Living Links: The Precious Pearl, 3 of 21

Content Outline:
0:0:14 Du’a/Asalaamu Alaikum (Faraz Khan)
0:01:12 Where We Ended Last Session
0:01:25 Three Rational Judgements
0:05:53 Empirical Judgements
0:07:59 Cause and Effect Are Not Connected
0:10:06 Allah is Constantly Creating
0:12:46 Logic vs The Laws of Nature
0:15:35 Belief in Miracles
0:18:11 Connecting to the Messenger SAW
0:21:35 Allah Sent the Messenger
0:23:47 The Definition of Deen (Religion) [I]
0:28:13 The Definition of Deen (Religion) [II]
0:28:43 Quote: “Every field, even if there’s benefit, is only a means to good…the only intrinsic good is worship.”
0:29:29 Takleed Believing Another Without Proof
0:36:08 Takleed in Aqidah vs Takleed in Fiqh
0:39:51 What if a Person’s Belief is Only Based on Following
0:42:27 Substantiated Knowledge”
0:44:31 The General Muslims
0:46:35 Three Special Lines (I)
0:49:36 - Contemplation of Allah’s Blessing (Tafakkur)
0:54:12 The Way of the Salaf
0:58:10 The Age of Distraction
01:02:00 Three Special Lines (II)
01:04:30 Three Special Lines (III)

Comments, Questions and Answers

01:08:05 Question 1: Regarding the hukm, al-Ghazali gives the sundial example about stationary shadows that are actually moving, how does one rectify this against the idea of hukm aqli?
01:12:34 Question 2: Heaven and Hell are Creations so how are they described as Eternal in the Quran?
01:14:34 Question 3: In light of line 15 I remember Imam Ali (KAW) saying something like, “I know the pathways of the Universe better than I know the Earth.” Are you able to expand on that?
01:15:23 Question 4: How does one cultivate the Quranic definition of aql differentiating between truth and falsehood especially when falsehood is so pervasive?
01:17:37 Question 5: We believe in objective truth as Muslims, how can we explain differences of opinion and not negate objective realities that we claim to share?
01:21:49 Comment 1: You mentioned the man who was in contemplation and fell off the roof, sometimes I ponder this…sometimes I ponder this. I think every person should look at him or herself and ponder the soul.
01:23:59 Question 6/7: About dua being a means of miracles in our own lives, I get confused in the matter of there being no hijab between the oppressed and Allah, how do we understand that in terms of the oppression that’s going on in the world? (Q7) Regarding personal conviction, what does that concept have to do with where Allah talks about imaan in the Quran?

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