بین الاقوامی تجارت کا فروغِ اسلام میں کلیدی کردار: مسلم تاجروں کے دعوتی و تبلیغی اَثرات کا جائزہ The key role of international trade in the promotion of Islam Section Islamic Studies

Abstract

If the effects and outcomes of the first three centuries of global trade are analized, it is evident that traders were the ones who initially brought the message of Islam to nations outside of the Arabian Peninsula, including India, Sri Lanka, the Far East, Europe, and African nations. Some of these regions have never been visited by an Islamic army, and the only reason Islam is promoted there is because traders have made the effort to invite them. Due to the traders who began visiting these regions for the sake of trading since the time of the Sahaba and the Tabieen, the sizable Muslim population of the Indonesian Islands, all the Muslims in the Malaya Islands, and all the Muslims in the Southern Philippines converted to Islam. In addition to trading, these merchants regarded the Islamic Da'wa as their primary responsibility. Thus, it is no exaggeration to argue that free trade among different regions has been essential to the promotion of Islam. The advancement of civilizations is one benefit of global trade. History has shown that trade is the only profession or medium available for the global spread of civilization. In addition to being hubs of trade, Baghdad, Basra, Damascus, Meru (a city in Kenya), Herat, and Bukhara served as repositories for Islamic sciences and civilization during the Abbasid era.