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Akhi if I may, logic is just a doorstep for individuals who have other references than that of Islam. One has to use common familiarities which are not faith based. It is just a way to lay the ground for a certain dialogue to take place.To consider logic as a completely opposite to Islam or as a threat to it , is like denying any sense to the mathematical patterns that govern the universe and consider them to be the result of a random casualty.
For example,If you say to a non Muslim that a beard has to have a certain length , that a woman has to inherit 2 times less than a man or that Riba is Haraam in today's world. They are not gonna understand it , because it needs faith to comprehend and adopt certain ruling for oneself,things that would be faith based for Muslims even as to their personal internal struggle and trust in Allah swt.
Even we are Muslims Alhamdulillah because it makes sense to us, nobody is forcing it on us,it is a certain awareness of plausibility we are caught by.There are thing you can not explain and that only Allah swt know best.
Once the person is a Muslim than of course the Quraan and Sunnah take a totally different dimension and become a superior reference and authority to them above anything, anybody can come up with.
If we Quote a hadeeth or an ayah every time we talk to somebody that is a non Muslim and say simply" Well it is because the Quraan or the Sunnah,Ibn Qayyim Al Jawziya,al Qurtubi or AS Shatibi...etc say so", they are not gonna understand.
Even on the internet it is easy to copy paste information or fatwas every time we are asked something,but if one lives Islam,then he should be able to give a certain basic information on his own.We are talking to humans they wanna know how we live and understand our faith,else they could just Google everything down.We have to give examples from the world they are surrounded by, through references they might identify with,otherwise we might as well stop doing Dawah and talking about Islam in our daily lives to people, If every time they ask us we tell them to addresses such and such scholar they never heard of.
Once a person is Muslim, of course only qualified scholars can give fatwas, the data is huge and it takes them lifetimes to study a certain subject to even attain such levels if at all.Someone like Sheikh Al Albani rahimoulla , who had memorized more than 150 thousand hadeeth ,he could just pull out of nowhere in a discussion,Mashallah and he grant him Firdaws among the closest ones.
A lot of people who have embraced islam ,the first thing they say is"because it makes sense".They did become Muslim thanks to Allah swt guidance but also through meeting a regular Muslim who they might have had a discussion with in their city, country,job or university..etc. They did not do it, because they were in touch with top scholars. Have I misunderstood the sense of your post maybe ?. You are doing a great job and I don't wanna upset you.
I might be wrong, feel free to disagree.Am really genuinely trying to understand for myself and people like myself ,who are regular Muslims and who just happen to feel passionate about their faith and instinctively wanna share it with others in their daily lives, without the intention of necessarily making a living out of it.Allah Maak.
Wallahu Allam wa Alla Wa Ahkam.
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Muslims may need logic to understand Quran and Sunnah and Dawah purpose but not to believe in Quran and Sunnah.I think brother mabsoot article was TurntoIslam for Muslims.
There are many modern Muslims in this world, who don't even believe in Ahadith of Prophet (SAW) and need of Scholars in their life!!! do we need logic to believe in Ahadith of Prophet (SAW) and learn from great Scholars of past and present????
If logic was so important in Islam than Abu bakr (Siddiq) رَّضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهُ won't be hanoured by prophet (SAW) as (Siddiq).He believed prophet (SAW) Miraj 1400 years ago, which logic of this day and age make sense because of modern technology.Yes, this world has 1 Abu Bakr Siddiq رَّضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهُ. Not everyone's Imaan is like Adu Bakr Siddiq رَّضِىَ ٱللَّهُ عَنۡهُ.That's the reason we may sometimes need logic to understand Islam but not to believe in it.
Non-Muslims need logic to understand and believe in Quran and Sunnah.
Brothers and sisters correct me if I am wrong about need of (logic in Islam ) and I am here to learn.I will be really happy, if you brothers/sisters correct my mistakes.
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