7 Cognitive and Moral Motives -
Which suppress the innate fitrah And Lead to Deviance and Atheistic tendencies
By Imam Ibn Taymiyyah
Taken from - Carl Sharif El-Tobgui's Ibn Taymiyyah on Reason and Revelation: Dar' taārud al-aql wa-l-naql
Which suppress the innate fitrah And Lead to Deviance and Atheistic tendencies
By Imam Ibn Taymiyyah
Taken from - Carl Sharif El-Tobgui's Ibn Taymiyyah on Reason and Revelation: Dar' taārud al-aql wa-l-naql
What is the innate Fitrah?
The innate 'Fitrah' is the natural cognitive state of human mind.
The State of mind which is intuitively aware of the Existence of a Creator i.e Allah
The innate 'Fitrah' is the natural cognitive state of human mind.
The State of mind which is intuitively aware of the Existence of a Creator i.e Allah
Allah's Messenger said, "No child is born except on Al-Fitra (Islam) and then his parents make him Jewish, Christian or Magian..."
(Bukhari-4775)
Its only when the innate Fitrah gets clouded and corrupted that one tends to turn away from Allah and his message.
(Bukhari-4775)
Its only when the innate Fitrah gets clouded and corrupted that one tends to turn away from Allah and his message.
In Taymiyya identifies a total of seven basic motives, some cognitive and some moral, for suppressing the normative fitra. These are the "seven deadly sins" of the fitra by which a person can undermine his own innate, normative dis- position and fall towards Deviance and Atheism.
(1) Accepting (unexamined) inherited beliefs (i tigadät mawrûtha)
Carrying Beliefs simply because your forefathers had them. Not judging those Beliefs according to on Quran and Sunnah.
Carrying Beliefs simply because your forefathers had them. Not judging those Beliefs according to on Quran and Sunnah.
(2) Following whims, preconceived biases, or stubbornly clinging to personal opinion in the face of countervailing evidence (hawä)
Being stubborn/egotistical about your personal nafs-fueled perspective regarding a belief/issue even after convincing evidence has been presented.
Being stubborn/egotistical about your personal nafs-fueled perspective regarding a belief/issue even after convincing evidence has been presented.
(3) Engaging in conjecture (Zann)
Having discussions on subjects that you have insufficient information/ knowledge about. It leads to misconstrued Beliefs and weak iman.
Having discussions on subjects that you have insufficient information/ knowledge about. It leads to misconstrued Beliefs and weak iman.
4) Entertaining doubts or confusions caused by specious objections (shubuhät)
Giving undeserving attention to those doubts (waswasa), which you have already established strong Rational proofs against.
Giving undeserving attention to those doubts (waswasa), which you have already established strong Rational proofs against.
(5) Harboring ulterior motives or personal interests (gharad)
Giving room/Priority to your Nafs and envisioning your personal gains while interpreting the Scripture and Traditions.
Giving room/Priority to your Nafs and envisioning your personal gains while interpreting the Scripture and Traditions.
(6) Following habit (ada) blindly without reflection.
Performing Practices, Rituals and Routines regarding which you have got no Reasoning from Quran or Sunnah.
Performing Practices, Rituals and Routines regarding which you have got no Reasoning from Quran or Sunnah.
(7) Engaging in blind imitation (taqlid).
Following a specific Personality (in toto) without cross-examining their beliefs and verdicts with Quran and Sunnah or rulings of other authorities.
Following a specific Personality (in toto) without cross-examining their beliefs and verdicts with Quran and Sunnah or rulings of other authorities.
If the fitra is to perform its vital cognitive functions prop-erly, it must constantly be guarded from succumbing to these infirmities.
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