Pendekatan Dakwah Mohd Fadli Yusof dalam Pengislaman Non-Muslim di Kampung Padang, Sepulut Pensiangan, Sabah

The Da’wah Approach of Mohd Fadli Yusof in Reverting Non-Muslim to Islam in Kampung Padang, Sepulut Pensiangan, Sabah

Abstract

Da’wah approach is an important factor to ensure that message of Islam could be effectively conveyed to the non-Muslims. In regard of this matter, Mohd Fadli Yusof is an independent daʻie from the peninsular of Malaysia who has been preaching to the non-Muslim community in the rural area of Pensiangan, Sabah. The Muruts are the largest ethnic group in this area. Mohd Fadli Yusof had managed to persuade about two hundreds of the non-Muslims to revert to Islam since 2011. The design of this study used the qualitative method. Data obtain with participation observation method as well as interviewing informants at Kampung Pa`dang, mukim of Sepulut, Pensiangan, Sabah.The finding of this study showed that he had utilized four da’wah approaches; psychologically enticing them to something new, establishing a good relationship and communication with the natives and not forcing them to accept Islam. Also, his approaches had received positive responses from the localresidents in Kampung Padang, Sepulut and neighbouring villages in the rural areas of Pensiangan who were mostly Christians and pagans