Limits of intellectual freedom in Islam
“Mawlana! What are the limits of intellectual freedom? Because Muslims say that intellectual freedom leads a person astray. But you said in a talk that an atheist scientist was getting closer to God through thinking, and then he suddenly stopped thinking, fearing that he might come to believe in God.”Asked by فرہاد سلفی, تمل ناڈو
He answers at 1:17:41 in Age of Peace · 2 min 59 sec
1:17:41maulana, agla sawal aaya hai maulana farhad salafi sahab ka, tamil nadu se. unhone likha hai: "maulana sahab! fikri azadi ke hudood kya hain?" kyunke musalman yeh kehte hain ke fikri azadi se aadmi gumrah ho jata hai. magar aap ne ek talk mein kaha tha ke ek atheist scientist sochte sochte Khuda se qareeb ho raha tha, to achanak usne sochna rok diya, is dar se ke kahin woh Khuda ko na maan le. yeh waqia batata hai ke fikri azadi se insan Khuda ke qareeb bhi ho sakta hai. is ke bare mein aap batayen. bhai, fikri azadi to mili hui hai insan ko
1:18:23. aap kaise rokenge? fiqh ka amal yahan hota hai khamoshi ke sath. ke aap rok denge? is log, log laga denge. koi itna powerful hai ke insan ke mind ko control kare? ek shayar the, woh azadi ke streak mein bhi shareek the. woh carbon faiz ka sher hai ke angrezon ne unko jail mein daal diya. to jab jail mein daal diya to us waqt unhone sher kaha tha ke: "zinda mein to mujh ko daal diya, ae sahib! zinda tu ne, magar parwaz jo meri rok sake, aisi bhi koi deewar utha." to kaise rokenge? aap sochte hain koi insan ki? yeh aap ke liye, aap ki basti mein nahin hai? yeh sawal hi jhoota hai.
1:19:13aap insan ki fikr ko rok nahin sakte , aap sirf insan ko lead de sakte hain. lead, yani view of thinking bata sakte hain. bas rokna aap bas mein hai nahin. view of thinking bataiye, art of thinking bataiye ke sachi soch kya hai, jhooti soch kya hai, yeh bataiye aap. to ajeeb ghareeb qism ke aise sawalat hain. aur doosri baat dekhiye, yeh hai ke fikr ki soch ki azadi khatam karne ke maani kya hain? creativity khatam, development khatam, intellectual progress khatam.
1:19:56jaise dictatorship jahan hoti hai, dekh lijiye aap, dictatorship mein koi bara scientist nahin paida hota, koi bara scholar nahin paida hota, kyunke us ko mauqa hi nahin kaam karne ka. ghut ghut karata hai us ko. to mere nazdeek Islam mein fikri azadi pure maani mein summ bonum ke taur par hai. azadi summ bonum, har aadmi ko azadi, har aadmi ko azadi, azadi. jo kaam hamein karna hai, woh yeh hai ke insan ko batayen ke right view of thinking kya hai. bas right view of thinking yahan par us ko lead dein, yeh kaam hamein karna hai.
1:20:41ah, maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle ek comment parhna chahenge jo abhi abhi aaya hai. doctor saniya stand khan, jo abhi turkey mein yeh program dekh rahe hain, unhone likha hai: "i am watching the program in istanbul.