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Also known as da'wah, dawa, da'wa, daawa, daawah

''''' (, , "invitation", also spelt , , , or ') is the act of proselytizing people to Islam. The plural is () or (). Preachers who engage in dawah are known as da'i.

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native label
دَعْوَة
male form of label
داعية إسلامي
female form of label
داعية إسلامية
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Dawah
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17 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Early Islam
  • During Muhammad's era
  • Post-Muhammad
  • Purpose
  • Scriptural basis
  • Methods
  • Gentleness
  • Influence in politics
  • Wisdom
  • Location
  • Daʿwah training workshops
  • Movements
  • See also
  • Footnotes
  • References
  • External links

''''' (, , "invitation", also spelt , , , or ') is the act of proselytizing people to Islam. The plural is () or (). Preachers who engage in dawah are known as da'i.

== Etymology == literally means "issuing a summons" or "making an invitation". Grammatically, the word represents a gerund of a verb with the triconsonantal root d-ʕ-w () meaning variously "to summon" or "to invite". A Muslim who practices , either as a religious worker or in a volunteer community effort, is called a ' (, plural ' ).

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