{"id":55,"date":"2026-11-05T01:19:49","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T22:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truewayfinder.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/05\/faith-on-knowledge-or-superstition\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T01:19:49","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T22:19:49","slug":"faith-on-knowledge-or-superstition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truewayfinder.com\/faith-on-knowledge-or-superstition\/","title":{"rendered":"Are We Building Our Faith on Knowledge or Superstition?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2 November 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On What Basis Do We Pronounce a Ruling?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: How do we know that a statement we make in the name of faith is true?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because we were taught that way?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because it is often repeated?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or because we have truly investigated its basis?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verses 143 and 144 of Surah Al-An&#8217;am question prohibitions asserted concerning animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They ask whether the males, the females, or what they carry have been forbidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These questions are followed by a request for an explanation based on knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The evidence people rely on when speaking in Allah&#8217;s name is brought to light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This approach is a powerful standard for us too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We may dislike something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We may find it incompatible with our habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We may choose not to do it in our own lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But these are not the same as saying it is religiously forbidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We cannot present our personal displeasure as Allah&#8217;s ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, we cannot declare an action right merely because we want it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our desire does not replace knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our habit does not replace evidence either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes people make this distinction for themselves and forget it for others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They leave broad room for their own preference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to someone else&#8217;s preference, they immediately issue definitive judgments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet a standard is not used only to limit others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It first limits our own speech and claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we are going to pronounce a ruling, we must consider its responsibility too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Being able to stop where we do not know means acknowledging the value of knowledge.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We do not have to answer every question immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes the most honest answer is saying that we do not yet know enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Old Fear, a New Tool<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine an elder encountering television for the first time and greeting this new device with fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a tool bringing sound and images into the home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It does not resemble the life previously familiar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is unknown can easily be associated with something bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But something being new does not, by itself, show that it is wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just as being old does not, by itself, show that it is right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When people judge an innovation without trying to understand it, they may replace knowledge with fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here, we need to consider the question of use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A knife can be used to cut bread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same tool can also cause harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is done with a tool matters alongside what it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A phone is like this too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People can use it to reach useful information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They can learn about a subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They can communicate with someone in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But they can also waste time, spread misinformation, and hurt someone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carelessly placing all these uses under a single ruling makes the matter harder to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Are we assessing what we use, or our own fear of it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This question does not ask us to accept every innovation unquestioningly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It asks that questioning be based on knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If there is harm, it needs to be understood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If there is benefit, it should not be ignored either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of swinging between fear and praise, we can examine what is used and how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same care is necessary when speaking in the name of faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we present our generation&#8217;s habits as religion&#8217;s unchanging standard, we confuse different things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus, we both burden people unnecessarily and make true responsibilities harder to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Superstition Only in the Past?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We may see ourselves as far removed from the errors of earlier people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We think we have access to more information and use more advanced tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But changes in tools do not automatically make every human thought sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even today, people may seek lucky numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They may believe those who speak with certainty about the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fortune-telling and similar claims may occupy too much space in our decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People are uncomfortable with uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They want to know what will happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes this desire leads them to attach themselves to someone without sound knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the words please them, they may forget to ask their basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the words frighten them, they may take them seriously because of their fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In both cases, our emotion may take the place of the claim&#8217;s truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet a claim making us feel good does not prove it true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frightening us does not prove it true either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: When assessing a statement, do we look at its evidence, or the effect it leaves on us?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Making this distinction is sometimes difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because a person&#8217;s expectation enters the words they hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They may find the person predicting their desired outcome more trustworthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They may listen more attentively to an account that confirms their own thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So we should be careful not only of misinformation, but also of our own selective perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seeing someone else&#8217;s superstition is easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asking for the basis of a claim we believe requires greater honesty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Faith is not a reason to disengage reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It does not remove our responsibility, investigation, or thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the contrary, the weight of speaking in Allah&#8217;s name requires greater care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Imposing Prohibitions and Removing Limits Both Require Responsibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verse 145 of Surah Al-An&#8217;am explains prohibitions concerning certain foods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carrion, flowing blood, pork, and animals slaughtered in the name of anyone other than Allah are mentioned in this context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same verse also addresses necessity together with its limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What stands out here is that the ruling is not left to people&#8217;s whims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Neither can unlimited prohibitions be produced from personal fears, nor can all limits be removed through personal desires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same problem appears in both directions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People place their own wishes ahead of the standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One person may try to relax a ruling because it is convenient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another may add new burdens, thinking they will appear more religious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But placing an additional prohibition on something is not automatically a more correct attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unnecessarily constricting people&#8217;s lives is also behavior with consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conversely, regarding everything we want as legitimate does not create a sound standard either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What matters is not our own inclination, but our basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The historical ruling concerning a particular community in verse 146 of Surah Al-An&#8217;am should also be read within its context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We cannot detach a verse from its context and turn it into a means of humiliating people today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knowledge should not consist merely of sentences we select to strengthen our prejudice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We should try to understand what the text says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nor should we add to it, according to our own wishes, what it does not say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Adherence to a standard also includes not adding our own ruling to it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This care is not needed only in great debates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also matters in everyday conversations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before telling someone close to us, \u201cThis is definitely so,\u201d we should consider what we truly know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passing on information we are unsure of in definitive language may affect another person&#8217;s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So let us look not at the ease of speaking, but at the responsibility the words carry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Does Our Knowledge Change in Our Lives?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We may speak a great deal about a subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We may move among fine details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if this knowledge is not reflected in our behavior at all, we face another question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What are we learning all this for?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do we want only to win arguments with knowledge?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or to build our lives more rightly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People&#8217;s research, work, and production are valuable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They also need to bring what they learn together with everyday responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us consider our relationships at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us consider our behavior at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us compare the responsibilities we place on others with those we undertake ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we spend hours on a subtle debate while neglecting a clear duty, we should question our priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wanting to know every detail of a matter is understandable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But continually postponing a simple truth we know is also thought-provoking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know we should speak truthfully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do we practice it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know we should care for what is entrusted to us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How do we treat what we hold?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know we should respect people&#8217;s rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do we truly take this into account in our decisions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The value of knowledge is not visible only in sentences we hold in memory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its expression in our lives also matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moving away from superstition does not mean rejecting one claim and attaching ourselves to another baseless claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It means taking knowledge, thought, and responsibility more seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being more careful with words we speak in Allah&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not placing our own wishes in the position of religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We do not need to settle every debate today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But we can begin asking for the basis of our own statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes, instead of increasing our knowledge, we increase our feeling of certainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We repeat the same claim more loudly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We treat the number of people agreeing with us as evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But repetition does not complete a missing basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asking where a ruling comes from is necessary to understand it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This question is not disrespect toward faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is responsibly assessing the words of someone speaking in faith&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can preserve the same care when seeing behavior outside our own preferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, let us distinguish what we truly know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then let us recognize where our interpretation begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this way, we can move away from presenting an opinion as certain knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This attitude does not weaken the conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It makes it more honest and understandable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When people admit what they do not know, they make room for learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When they think they already know everything, they may try to force the knowledge they encounter into their own mold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unnecessary burdens added in religion&#8217;s name may overshadow people&#8217;s real responsibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While a small habit is debated, an obvious injustice may become invisible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While lengthy rulings are made about a tool, how it is used may not be discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So let us not lose the main standard within the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us look at the basis of our claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us look at the result of our behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us consider what our learning contributes to our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let the search for knowledge and everyday responsibility not become disconnected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let us try to practice the truth we know at home and at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In matters we do not know, let us not pronounce definitive judgments without investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thus, we can keep a more careful account of both our words and our actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Do we carry the evidence for the idea we defend, or only the comfort of being accustomed to it?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 November 2023 On What Basis Do We Pronounce a Ruling? 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