Salaam aley kum warahmahtullah
How Muslims Study Islam is the third chapter... i request you all to pay close
attention from now on, the subject goes into more details methods of
understanding
issues and using u r aqal or mind in way that doesn;t contradict wot islam as
explained to us..
PLEASE read the last posting "FACT SHOULD ALWAYD BE KEPT IN MIND" thats
prerequiste
to understand the upcoiming chapters.. if failed to understands THOSE FACTS,it
wud
be hard for u to graps the others.. these are the foundations..
really, i m trying very hard to make it easier for u every way possible. i kept
on
encouragin people to ask me questions n read ..... but i only get few
questions...
relaly i dont mind answering any questiosn.. ask me if anything u see is
confusing..
or hard to understand. PLEASE HELP ME TO HELP YOU..
How Muslims Study Islam Today
Ma-salama
Prince of Destiny
How Muslims Study Islam Today
Examining Muslims today shows that the Muslims acquire Islam through three
principle
methods
The Scholastic, or Academic, Method
This method emphasizes delivering Islam as a curriculum in a scholastic format
in
which information, and not concepts and thoughts, is the substance. The
student-teacher relationship is the approach of this method, and giving
instructions
constitutes its style. If the student graduates, he will resemble a book that
carries information and spits it out, and Islam would consist of nothing more
than
information dictated to him. Such a person would repeat quotations from
scholars and
their works without any critical thinking or consideration to the evidences and
arguments simply because he cannot do so. His capability would be confined to
relaying the information that was handed to him just as a database would
download
information when programmed to do so.
Studying Islam in this erroneous method will produce neither a thinker based on
Islam nor a mujtahid, but will produce human textbooks whom the extent of their
contributions will be limited to copying the works of others and writing some
commentaries on them. Such a method could be useful in studying an
information-based
discipline such as geography or history. However, it cannot be taken as a
method of
studying the Aqeedah and the thoughts because the Islamic Aqcedah and its
thoughts
must be acquired intellectually through a dynamic process of relating the
thoughts
to the situation until they become firmly-rooted thoughts and not just
theoretical
information carried by the person like the words on the pages of a book.
The Emotional Method
The essence of this method entails bringing stories and preaching Islamic
personalities. It depends on the emotional approach and not the thinking
process in
order to push a person to function. Because this approach realizes that
emotions by
their intrinsic nature can got out of control, it depends on programming the
individual in a specific way. The individual who acquires Islam through this
method
will start learning that discipline and obedience towards the shaykhs and the
mas'ooleen is a part of Islam.
This method is, relatively speaking, a new method because it was influenced by
the
psychological-based sciences that came with disciplines such as psychology,
sociology, and education. This approach does not regard man, life and the
universe
as the subject of thinking and research but instead places the human psyche and
its
development as the ultimate objective. The scope of thinking and research
remains
restricted to the psyche of the individual through promoting its positive
aspects
and treating its negative aspects. Also, it connects such individuals with the
mas'ooleen and the shaykhs emotionally in the same manner that a person is
connected
with his father or therapist. As a result, those who acquired Islam in this way
are
attached to certain personalities whom they regard as holy and follow as
examples
without any thinking.
Such a method does not produce intellectuals, thinkers, or mujtahids, nor does
it
claim to produce them. It could be used in dealing with the young children or
with
those who do not think and therefore look forward to those who would think on
their
behalf and relieve them of the burden of thinking. This approach could also
apply to
those who do not think and are seeking a group of people to associate with in
order
to enjoy the social environment and activities that this group or tribe provides
them, such as friendship, visits, and collective activities involving ibadat,
trips,
and sports. Therefore, this method cannot initiate the revival of the Ummah,
nor can
it provide the Ummah with the thought and the awareness needed for such a
revival.
A
Ma-Salama
Prince oF Destiny http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Revival-Of-Muslim-Mind/
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(i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue
with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone
astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.}
(Holy Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in
His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites
(men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I
am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if
Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of
camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever
calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who
follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."
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