Quality Not Quantity

From Thawbaan (radiyallaahu' anhu) who said that Allah's Messenger Sallallahu alayhi wa Salam said:


" The nations are about to invite one another and come upon you just as those eating invite others to share in their dish." Someone asked, "Will that be because we are few in number that day?" He replied, "No, at that time you will be numerous! But you will be froth/scum like the froth/scum carried by the torrent, and Allah will remove the fear of you from the hearts of you enemies, and Allah will indeed throw weakness (wahn) into your hearts." So someone asked, "What is the weakness (wahn)?" He replied, "Love for the world and hatred for death." (Reported by Abu Daawood no 4297 eng. trans vol 3 pg 1196 no 4284 and Ruwayaanee in his Musnad (q.134b) Hasan due to supports by Ahmad (5/278), Abu Nu'aim (1/182) and at-Tabaraanee in al-Kabeer (no.1452)


If we gave importance to numbers and quantity then the scum would be better off than us. Large numbers without sense, understanding and education will certainly cause harm and it is certainly something dangerous since it produces a false impression of correctness, then failure to accept the truth, then disagreement and disunity... then frustration and defeat... Perhaps this was what the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa Salam indicated by his saying:


"...and twelve thousand will not be defeated due to the lack of numbers." Ahmad


The number that we have is not small, rather it is many-then why is this great number defeated? It is defeated because it does not give importance to the main principle of Islam which is Tawheed of Allah, the Blessed and Most High, and because it does not educate the callers to recognise rights and carry out the obligations, so they became weak and feeble, so they become the tail of the convoy after being its head, and they become weak after being strong.


If only the caller received the true education and training, and proceeded upon the way and methodology of the Prophet Sallallahu alayhi wa Salam the without a doubt he would reach the highest goal.


The Call To Islam And The Caller pg 73-74 By Shaykh 'Alee Hasan 'Alee Abdul Hameed