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THIRD REMINDER. Yaum Al-Khamis, 10thday of Shaabaan. REASON, LOGIC, and SCIENCE in ISLAM. BismilLaahir Rahmaanir Raheem. Let's continue from the first and second reminders, if you missed any please request for a copy; Sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah writes: Reason is a requirement for acquiring knowledge and performing righteous deeds, through which knowledge and deeds are perfected, but it is not enough on its own. Rather, it is a faculty of the soul and an ability like the ability within the eye to see. If it is connected with the light of faith and the Quran, then it is like the eye receiving the light of the sun and torch. If it is left to itself, it cannot gain insight into matters that it cannot know alone… Thus, the circumstances resulting from the denial of reason are defective, and ideas that contradict reason are false. Majmūʻ al-Fatāwá 3/338. And he also writes: Every reliable narration from the Prophet is the truth and confirms one another. It agrees with the natural instinct of creatures, sound reason that has been placed within them, and noble purposes. It cannot contradict sound reason, nor a noble purpose, nor an upright instinct, nor an authentic and established revelation from the Prophet. Majmūʻ al-Fatāwá 6/580 Indeed, one of the trustworthy methods by which a narration falsely or mistakenly ascribed to the Prophet can be recognized is whether or not it contradicts sound reason due to other narrations or a Qur’anic verse. Ibn Al-Jawzi writes: If you find a prophetic narration disagreeing with sound reason, contradicting established revelation, or conflicting with the principles, then know that it is inauthentic. Tadrib al-Rawi 1/327. Allah says: وَإِذَا نَادَيْتُمْ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ اتَّخَذُوهَا هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَ When you call to prayer, they take it in ridicule and amusement. That is because they are people who will not reason. Al-Ma’idah 5:58. The true Muslim strives to apply his or her mind to the study of religion, science, and ethics. Muslims should value knowledge, intelligence, and logical thought as these virtues in no way contradict Islam. Rather, the blessed faculty of reason is fundamental and indispensable to our faith. Success comes from Allah, and Allah knows best. May Allah keep guiding us all. Aameen.

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