Reference: Kitaabul-‘Ilm – Page 145, Question No.43
Question: Which of the two is better:
i) Freeing oneself for giving da’wah, or
ii) Freeing oneself to seek knowledge?
Response: Seeking knowledge is better and a priority, with the possibility that the student of knowledge can give da’wah whilst seeking knowledge. And it is not possible to give da’wah whilst he has no knowledge. Allaah سبحانه و تعالى says:
{Say [O Muhammad]: “This is my way; I invite unto Allaah with sure knowledge…”}, [Soorah Yoosuf, Aayah 108]
So how can da’wah be given whilst he has no knowledge? And no-one has ever given da’wah without knowledge, and whoever has done so without knowledge, then he will not succeed.
