To what extent do "Reason, Logic and Science" work?

Reason, Logic and Science may captivate minds, but will not necessarily capture hearts.

Da’wah in a major way is also about winning hearts. Why? Because we humans are emotional beings: full of feelings. More often than not, we respond on the basis of our feelings and not on the basis of rationale and logical thinking. So ….. ?

“People do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.” (John Maxwell)

You may know lots and lots, but do you truly care for the people around you? Else, people do not care how much you know. Period.

“Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.” (John Maxwell)

Do you truly relate to the people whom you impact? Do they feel motivated in your presence?

It will be useful if you could replace Maxwell’s quotations with appropriate quotations from the Glorious Qur’an and Saheeh Hadith.

A dear friend thus adds:
There is wonderful incident in the life of the prophet about the quality of a leader known as ''Ku-e-dil nawasi'' which means taking care of people to an extent where the leader carries and takes care of the hearts of his followers in his hands.

Allama Iqbal states about this quality, "Koi karava se chuta, koi bad guman haram se, ke ameer-e-karawa mein nahi kuva-e-dil nawasi".

Below is a summary of an incident in the life of Prophet Mohammed (saw) which throws light on this quality. There are several others examples also that establish that Prophet Muhammed (saw) was the pinnacle of this quality (caring for people):

Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibn ubay (RA) came to the prophet (pubh) while he was with Hazrat Umar (RA) and asked Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) "please give me your kurta so that I can use it as a kafan (shroud) for my father". Abdullah Ibn Ubay was the leader of the munafiqoon of Madeenah.

The prophet gave his kurta. Seeing this Hazrat Umar got angry and said "why did you give your kurta to be used as a kafan for a munafiq?" The prophet replied "didn't you see, who asked for it?" (Abdullah ibn Abdullah, who was a close companion, had requested it). The prophet added, "Moreover my kurta cannot protect him (Abdullah Ibn Ubay) from the fire of of jahannam".

Not only did the prophet gave his kurta for his shroud but also led his salaat-e-janaza.

Reason, logic and science have their role but this should be coupled with good aqhlaaq (i.e. good behavior, good nature, good dealings, good character and good attitude) in order to have a lasting impact. In another hadith it is stated: "Inna ma boisto le makarim al aqhlaq". i.e. "The only reason, I have been sent is to establish the best of character traits".

There are different types of people in the world and a Daee has to use his judgement to use the best approach according to their natures and at all times in his personal dealings he has to work on improving his Aqhlaaq and keep the caring factor in mind.

Ayaah 125 of surah 16 clearly instructs us about this and gives us the methodology for doing dawah: "Invite all to the way of your Lord with wisdom and beautiful aqhlaaq and argue with them in ways that are most beautiful".

AND ALLAH swt KNOWS BEST.

Some quotations shared by a brother:

"When the people of heaven ask the people of hell why God has put you in hell they will reply we didn’t perform prayers on time and did not feed to the poor and the needy" al-Qur’an

"Believers are the ones who respond to anything bad with good" al-Qur’an

"Those who don’t have mercy on others, God will not be merciful towards them" Hadith

"Have mercy on others - God will have mercy on you" Hadith

"A Muslim cannot be a good Muslim until he is first a good human being" Hadith

"You cannot be a Muslim until you don’t like and wish the same thing for your brother which you like and wish for yourself" Hadith

"Treat others the same way way as you want yourself to be treated" Hadith

"O Prophet (pbuh): you are merciful and courteous with your companions. If you would be harsh on them they would have ran away from you" al-Qur’an

"Whoever met Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) felt that he is the closest to the Prophet (pbuh)" Hadith