The Ruling on Considering Reason the Highest Evidence and Belief in the Unseen
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The questioner:
I have a colleague among the students of knowledge who says that the highest evidence is reason. How should I advise him?
The Shaykh:
It is not the case that reason is the highest evidence. Reason is among the evidences, but that it is the highest of them, no. Yes.
The questioner:
Allah sent you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is there anyone who falls into one of the nullifiers
The Shaykh:
There are things that the mind cannot grasp. There are things that the mind cannot grasp, but the servant must believe in them, even if his mind does not grasp their visualization, as long as the news about them is authentic, he believes in them, even if his mind does not grasp their visualization.
I have a colleague among the students of knowledge who says that the highest evidence is reason. How should I advise him?
The Shaykh:
It is not the case that reason is the highest evidence. Reason is among the evidences, but that it is the highest of them, no. Yes.
The questioner:
Allah sent you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: Is there anyone who falls into one of the nullifiers
The Shaykh:
There are things that the mind cannot grasp. There are things that the mind cannot grasp, but the servant must believe in them, even if his mind does not grasp their visualization, as long as the news about them is authentic, he believes in them, even if his mind does not grasp their visualization.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل العقل هو أعلى الأدلة؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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