What is the answer to the one who says: The science of kalam, in its beginning, was a praiseworthy science that defended Islam?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, one of the professors at the university told us that the science of kalam, in its beginning, was a praiseworthy science, as it was defending Islam. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
This is a false statement. The science of kalam has been false from its inception, because they used it in place of the speech of Allah and the speech of His Messenger. It is the logic of the Greeks; it was brought from the Greeks, brought from the Greeks to the lands of the Muslims. So this statement is false, and this is the speech of a person who does not know and does not understand. Where did he get this detail from? Where did he get this distinction from? Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, one of the professors at the university told us that the science of kalam, in its beginning, was a praiseworthy science, as it was defending Islam. Is this statement correct?
Answer:
This is a false statement. The science of kalam has been false from its inception, because they used it in place of the speech of Allah and the speech of His Messenger. It is the logic of the Greeks; it was brought from the Greeks, brought from the Greeks to the lands of the Muslims. So this statement is false, and this is the speech of a person who does not know and does not understand. Where did he get this detail from? Where did he get this distinction from? Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [526 -1024] ما الجواب على من يقول: إن علم الكلام في بدايته كان علما محمودا يدافع عن الإسلام؟ — youtube.com
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