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Some of the statements made in our published works on the principles of
religious sciences have been objected to by a group of men whose
understanding does not grasp the sciences and whose insight does not
penetrate the fundamentals of the systems. They think that these statements
are taken from ancient philosophers, but the fact is that some of them are the
product of reflections I had independently (it is not improbable that one‟s foot
might fall in another‟s footprint) while others come from the revealed
Scriptures, and in the case of the majority, the essence though not the actual
words are found in the works of the mystics.
Suppose that the statements are found only in the philosophers‟ books. If
they are reasonable in themselves and supported by proof, and if they do not
contradict the Book and the Prophetic practice (Sunna), then it is not
necessary to abstain from using them. If we adopt the attitude of abstaining
from every truth that the mind of a heretic has come to before us, then we
would abstain from much that is true.
If so, then we should ignore a great number of Koranic verses, Prophetic
Sayings, accounts of early Muslims, as well as all sayings of philosophers and
religious sciences have been objected to by a group of men whose
understanding does not grasp the sciences and whose insight does not
penetrate the fundamentals of the systems. They think that these statements
are taken from ancient philosophers, but the fact is that some of them are the
product of reflections I had independently (it is not improbable that one‟s foot
might fall in another‟s footprint) while others come from the revealed
Scriptures, and in the case of the majority, the essence though not the actual
words are found in the works of the mystics.
Suppose that the statements are found only in the philosophers‟ books. If
they are reasonable in themselves and supported by proof, and if they do not
contradict the Book and the Prophetic practice (Sunna), then it is not
necessary to abstain from using them. If we adopt the attitude of abstaining
from every truth that the mind of a heretic has come to before us, then we
would abstain from much that is true.
If so, then we should ignore a great number of Koranic verses, Prophetic
Sayings, accounts of early Muslims, as well as all sayings of philosophers and