-
The_Foundations_of_the_Islamic_Belief, page : 50
When both its harm and benefit are fully understood, one should be like the physician who is adept
in
the use of dangerous drugs, which he does not apply except to the right place and only at the time
of
desparation.
To explain further, the laymen and the ordinary people who are engaged in crafts and trades should
be
left alone in the integrity of their beliefs which they have accepted when they were instructed in
the faith
which we have already stated. To teach them disputation is decidedly harmful to them as it will
perhaps
arouse doubts in their minds which will shake their belief. Once these doubts are aroused it will
not be
possible to remedy their shaken belief.
As to the layman who believes in a certain innovation, he should be called back to the truth with
kindness and tact and not with fanaticism, with soft words which are convincing to the soul and
effective
in
the use of dangerous drugs, which he does not apply except to the right place and only at the time
of
desparation.
To explain further, the laymen and the ordinary people who are engaged in crafts and trades should
be
left alone in the integrity of their beliefs which they have accepted when they were instructed in
the faith
which we have already stated. To teach them disputation is decidedly harmful to them as it will
perhaps
arouse doubts in their minds which will shake their belief. Once these doubts are aroused it will
not be
possible to remedy their shaken belief.
As to the layman who believes in a certain innovation, he should be called back to the truth with
kindness and tact and not with fanaticism, with soft words which are convincing to the soul and
effective