Life: A Test, A Joy Or Both?
Religion does not come to teach how to get happy or get successful in life, it does not come, for example, how to do business, or agriculture, or how to make scientific discoveries. It is frivolous if religion teaches the same as our intellect can teach us. Religion, on the other hand, tells us why we are here and to what end we are heading. Human intellect, despite all its efforts of centuries, could not find the answers to these fundamental questions. Take from religion what it offers. and take from others what they can offer.
Okay, I understand your point that religion gives guidance in matters where reason cannot reach a conclusion. My question is,U said that to live life, one can follow any philosophy as long as it doesn’t harm their moral being. But if I adopt the philosophy of a thinker who never claimed that his knowledge came from God or was rooted in divine human nature (fitrah), then how can I, on my own, say that this knowledge is also from God? These two things don’t seem compatible. And in matters where, as you said, religion doesn’t guide but reason does — is it really true that religion has no role in worldly guidance? Because sometimes, even when reason can resolve an issue, religion also offers a view — so in such cases, whom should we prioritize? Is that an exception? And in future matters, will the same method apply: that religion deals with “why” and secular knowledge with “how”? Most importantly, what should our mindset be? Should we believe that this knowledge too is ultimately from Allah and we are living our life by following it? Or should we just treat it as a philosopher’s idea that we are accepting as a worldview?
To benefit from other ideas, innovations, services etc, one doesn’t need to see whether they come from a believer or a non believer.