Role of intellect in religion
“Some scholars consider the use of intellect completely unnecessary in religion, while some deem the use of intellect necessary and deny whatever does not fit their reason, such as denying angels etc. Maulana, please clarify the correct position.”Asked by اقبال عمری, تمل ناڈو
He answers at 1:30:51 in The Character of a Dayee · 4 min 16 sec
1:30:51maulana, agla sawal tamil nadu se hai maulana iqbal umri sahib ka. unhon ne poocha hai: "baaz ulma aql ke istemal ko deen mein bilkul ghair zaroori samajhte hain, aur baaz aql ke istemal ko zaroori qarar de kar jo cheez deen ki aql mein nahi aati, us ko inkar karte hain, jaise angels ka inkar waghera." maulana sahib, is mein sahi baat ki wazahat farmayen. dekhiye, hadith mein aur quran mein dono mein aql ko bohat ahmiyat di gayi hai. wali al-zikr ul al-bab surah al-imran ke aakhri ruku ko parhiye aap. is mein wali al-zikr ul al-bab, al-bab yani al-aql, aql walay, aql walon ko Allah taala ne khitab farmaya ke aql di gayi hai kis liye?
1:31:46ta ke tum samjho deen ki gehraiyon ko. naseehat hazir roz se to aql to Allah taala ka diya hai. aql na ho, agar insan pathar bana diya jaye to baton ko samjhega nahi. to aql to hadith mein aata hai ke Allah taala ne sab se bari cheez jo paida ki, woh aql hai. to dekhen, do cheezen alag alag hain. ek hai aql ko, aql ko yani independently meyar samajh lena. independently aql ko samajhna ke bas jo aql mein aya, woh sahi hai, jo aql mein aya, woh galat hai.
1:32:27yeh aql ka galat istemal hai, yeh misued hai aql ka. aql jo hai, us ki koi limitations hain. wa ma ooteetum min al-ilm illa qaleela. to us ki limitations jo hain, woh poora hoti hain wahi se. yani peghambar ko jo wahi aayi hai, woh isi liye aayi hai ke woh aql ki kami ko poora kare. to sochna hamara kaam hai, lekin sochne ke liye jo guideline hai, woh peghambar deta hai. sahi line par sochna
1:33:08ek, yani wahi ke zariye se hamein woh framework milta hai, jis framework ke ko follow karte hue hum aql ko istemal karen. to jo log wahi ko nahi mante ya quran ko nahi mante, to woh un ka, un ki, un ki aql un ko sahi rastay par nahi le aati, bhatka deti hai. kyun ke aql ke liye limitations hain. yeh ek tay shuda baat hai, yeh baat sabit shuda hai ke aql ki limitations hain. to is limitations ki talafi wahi se hoti hai,
1:33:48yani peghambar ki hidayat se hoti hai. to main yeh manta hoon ke peghambar ki hidayat ke framework mein aql ko istemal karna aain-e-sawab hai, aain-e-sawab hai. aur peghambar ki hidayat ko nazar andaz kar ke aql ka ghoda daurana, woh woh sawab nahi hai, is mein koi reward nahi hai. to aql bohat bari cheez hai, lekin is ka agar aap aql ko wahi se kaat dein to woh, to woh ek sarkash ghoda ban jayegi.
1:34:30aur agar aql ko wahi se jor kar us ko istemal karen to bohat hi zyada is mein faiday honge. balkeh sara, yani tazkiya ka faida, marifat ka faida, sare faiday isi mein hain ke aap aql ko sahi dhang par istemal karen. is mein koi shakk nahi hai. is mani mein maine jo hamari kitaab hai, yaani islam aur science, is mein is par kuch guftagu ki gayi hai. is mein aap dekh sakte hain.
1:35:07maulana, agla sawal haiderabad se aaya hai mr ahad sham hasnain sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, I am very careless at times, despite knowing all the pros and cons of being careless, and knowing that the path I have chosen will surely lead to failure.