11. Global Target of Dawah
In one of his traditions the Prophet said:
‘No house on the earth, small or big, will be left but God will make enter the message of Islam into it.’
This Prophetic tradition has a prediction for the later generations. This prediction does not mean that it will happen in a mysterious way that the word of God will enter into every house in itself. It will certainly happen under the principle of cause and effect. This hadith means that in later ages such possibilities will emerge as will make it possible for a da‘ee to make the word of God enter into each and every house: small or big. No one, man or woman will remain on the face of this earth but he or she will willingly or unwillingly be made aware of the message of God. In fact, it tells the completion of the universal target of Islamic dawah. This will occur before the Day of Resurrection so that the evidence could be established against the people. And they will have no excuse or argument against God.
In the present time, printing press has made this potential into actual. With the help of the printing press, billions of copies of the word of God, the Quran have been prepared. It is thought that the number of the copies printed till date has exceeded the number of the people living on this globe. Today, every man or woman can very easily have a printed copy of the Quran. Even he or she can down load the whole Quran from the internet and read it on the screen. On the other hand, electronic media has been also a great source of spreading the message of God, because different programmes are held daily on the topic of Islam in it. Today, every person, man or woman hears about the message of Islam through media.
The age of the Companions of the Prophet was that of traditional. Printing press was not invented in their time. They had no printed copies of the Quran to give others as we can do today. So, they went to the people and recited the Quran to them. That is why; they were called the muqri (or reciter). Today in the age of printing press, a da‘ee has to discharge the duty of dawah by presenting the copies of the Quran and other Islamic and dawah literature to them. Similarly, he can discharge this duty by using the electronic media.
