The Ruling on Studying Logic
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Question:
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. They used to teach us logic in some schools, and they say that it is scientific thinking. Is this correct, that it is scientific thinking, or is the correct view that it is intellectual thinking far removed from true knowledge?
Answer:
You heard the statement regarding the one who studies logic in order to know what falsehood is in it, and what confusion and disorder is in it, and in order to refute them; there is no harm in him studying it. But the one who studies it out of respect for it and love for it, it is not permissible for the Muslim to do this. He should study the Book and the Sunnah. Yes.
I say: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. They used to teach us logic in some schools, and they say that it is scientific thinking. Is this correct, that it is scientific thinking, or is the correct view that it is intellectual thinking far removed from true knowledge?
Answer:
You heard the statement regarding the one who studies logic in order to know what falsehood is in it, and what confusion and disorder is in it, and in order to refute them; there is no harm in him studying it. But the one who studies it out of respect for it and love for it, it is not permissible for the Muslim to do this. He should study the Book and the Sunnah. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1011 -1024] هل علم "المنطق" هو التفكير العلمي أو التفكير العقلي؟ وما حكم تعلمه؟ — youtube.com
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