 الإسلام مفتوعة عندما نتفتح بين الرسول والصحة عندما نقل رسول والصحة والرسول are separated then Islam is being misunderstood كيف تحدث ذلك؟ always reason moves in the same direction hand in hand with faith there is no clash between them they are synonymous action and they move parallel to each other أقل and deen parallel to each other they support each other they are in harmony with each other there is no clash between a true religion and sound reason if one day you find there is a clash between sound reason and religion it means there is something wrong with that religion that religion is not authentic the authentic religion always moves parallel with sound intelligence with sound reason and this is in the Quran and this is in the Hadith there is no faith for someone who does not have reason because once he loses his reason immediately it means he lost his faith وقال لو كنا نسمع أو نعقل ما كنا في أصحاب الجحيم if we used our sound reason we would have been today in this terrible situation we would have been somewhere else in paradise not part of أصحاب الجحيم قوام المرء عقلح the essence the quintessence of every person is his reason his intelligence and therefore look at the Holy Quran in almost every chapter Allah speaks about the people of those who possess reason possess عقل Allah says this عقل is my biggest gift to the humanity take it serious utilize it use it in finding your way in this life always Allah speaks good about those he says the most successful those who listen to me those who follow me are those who possess intellect and possess reason and they incorporate their reason and when Allah speaks about knowledge he does not say only knowledge he says حكمة ومن يؤتل حكمة فقد أوتية خيرا كثيرة what does حكمة mean? حكمة is not only knowledge حكمة is knowledge blended with what? with intelligence and wisdom with understanding with discernment not just knowledge not any knowledge a knowledge that intertwines with discernment this is the meaning of حكمة حكمة is to know what to say want to say why to say that if I go to this next door church here and I want to invite them to goodness I cannot go there and say oh Christian people listen to me don't drink this is not wisdom oh Christian people your women have to work a job this is not حكمة because they are Christians if I go there I have to tell them what are the similarities between our religions if I want to have a nice approach intellectual approach rational approach then I have to know what to say how to say want to say this is حكمة this is why God says when you call for me incorporate حكمة ادعو إلى سبيل ربكة بالحكمة not only knowledge not whatever knowledge you have in your brain you can throw it at people no you have to know what to say you have to look at people are they ready to accept what I am saying or not is this speech good for them it suits them or not this is حكمة ادعو إلى سبيل ربكة بالحكمة incorporate wisdom when you invite people now my friends reason should not be separated from religion therefore sometimes you hear some scholars here and there they speak something which is irrational does not make sense sometimes some of their fatwa some of their opinions some of their speeches are mythical they are fantasies they are not in line with reality they are not a practical not a practical Islam is a practical religion Islam did not come to make my life difficult or miserable Islam came to make our life easier to practice if you make it difficult people cannot practice it but sometimes we hear some voices from here and there that they speak things that are not in line with rationality they are actually irrational narrative I gave some example and I have many more example of that let's go to توحيد I'll give you an example how sometimes when a scholar does not use his brain and he only depends on a text and that text could be wrong that text could be wrong that text could be wrong Imam Al-Sadiq says what does that mean I'll translate that Imam Al-Sadiq says you know the position the level of our Shi'a through their understanding of our narrations so the more better they understand our hadith and our narration the greater they are and then he says when there is a hadith transmission story you have to analyze it you have to understand it don't be like a parrot don't sit without understanding it don't you have to study it you have to dissect this rewire this is why we have something called علم الحديث scholars they spend years and years studying this hadith whether this hadith makes sense or not whether this hadith is in harmony with the Quran, with Ahlul Bayt with the Prophet or not even the Prophet himself he says everything comes to you that does not make sense irrational throw it against the wall trash it we don't say something nonsense everything we say is based on logic is based on reason is based on the Quran there is nothing illogical in Ahlul Bayt school nothing illogical