The Position and Role of the Mind in Islam
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. (Friday Speech was delivered by Imam Mohamed Baianonie at the Islamic Center of Raleigh, N. C., on April 2,1987) What is the position of the human mind in relation to Islam? Dose Islam asks the human mind to accept everything without any thinking? Does Islam allow the human mind to think as it wishes without any restraint? To answer these questions we say that Islam allowed, and in fact, asked the human beings to use their minds in thinking about all things in this life, with some limitations. The human being is a created being and he can not know everything. The human beings’ mind cannot reach information about the unseen-world, like the attributes of Allah, angels, and the events of the Day of Judgment without a revelation. Therefore, the mind is not supposed to think about it, unless it’s told about them. The human beings’ mind can not know the wisdom behind a lot of Islamic worship activities and Islamic fiqh rules (Islamic jurisp...