ISLAMIC THEOLOGI-PART 1

‘To know the facts of things, as they are, in the light of Quran and Sunnah, is Islamic theology’. In other words, Islamic theology is ‘Islamic Wisdom’.

Those who engage in discussions of Islamic faith, about Allah's (SWT) Unity and His attributes are known as ‘Islamic Theologians’ (Mutakallimun).

  
Who is Islamic Theologian (Scholar) ?
 
An Islamic scholar who impedes the assaults on Islamic beliefs and explains Correct Islamic Faith to the people with conclusive evidence from Quran and Hadith and exposes the ill gotten ‘ideas’ of Non-Muslim philosophers and some Muslim sects who mislead people in the name of religion. The main opponents of Islamic theologian are Non-Muslim philosophers and some misguided Muslim sects.

When the human body gets sick, it starts deteriorating fast. Gradually many complication occur in the functioning of vital internal organs that results in the death of the person.

When we are sick, we refer to medical doctors, sometimes to specialists who conducts several medical tests and as per their experience suggest medicines and controlled food which helps us in fast recovery.

Human being is the combination of Human body and human soul. Like the human body, human soul also gets sick. The primary sources of sickness of human soul are faithlessness in Allah (SWT) and bad deeds. When human soul is sick, we need to first diagnose the problem of sickness by referring to the Doctor of Soul.

Faithlessness in Allah (SWT) is like cancer of Human soul. Tyranny, killing of human beings in the name of religion, caste, region; disregard for the fundamental rights of other human beings; love of more wealth, unnecessary comforts, lust, exploitation of women and men and all unlawful activities are sicknesses of human soul. People suffering from these ailments need treatment.

Who can treat human soul’s ailments. A Quran conner (who has memorized Quran) cannot do anything.

A Hadith Scholar cannot do much in this context.

An Islamic Jurisprudential expert (Faqih) cannot do much. What a Faqih can do? At the most, he may order for the arrest of the criminal (if he is a judge) and punish him as per the law. 

Similarly, a scholar of Quran or Hadith can only advise the ailing person and try to explain issues in the light of Quran and Hadith. 

We all know that giving sermons to the people who are spiritually sick generally does not work. If we give a virtuous sermon to a serial killer, we know what effect it will have on him. A fraudulent faith healer or a look alike Sufi baba cheater complicates the ailment further.

Who are the professional doctors who can really make the difference and bring back the ailing soul to normalcy?

They are Awliya Allah.