During an ongoing series of lectures Selected Chapters from Sharh Riyadh As-Saliheen taught at alBaseerah, Bradford. Abu Iyaad Amjad Rafiq (hafidhahullah Ta'ala) took the following question at the end of Lesson 6.
It is true that the non-Muslims say that Islam was spread by the sword. Is that true or not?
He (hafidhahullah Ta'ala) gave the following answer:
Abu Hurairah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever invites to guidance will be rewarded like those who follow him in the guidance are rewarded, and that will not decrease the reward of those who have followed him." [Collected by Imām Muslim]
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