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In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Mercy-giving


GUESS the Topic


Learning Objectives

This presentation is to meant to facilitate :

The learning of the importance of exchanging advice as an Islamic duty

To infer the meaning of ‘exchanging sincere advice’

To identify the ethics of giving out sincere advice

To focus on the Benefits of Exchanging Sincere Advice

To know about the difference between Proposal, View and Advice

Let’s Go…

NASEEHA Giving Sincere Advice


“ I am smart. I don‟t need

anyone‟s advice!” “I don‟t find any

sincere advisor”

“I didn‟t ask for any

advice. Why is he

lecturing to me?”

“Advisors are only „talkers‟!

They don‟t practice what

they say!”

Thinking Questions..


View Advice

an act of

putting

forward or

stating

something for

consideration

a mode or

manner of

looking at or

regarding

something

• recommendation

regarding a

decision or

course oF

CONDUCT

an opinion or

judgment

colored by

the feeling or

bias of its

holder

• TO COUNSEL

DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING:

Proposal


Give me Your Proposal, Your View and Your Advice


أنصح

ناصح نصحت

وا نصح

Sincere

نصيحةAdvice

الناصحين

نص وحا

Sincere

ن صحي

نصحRoot Word

The trilateral root

OCCURS 13 times

in the Quran

A Look at the Qur‟anic Terms


http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=nSH

Sincerity and Advice: The deep CONNECTION

Sincerity

The Qur’anic Words Nasahuu

And Nasuuha means sincerity

One must be sincere in this

thought and deeds

Sincere in seeking advice

Sincere to giving advice

Sincere to put the advice in

practice

Advice

The word ‘Naseeha’ means

advice. And this word is used for

sincerity as well.

Any advice without sincerity

is not advice at all!

Sincerity and Advice are

deeply connected

One will be meaningless

without the other.

Sincerity and Advice are

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Practice

Beliefs Right Actions + Results

=

Preach

Right Means Right Ends + Success =

The Qur’an questions:

O Believers! Why do you say that which you do not practice?

Warning

Principles of Prophet Muhammad sal…


IMPORTANCE OF EXCHANGING ADVICE IN ISLAM

ALLAH ADAM

Adam didn‟t heed to

Allah‟s advice, and

consequently harmed

himself

Continues till date & future…

Allah Advised Adam

„not to go to the

particular Tree‟

ORIGIN OF CREATION IS THE ORIGIN OF EXCHANGING ADVICE

Let‟s NOT Repeat Adam‟s mistake


GIVING SINCERE ADVICE IS THE WAY OF THE PROPHETS

Nooh (A.S) said:

Nooh said, “I convey to you the messages of my Lord and advise you; and I know from Allah what you do not know”.

SOME EXAMPLES OF ADVICES IN THE QUR’AN / SUNNAH:

ه ما ل تعلمون لك مأنصح وأبلغكم رسالت ربي وأعلم من اللـ

Allah Adam Nooh Saalih Shuayb Muhammad … …

THE IMPORTANCE OF SEEKING ADVICE IN ISLAM

Let‟s See What Saalih A.S advised


Saalih (A.S) said:

“and he said, „O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the message of my Lord and I advised you, but you do not like advisors.‟”

لك موقال يا قوم لقد أبلغتكم رسالة ربي كن ل تحبون الناصحين ونصحت ـ ول



Let‟s Read what Shuayb (A.S) Said…


Shuayb (A.S) said:

“And he turned away from them and said, "O my people, I had certainly conveyed to you the messages of my Lord and advised you, so how could I grieve for a disbelieving people?“ (7: 93)

لك مفتولى عنهم وقال يا قوم لقد أبلغتكم رسالت ربي فكيف آسى على قوم كافرين ونصحت



Let‟s know the value of Naseeha in Islam, what Prophet Muhammad sal..said:



Man Needs Guidance

Social Duty

Helps in Taking

Critical Decisions

Established a

ين الد

النصيحةHelps in Avoiding

Mistakes

or Regrets

The “Deen” is

Naseeha.

“The Religion

is Sincere

Advice”

Exchanging

Sincere Advice is

an Islamic Duty



Focus on the word تواصوا

In Surah Al Asr


Life

Life

Religion

Religion had nothing to do with practical life Religion guides every aspect of life.

Religion makes life meaningful through

the exchange of sincere advice.

BEFORE Muhammad (Sal…) AFTER Muhammad (sal…)

Religion

ISLAM AND COUNSELLING

Prophet Muhammad (sal…) changed the World‟s Thinking!


• Sincerity is needed: It should avoid hypocrisy, libel, mockery and mistrust.

• It should address a clear, uncontroversial issue

• The person giving advice should be a knowledgeable person in the matter he is giving sincere advice on & should be qualified to do so.

•The person giving sincere advice must apply the advice to himself.

• Choose appropriate place, time and conditions to give a sincere advice.

• Respect the privacy of the person receiving advice; Advice shouldn’t be given publicly.

• Show leniency, flexibility and use good words to advice.

Requirements of Sincere ADVICE Manners of NASEEHA

Requirements & Ethics of Sincere Advice


Shows Obedience

to Allah and His

Messenger

Helps in taking

right decisions

Guidance from the

Creator who knows

man unlike other

Rewarded by the

satisfaction of Allah

Invests society with righteousness,

spreads virtue & goodness & averts evil.

Benefits

Of

NASEEHA

Spreads love and

affinity between

individuals in

society

Channelizes

Productive

Thinking

Brings barakah

BENEFITS OF EXCHANGING SINCERE ADVICE


People vary in that some accept advice, some don‟t.

Qur‟an appreciates those who Listen and follow the Advice:

“Who listen to speech and follow the best of it. Those are the ones Allah has guided, and those are people of understanding”. (Surah Az-Zumar)

بعون أحسنه يستمعون القول الذين فيت

ه ئك الذين هداهم اللـ ـ أول

ئك هم أولو اللباب ـ وأول

It‟s Only Men of Understanding that Follow the Guidance


NASEEHA

Definition

Status in Islam

Related verse / hadith

Ethics of Giving Out

Benefits

PLENARY / REVIEW QUESTIONS


Find out about SALATUL

ISTIKHAARA And link it to the topic of

Seeking Advice

Draw a Venn Diagram with A as Giver of Advice & B as Receiver of Advice and Sincerity as A ∩ B



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