Weekly dawah class
The weekly dawah class in Kuala Lumpur
Our weekly dawah class runs every Monday evening from 6pm to 7.15pm at PV8 in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. Sixteen seats, brothers and sisters both welcome, and no charge. It is the classroom half of what we do, and the two field sessions later in the week are where you put it to use.
Monday evenings, 6pm to 7.15pm
Just over an hour. We start at six and finish around a quarter past seven. It runs slightly over when a discussion is worth finishing, but it does not turn into an evening.
PV8, Setapak. The academy room in Kuala Lumpur. Message us before your first visit and we will tell you exactly which block and floor.
Sixteen people. That is the ceiling, and it is deliberate. Above that number the quiet people stop asking anything, which defeats the point of the class.
Brothers and sisters. The weekly dawah class is open to both. The separate Thursday circle is for brothers only, but this one is not.
Free. There is no fee. What we ask instead is that you turn up, because the discussion works when the same people build on last week.
What a session covers
The topics change week to week rather than following a fixed textbook from cover to cover. In practice a session tends to move between three things.
A topic. Something specific that comes up in real conversations, taught properly rather than skimmed. These vary, and they are chosen because someone needed them, not because they were next in a syllabus.
Questions and answers. A substantial part of every class. You bring what you were asked and could not answer, or what you have never understood yourself, and we work through it together in the room.
The ethics of dawah. How to speak to people, which is a different skill from knowing things, and the part most often left out of Islamic education entirely.
If you have not started at all yet, getting started explains the wider path this class sits in.
Who teaches
Ikmal
Founded the academy after several years doing dawah with Muslims and, from 2023, with non Muslims around Kuala Lumpur.
Brother Azim
Teaches alongside Ikmal on the Monday class.
Invited speakers
We bring in people with real expertise in dawah for particular topics, rather than pretending two of us know everything.
Why we teach the ethics of dawah
Most people assume the hard part of dawah is knowing enough. It is not. The hard part is how you handle a person who disagrees with you, and that is a skill nobody is born with.
You are not trying to win. A conversation you win and the other person walks away from has achieved nothing. Understanding is the goal, and it is a slower and less satisfying target to aim at.
You do not build Islam by knocking something else down. Explaining what we believe and insulting what someone else believes are two different activities, and only one of them survives contact with a real person.
Listening is half the work. Answering the question that was actually asked, rather than the one you prepared for, is the single most common thing our students have to unlearn.
Saying you do not know is allowed. More than allowed. It is the honest answer and it protects you from inventing things, which is the worst outcome available. This is covered in full in knowledge before dawah.
These are the principles the whole academy runs on, and you can see them in how we handle visitors on a mosque tour and at the table on Sunday street dawah.
What your first Monday looks like
Nothing is asked of you on the first night. You arrive, you sit, and you listen. There is no introduction round where you have to explain yourself to fifteen strangers, and nobody will put you on the spot with a question to see what you know.
Most people spend their first session quiet and their second one asking something. That is the normal pattern and it is not a problem. The people who have been coming for months were all sitting exactly where you are, and more recently than you would guess, because the academy itself only opened in July 2026.
The room is small enough that you will not be anonymous for long, which is the point. Sixteen people is the size at which a hesitant person still feels able to speak.
Questions before your first class
Do I need to come every week?
We ask for commitment rather than perfect attendance. The class builds on itself, and the discussion is better when the same faces come back, so dropping in once every couple of months gets much less out of it. Life happens and nobody is struck off for missing a Monday.
What if I know almost nothing?
Then the class is doing its job. The questions beginners raise are usually the ones the rest of the room was quietly unsure about too.
Can sisters attend?
Yes. The weekly dawah class is open to brothers and sisters. Only the Thursday usrah is restricted to brothers.
Can I bring a friend?
Please do, but tell us first. With sixteen seats, two unannounced guests is the difference between a full room and a cramped one.
Do I need to bring anything?
Something to write with, and any question you were asked during the week and could not answer. Those questions are the most useful material in the room.
What if Monday evening does not work for me?
Then start in the field instead. Sunday street dawah runs from noon until six and needs no preparation at all, and brothers can join the Thursday circle. The getting started page lays out every route in.
What if I am not sure this is for me?
Come once and find out. Nothing about attending a Monday commits you to a second Monday.
Reserve a seat
Sixteen seats, so it helps to know you are coming. Tell us where you are starting from and we will confirm for Monday.
Monday teaches it, the rest of the week uses it
The weekly dawah class on its own will make you better informed. Paired with the field sessions it makes you capable, which is a different thing entirely.
Thursday nights the brothers meet for usrah. Sunday afternoons we are at Bukit Bintang and USJ with a table. Mosque tours run whenever one is booked. Here is the whole week, and here is why we built it.