A Study of Shaykh Muhammad Kamalud-Deen Al-Adabiy’s Personality and His Da’wah Mission

Abstract

This study investigated the role of human personality in ensuring da'wah effectiveness, using the personality of late Shaykh Muhammad Kamalud-Deen al-Adabiy and his da'wah mission as a case study. All the members of Muslim societies in Ilorin constituted the population for the study while the target population was all the elders of the societies who are more familiar with da'wah mission of the Shaykh. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 4 societies and from each society, twenty-five (25) respondents were sampled, using purposive sampling technique, making a total of one hundred (100) respondents. The instrument used was a questionnaire tagged “the Personality of Shaykh Muhammad Kamalud-Deen in relation to His da'wah Mission”, validated by an expert in the Department of Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin. Test-retest method was adopted for the reliability of the instrument and the co-efficient value of 0.72 was obtained. Five research questions were raised and answered using the Frequency count and Percentage. Among other findings, it was found that Shaykh Muhammad Kamalud-Deen al- Adabiy was an agreeable, conscientious, extrovert, neurotic and open dā'ī; he was known for complying with the dictates of divine books, hardworking, outgoing trait, worrisome to succeed and creativity. Finally, the researcher recommended among others that, for effective da'wah, the contemporary callers to Islam should imbibe the personality traits of patience, perseverance, humility, optimism, flexibility, gentleness, soft speech, hardwork etc., just like Shaykh Muhammad Kamalu-Deen al-Adabiy used to do during his da'wah.