Why must everything in Islam be rationalised by the human mind for it to be acceptable to one's nafs? Once you have accepted Islam, affirmed it as the truth, testified sincerely that there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah, and that the Nabi is His last and final -
messenger, who has come with a book that lays down rulings, clarifies what came before it and foretells us of what shall occur after it, why must we then grapple with issues that seemingly go against the intellect, instead of saying "we hear and we obey"?.
Too many people -
Too many people -
suffer from doubts because what has come from the Most High seems to conflict and oppose with what their reason/intellect tells them, so they twist Islam to make it digestible and palatable to their limited, often erroneous intellect that often has assertions & beliefs that are -
in turn, based on their limited experiences in a transient, temporary world, filled with humans who are prone to erring without true Guidance, and then these beliefs, based on limited human observation and understanding, are weighed against the Shari'ah, and quite foolishly -
are given precedence to over the Shari'ah, that has come from the All Knowing, the Most Wise.
From topics like slavery and inequality of the sexes, to the fiqh of marriage and qital, that put doubts in one's mind and heart and shake some people's iman, all this is mostly due to-
From topics like slavery and inequality of the sexes, to the fiqh of marriage and qital, that put doubts in one's mind and heart and shake some people's iman, all this is mostly due to-
a subconscious preference of one's faulty intellect over timeless, true Guidance from our Lord. This stems from a defect in iman in Allah in the first place, and possibly arrogance, and an unnecessary emphasis on rationalization, no doubt a result of the "scientific" revolution-
that has also sparked a rise in atheism.
I will end this thread with this relevant ayah from the Lord of all that exists, ordering the believers to submit with their hearts and minds fully, and warning against opposing Him and thereby going astray.
May Allah guide us all.
I will end this thread with this relevant ayah from the Lord of all that exists, ordering the believers to submit with their hearts and minds fully, and warning against opposing Him and thereby going astray.
May Allah guide us all.
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