Is it correct to say: “We came to know Allah through reason”?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: This phrase, which is their saying, “Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, we have not seen Him, but we have come to know Him through reason.” Is this statement correct?
Answer:
We came to know Him through reason and transmission, not through reason alone. We came to know Him through reason and transmission, which is the Book and the Sunnah. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, this questioner says: This phrase, which is their saying, “Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, we have not seen Him, but we have come to know Him through reason.” Is this statement correct?
Answer:
We came to know Him through reason and transmission, not through reason alone. We came to know Him through reason and transmission, which is the Book and the Sunnah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1070- هل يصح القول: (عرفنا الله بالعقل)؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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