Using wisdom to understand religious texts by looking at the thoughts of Al-Ghazali and Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid

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TOHIDI AMIR; Tahirgholi Mahnaz

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Journal: THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL RESEARCH (AFAGHE HEKMAT) Year:2019 | Volume:8 | Issue:17 Page(s): 139-159

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Using wisdom to understand religious texts by looking at the thoughts of Al-Ghazali and Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid

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TOHIDI AMIR | Tahirgholi Mahnaz | Issue Writer Certificate

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wisdomQ2

RationalismQ2

ReligionQ2

Al-GhazaliQ2

Al-Shaykh Al-MufidQ2

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The relationship between reason and Religion is one of the issues that Islamic scholars have been focusing on for a long time. The present essay examines this issue from the perspective of Al-Ghazali and Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid as two major Islamic thinkers and theologians. The results obtained in Al-Ghazali's writings indicate that he has mentioned four meanings for reason, which are theoretical and practical reason and acquired and instinctive intellect. Al-Ghazali sees religious sciences precedent over intellectual sciences and prioritizes sharia over wisdom. And believes that reason is incapable of seeking divine knowledge. But Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid is a theologian with Intellectual foundation who explains theological and jurisprudential propositions through rational reasoning, and invites thinkers to argumentative faith. In his view, reason is considered as a source for defending the teachings of revelation. In addition to using wisdom in theological topics, he believes that in the narrative discussions, the conformity and opposition of the provisions of the hadith with reason is the criterion for the authenticity of the hadith. Since Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid finds the understanding of the hadith subject to careful and deep-seated rational attention, he has been opposed to “ people of narrations” as a superficial intellectual current.

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TOHIDI, AMIR, & Tahirgholi, Mahnaz. (2019). Using wisdom to understand religious texts by looking at the thoughts of Al-Ghazali and Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid. THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL RESEARCH (AFAGHE HEKMAT), 8(17 ), 139-159. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/232768/en

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TOHIDI AMIR, Tahirgholi Mahnaz. Using wisdom to understand religious texts by looking at the thoughts of Al-Ghazali and Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid. THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL RESEARCH (AFAGHE HEKMAT)[Internet]. 2019;8(17 ):139-159. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/232768/en

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AMIR TOHIDI, and Mahnaz Tahirgholi, “Using wisdom to understand religious texts by looking at the thoughts of Al-Ghazali and Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid,” THE EPISTEMOLOGICAL RESEARCH (AFAGHE HEKMAT), vol. 8, no. 17 , pp. 139–159, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/232768/en

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