If we know that all of Allah's actions are with wisdom, is it prescribed for us to seek the wisdom behind the laws and the secrets of the universe?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If we know that all the actions of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) are with wisdom, is it prescribed for us to strain ourselves and search for the wisdom behind the laws and the secrets of the universe? And is this considered part of religious knowledge?
Answer:
Yes, that is fine. This recognition of wisdom is good, if we are able to do so, praise be to Allah. And if we are not able, we stop and believe that Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is Wise. What does that mean if we do not perceive the wisdom? If there is no wisdom in it, there is wisdom in it, but we do not know it. Yes, and there are rulings for which Allah has provided explicit texts, and there are rulings for which Allah has provided explicit texts. So the usul al-fiqh scholars say that the operative causes ('illah) are of two types: causes that are explicitly stated in the texts, and causes that are derived. And there are causes that are neither explicitly stated nor derived, but are purely devotional, and none knows them except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
But we believe and are certain that Allah does not do anything except for a wisdom, whether we know it or not.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If we know that all the actions of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) are with wisdom, is it prescribed for us to strain ourselves and search for the wisdom behind the laws and the secrets of the universe? And is this considered part of religious knowledge?
Answer:
Yes, that is fine. This recognition of wisdom is good, if we are able to do so, praise be to Allah. And if we are not able, we stop and believe that Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) is Wise. What does that mean if we do not perceive the wisdom? If there is no wisdom in it, there is wisdom in it, but we do not know it. Yes, and there are rulings for which Allah has provided explicit texts, and there are rulings for which Allah has provided explicit texts. So the usul al-fiqh scholars say that the operative causes ('illah) are of two types: causes that are explicitly stated in the texts, and causes that are derived. And there are causes that are neither explicitly stated nor derived, but are purely devotional, and none knows them except Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He).
But we believe and are certain that Allah does not do anything except for a wisdom, whether we know it or not.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [871 -954] إذا علمنا أن أفعال الله كلها بحكمة، فهل يشرع لنا البحث عن حكمة الشرائع وأسرار الكون؟ — youtube.com
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