lot of proof and a lot of convincing to come and say, this shouldn't be done. This shouldn't be done. My issue, my fight is with my colleagues from my religion, my school of thought, preachers and religious scholars like myself who have a platform and they speak. But they're not using the etiquettes of Da'wah mentioned in the Qur'an. The ethics and manners of Da'wah that Islam, the Qur'an specifically has given us, the rules that the Qur'an has given us, they're not being used. These people are more harmful than many others. Definitely. And we have narrations regarding this. That a scholar has a great value in Islam. His worship is equivalent to the worship of thousand worshippers. But at the same time, his danger is worse than the danger of a thousand soldiers. He has a heavy burden upon his shoulders. A thousand soldiers cannot do harm as much as one scholar or a person who claims to be a scholar. Because he destructs within. Yes. So my issue is, how are you promoting Islam? How are you today? We live in a critical age. We do. Today I was watching CNN. I was listening to Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is now, she's most likely going to be the Democratic presidential nominee for the elections. And there's a big chance that she will be elected as president. Today I was hearing her on CNN saying that I do not have a problem with using the word radical Islam. Really? Yes. Radical Islam. I'll use the word radical Islam. This is dangerous. Very dangerous. This is very dangerous. What are we doing to combat that? Are we making it worse? Are we giving her content? Are we, you know, encouraging her by our actions and by our sayings? Or should we combat that idea of radical Islam by another approach? A peaceful approach. Yes. Knowing the gems and the jewels of Islam, we're living at a very difficult time. We are. And the job and the responsibility is on the shoulders of the scholars and the preachers. How are you representing Islam? How are you performing da'wah? How are you inviting people? What face of Islam are you giving? This is the issue. I mean, as you mentioned, radical Islam, you know, stems from the same ideology that this person is actually, you know, what motivates this person. If someone actually goes into, you know, whatever he might think that it is, going in there and shooting someone, you know, unnecessarily and unwinningly. I mean, just going in there and shooting people. That doesn't make any sense. It doesn't prove anything that Islam is what? Islam wants to kill these individuals. But yet in the Quran, we do see that whoever kills one person is like he killed all of humanity. So we do see that. But in Chapter 16, verse 125, Allah states, Invite in the way of your Lord with wisdom and good advice and argue, debate with them in a way that is best. Indeed, your Lord is the most strong of those who are astrayed from his way. And he knows the people who have rightly guided. But yet we do see in the Quran and the traditions that it also says, you know, chase them under every rock. I could safely say that inspired against Rasulullah. So there were three. They all had a specific context. This is Hassanah with good advice. Speak to the people's minds and things that don't make sense. Of education, speak to him according to his level of not above. But to understand deep, it would understand how to prove God's existence. This is part of wisdom. Scholars in the West, in the Bible, that says or taken out of context. Definitely. The same person who actually went and killed his homosexuals. Results. About to warm up.