My Da'wah Experiences in the West : Learning, Adventures, Opportunities, Excitement and Thrill

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I am writing this article to share with my brothers and sisters some of my Dawah experiences in the west.

I came to Canada in the year 2010 for my higher studies after the completion of my Engineering degree in Computer

Sciences Alhumdulillah with one of the main intensions of doing dawah Alhumdulillah. Western World was a new world for

me with different people from all sorts of backgrounds , cultures , faiths , languages, colors and all , it is a land ofimmigrants which actually gives you more opportunities of doing dawah or in other words it is a land which needs more

dawah .

I have been into the field of Dawah for the past 8 yrs till date Alhumdulillah and delivering public talks is into my blood by

now Alhumdulillah , but soon after coming to Canada I was in a state of confusion as to how should I establish myself here

for Dawah ? And one thing was really pinching me that I need to start it right from the scratch and establish myself here

for Islamic Dawah. The days were just passing by right in front of me and my tension and worry was increasing as I am

a public speaker and was not getting any opportunities to have public talks here though I was doing dawah on one to one

basis but that wasnt satisfying me and I wasnt able to satisfy myself with that. I used to call to my teachers and seniors in

dawah and cry over the phone presenting my worries towards dawah and tell them that I fell as if my hands and legs are

been chopped off and I am left all alone in a desert and I am not able to do anything despite the fact that I want to do

everything Allah hu mustaan.

And one night with this worry and fikar in my mind I went out for dinner in a restaurant and surprisingly the owner of the

restaurant was having a keen eye on me of which I was completely unaware he came to my table and said are you br.

Asif ? , I looked to my side and said yes , he then sat with me suddenly and started talking to me saying I have seen you

on YouTube and read your status always on facebook , have read your articles Alhumdulillah and this day was the start of

my dawah carrier in Canada Alhumdulillah.

Then this brother took me and introduced me with other people and we went to universities and met few other people who

were working in the field of Dawah and I was very well introduced to them Alhumdulillah. But even till this point I wasnt

delivering pubic talks and I was still waiting for that time very patiently.

Then came the time for the Journey of Faiths Conference (JOF) which is held in Canada every year and in that conference

by the mercy of Allah I with the other brothers who were working with me in the field of dawah formed and organized a

dawah department in the Journey of Faiths conference and this conference never had any dawah department before this

and this was its first time Alhumdulillah. I was working in the dawah department of the Conference and was mentoring the

dawah team members Alhumdullillah and was responsible to handle the table talks with the non Muslims who come to visit

the conference Alhumdulillah. This dawah department and my team brought phenomenon success during the table talks

with 7 sahadas in two days Alhumdulilillah the lengthiest table talk I had was with a black Christian brother which continued

for no less than 7-8 hrs Alhumdulillah which was possible only with the help of Allah Alhumdulillah. This journey of faith

conference opened my gates to public talks in Canada Alhumdulillah as my dawah team in the conference had one of the

best students of Dr. Farhat Hashmi too Alhumudlillah and after the conference this student of Dr. Farhat organized straight

two public talks of mine Alhumdulillah , out of which one was to be held on the International peace day which is celebrated

in Canada .

I also spoke to my master and inspiration Dr. Zakir Naik before these two talks of mine and told him about these upcoming

lectures and topics of these lectures that were going to be, Rediscovering Peace through Islam and Why is Islam the

Fastest growing religion in the West? and also told him about the organizers as I was already introduced to Dr. Farhat

Hashmi through her student Alhumdulillah. He gave me lots of duas and asked me to continue with the Islamic dawah

Alhumdulillah.

After that public talks of mine which was held on the international peace day the audience who were present in the lecture

started organizing my lectures in different mosques and Islamic centers. Alhumdulillah Allah has his ways Alhumdulillah. My

schedule was going really tuff and tight as I was to take care of my studies , my job and now lectures ALhumdulillah but


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because of this busy schedule I wasnt able to concentrate on my research and preparations of my lectures , but Allah put

barakah in my time Alhumdulillah and I used to do my preparations of my lectures in while I am travelling ,I used to do

my research , prepare my lectures and everything while travelling because other than this time I never used to have any

other spare time Allah hu mustaan , even till today this is how my schedule goes Alhumdulillah and Allah has put lots of

barakah in my travelling time Alhumdulillah.

I was invited as a guest speaker in Islamic Society of North America i.e., ISNA Canada ALhumdulillah invited by shaykhAbdullah Idrees Alhumdulillah where I addressed the audience on the topic Islam and Secularism Tolerance or

Intolerance ? Followed by an open Q and A session. The gates to public talks kept on opening Alhumdulillah one after the

other Alhumdulillah.

Shaykh Imam Nafees twice invited me in Jame Mosque coopers also called as the Islamic propagation centre, where I

delivered two lectures on different occasions on the topic, Why do we need Islam in the West ? and second was on the

topic , Myth, Misconceptions and Clarifications about Islam ,and after that Shaykh Mohammad Baru organized my public

talk in his mosque Ibn Abbas Ahumudlillah where I delivered a lecture on the topic ,Fundamental Beliefs of the Christians

, Alhumdulillah I kept of receiving invitations for the public talks and I was accepting all for the sake of Allah as Allah

opened and gave me those oppurtunities Alhumdulillah.

One of the best and not forgetful experiences was when I was invited for a public talk in a university organized by the MSA(Muslim Student Association) where I told the organizers that I will be speaking on the topic, Introduction to Christ Jesus

pbuh in the light of the holy bible and Glorious Quran. I choose this topic as it was a university environment with full of

non Muslims audience Alhumdulillah and this lecture had a 90% of non Muslims audience followed by an open Q and A

session Alhumdullillah , but after the Q and A session there was some problem created by the Christian audience and I was

suddenly taken into security and was taken for interrogations by the security and I was interrogated for some time in a

closed room and then asked to have a closed room Q and A sessions with exclusive Christian audiences Alhumdulillah

which was one of the most successful events Alhumdulillah recorded in the camera Alhumdulilllah this event boosted the

moral of the other Muslim students in the university for Islamic dawah and gave them guts to talk to the non Muslims and

give them dawah Alhumdulillah.

My recent public talk was in Toronto Islamic Centre where I addressed the audience on the topic, Islams offer to the

western world. I am also invited for a public talk in the university of Toronto Alhumdulillah whose date and topic are yet to

get decided inshaAllah along with these public talks simultaneously my dawah on one and one basis , table talks and

discussions with the non Muslims is still on Alhumdulilllah , Canada has given me opportunities to meet scholars from

different parts of the world to sit with them and learn from them Alhumdulillah scholors like Dr. bilal Phillips , shaykh saeed

rageh , shaykh mohtesham al hameedi ,Abdullah hakim quick , Abdur Raheem Green and many others Alhumdulillah. Allah

has also blessed me with a job where in I am able to do dawah while working, give to the non Muslims copies of the Quran

and convey to them the message of Islam Alhumdulilllah which is next to impossible at a work place in Canada. I talk to the

non Muslims for hours and hours at my place of work Alhumdulillah and may Allah reward my boss at work for his lenient

attitude towards me Alhumdulillah Aameen.

I have noticed that the Muslims in the west are strong and active mashaAllah and at the same time there has to be a lot of

dawah needs to be done to the non Muslims, I have seen that the western world is thirsty today and needs their thirst to

be quenched with Quran and with the guidance of Allah mentioned in the Quran and the teaching of the prophet

Mohammad peace be upon him. Allah subhaanwatalla has blessed me with this work Alhumdulillah and gave me this ability

to convey the message of Islam to the non Muslims in the west Alhumudillah and blessed me with few very good brothers

whose favors are not and never forgetful till death inshaAllah , who have been very supportive to me in this work of mine

in Canada in all aspects till date Alhumdulillah and Allah knows them and to them only Allah can reward with the best

Aameen.i have many many more things to share and write but I just cant write everything Allah hu mustaan

I ask my brothers and sisters to make dua for me that Allah keep taking the work of his precious deen from me till my last

breath and accept whatever very very tiny done in his way from my side and forgive me my faults and my short coming and

grant me with iqhlaas and accepts this work which is done only and only for his sake and for his deen Aameen may Allah


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reward my parents with best in both the worlds Aameen and grant them with janatul firdaus Aameen , after Allahs help

and then my parents support, trust and help to me I came into this field Alhumdulillah

JazakaAllah khair

by,

Syed Asif Ali Shah (Servant of Allah, in the Service of Islam.)

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