Some enemies of Islam, seeing that through reason
and knowledge they won’t be able to vitiate the sound iman (belief)
of the people and that they only display their own disgrace, resort to
tricks and lies. They pretend to be Muslims, write false articles that
seem to like and praise Islam; but in these articles and words of
theirs, by disputing the essential and basic principles of Islam, they
cast a bad light on them as if they were not a part of Islam. They try
to alienate and estrange the readers and audience from them.
Thinking of the times for, amounts of, and kinds of
worships, which Allahu ta’ala has commanded as inappropriate, they
believe it would be better if worships were done in another way.
Knowing nothing of the delicacies, uses and values that are hidden in
the inner soul of worships, they consider them as a medium for simple
and primitive functions; and they act as if they are trying to correct
them.
It is a defect in men not to know something; it is
all the more funny and pathetic to interfere with something that one
doesn’t understand. And the Muslims who obey and believe such
ignorant fanatic people, supposing them to be wise are even poorer and
more stupid. And some of these insidious and ignorant disbelievers
say, “Yes, Islam commands developing good habits, being healthy,
working hard, and it prohibits evils and matures people. These are
necessary for every nation.
Yet there are also social rules, the rights of
family and community in Islam. These were established in accordance
with the circumstances of ancient times. Today, nations have grown
larger, circumstances have changed and needs have increased. New rules
and laws are necessary to meet today’s technical and social
improvements. Rules in the Qur’an cannot meet these needs.” Such
words are the absurd and out-of-place thoughts of the ignorant who do
not know of Islamic laws and Islamic knowledge.
