The most important means and methods of advocacy in the approach of Ahmed bin Al-Hussein Bin Ali bin Musa Al-Bayhaqi (384 AH/458 AH) An analytical study

Abstract

The current study aims to identify Al-Bayhaqi's approach to calling to God Almighty، by deriving the means and methods used by Al-Bayhaqi in spreading and defending his ideas in matters of faith, worship and morals، and for that the researcher employed the analytical inferential approach, by inferring the integrated advocacy approach adopted by Al-Bayhaqi. The researcher concluded that the contemporary of Al-Bayhaqi, may God have mercy on him, is a historical period characterized by the decline of the Abbasid Islamic state, and the emergence of rogue sects, and for this he devoted his writings to the call to God and to the correct belief and to establish religion and sound legal morals. And that he adopted in his call a set of possible means, in terms of reporting by good example، and this is what we see in his biography, which was characterized by piety and asceticism, and reporting by word and codification through his discussions and many books that still benefit the Islamic Ummah to this day. He also showed that al-Bayhaqi employed multiple methods in order to communicate his opinions, whether by incitement, intimidation, beating, proverbs, narrative style, arguing with the one that is better, and arguing with scientific miracles. This is according to each maqam and what is suitable for it, and according to the nature of the target of his speech and call. The researcher recommended the need to take advantage of Al-Bayhaqi's approach to advocacy in the contemporary time, given the great similarity in conditions and circumstances, by calling for the best and giving a good example, which became the basis for the success of any call.