The Relationship of Logic and Theology to Philosophy
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Are logic, theology, and Islamic thought branches of the condemned philosophy?
The Shaykh:
No, they are not.
The questioner:
Are theology, logic, and Islamic thought?
The Shaykh:
Theology is logic, consisting of premises and conclusions; this is logic, and they call it dialectics. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Are theology and Islamic thought branches of the condemned philosophy?
The Shaykh:
Imam al-Shafi'i said: My ruling regarding the people of theology is that they should be beaten with palm branches and sandals, and that they should be paraded through the markets, and it should be said: This is the reward of one who turned away from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger and clung to reason. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Are logic, theology, and Islamic thought branches of the condemned philosophy?
The Shaykh:
No, they are not.
The questioner:
Are theology, logic, and Islamic thought?
The Shaykh:
Theology is logic, consisting of premises and conclusions; this is logic, and they call it dialectics. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Are theology and Islamic thought branches of the condemned philosophy?
The Shaykh:
Imam al-Shafi'i said: My ruling regarding the people of theology is that they should be beaten with palm branches and sandals, and that they should be paraded through the markets, and it should be said: This is the reward of one who turned away from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger and clung to reason. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وكذلك كان أساطينهم ومتقدموهم العارفون فيهم معظمين للرسل والشرائع — islamhouse.com (47:36)
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