The Ruling on Studying a Methodology That Contradicts the Truth Alongside the Truth
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the Quran has led students into educational settings that are open to scrutiny, and it contains examples of verses from the Quran on topics other than the names and attributes, as well as the topic of concise definition. The question is: Is it not better to [have] documents, and what is your view on the two types when explaining this era to students?
Answer:
There is no harm in studying; you study the correct methodology and you study the contradictory methodology so that you know the doubts of the opponents. A student of knowledge must do this; he studies these things. However, he does not study only the methodology of the opponents, but rather he studies the methodology of the people of the truth first, and then he studies what contradicts it so that he knows the methodologies and doubts of the opponents in order to refute them. As for limiting oneself to studying only the truth and not knowing what contradicts it, that is an incomplete study. So there is no harm in studying metaphor, allegory, derivations, and the things they say; you study them, know them, and know their doubts, but you do not limit yourself to studying them. You must study the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community alongside them. Yes. And [regarding] the non-intelligent one, may Allah have mercy on him, how did he name him? How did the people help him?
So the meaning is that you do not limit yourself to studying only the truth without knowing the falsehood and the doubts of the falsifiers, nor do you limit yourself to studying the falsehood without knowing the truth. Rather, you must combine both matters.
Honorable Shaykh, the Quran has led students into educational settings that are open to scrutiny, and it contains examples of verses from the Quran on topics other than the names and attributes, as well as the topic of concise definition. The question is: Is it not better to [have] documents, and what is your view on the two types when explaining this era to students?
Answer:
There is no harm in studying; you study the correct methodology and you study the contradictory methodology so that you know the doubts of the opponents. A student of knowledge must do this; he studies these things. However, he does not study only the methodology of the opponents, but rather he studies the methodology of the people of the truth first, and then he studies what contradicts it so that he knows the methodologies and doubts of the opponents in order to refute them. As for limiting oneself to studying only the truth and not knowing what contradicts it, that is an incomplete study. So there is no harm in studying metaphor, allegory, derivations, and the things they say; you study them, know them, and know their doubts, but you do not limit yourself to studying them. You must study the creed of the people of the Sunnah and the community alongside them. Yes. And [regarding] the non-intelligent one, may Allah have mercy on him, how did he name him? How did the people help him?
So the meaning is that you do not limit yourself to studying only the truth without knowing the falsehood and the doubts of the falsifiers, nor do you limit yourself to studying the falsehood without knowing the truth. Rather, you must combine both matters.
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