Canadian Islamic scholar Mufti Aasim Rashid said in a video titled "The True Definition of Conquest in Islam" that Islam will be victorious through da'wa, i.e. inviting people to Islam.[1] The video was posted on June 27, 2024 on the YouTube channel of the Miftaah Institute as part of a video series produced by the Islamic education non-profit organization, which is based in Warren, Michigan.
Rashid is a senior instructor at the Miftaah Institute and on its Board of Advisors.[2] He is also the founder of Al-Ihsan Educational Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.[3] Between 2010-2015 he was Director of Religion and Islamic Education for the British Columbia Muslim Association, a large Islamic organization operating a wide network of mosques and schools in Canada.[4] Working in Australia in 2018 he developed a new educational system for Islamic schools in the West.
The following are the main points from Mufti Aasim Rashid's video lecture:
Screenshot of Mufti Aasin Rashid's sermon on YouTube
"[Islam] Will Spread From Heart To Heart, From One Person To Another, From One Nation To Another... People Will Be Entering The Fold Of Islam In Throngs, As Nations, As Tribes, As Families – This Is The Reality Of Conquest"
In the lecture, Rashid argued that true Islamic conquest will take place "from heart to heart, from one person to another, from one nation to another." Recounting Allah's promise that Islam will prevail, he said: "Allah is not describing lands and properties, wealth and power and armies." Instead, Allah's help will be evident when "People will be entering into the fold of Islam in throngs, as nations, as tribes, as families – this is the reality of conquest. The Prophet was given mandate to spread this religion to the whole world."
Muslims Have All The Tools We Thought Would Help Us Prevail: Numbers, Land, Governments, Wealth, Power, Armies; None Of These Will Help Without Allah On Our Side
Rashid went on to say that "Allah created this ummah [Islamic nation] for victory. We just need to understand what victory is, and what it takes." He continued: "Allah has, perhaps by design, disappointed us through everything that we thought could help us: our numbers – we are more today than we've ever been on the face of this earth; our lands, our governments, our wealth, our power, our armies. Allah is showing us that none of these things can really help you 'if you don't have Me on your side.'" Nevertheless, he added, " Allah has given us all the tools that we need to attain victory even today."
