The Imams (a.

The Imams (a.s.) themselves explained the philosophies of the Islamic laws or replied when asked by their . The great scholar Shaykh Sadooq (a.r.) has written a famous book, Ilalush Sharaeh , as the name itself shows the book is a collection of such traditions. Therefore, when we see that the glorious Qur’an itself and the Islamic leaders on many occasions have explained the logic behind Islamic Laws, it is proof that they have given us the right to discuss about it.

If the situation were the opposite, they would have refrained us from contemplation and researching the Islamic Laws. From whatever is said above, we conclude that it is allowed to do research and find the reasons behind the promulgation of Islamic laws. And in this way, the style and explanation of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.a) and the Holy Imams (a.s) have given us the right to know the secrets of Islamic laws.

It is wrong to think that by explaining the philosophies of Islamic laws, their importance and value are decreased, but in fact explanation of these things satisfies the intellect and reason of a person and then he applies laws in his practical life, which makes their life more dynamic. And in this way, a person doesn’t follow Islamic law in a dry way but acts on the laws of Islam with great fervour. This was one side of the question.

The other is that, as time goes no matter how much our knowledge increases, also shall always be limited. We cannot come to know everything. If man had known all the things of the world, then the caravan of knowledge and research would have been stopped. Rather the things, which we do not know are like a huge ocean, and the things, which we know are just like a drop, or the things, which we know are like one line from a big book.

And to know the things, which we do not know, we will require a Professor from the other world, and then also we will not be able to understand them. In the same way, if the people who lived a thousand years ago were taught the scientific knowledge of this age so they would not have been able to understand. They would not have been able to reach the depth through their own thinking and intelligence. We all know that the source of heavenly wisdom is the infinite knowledge of the Almighty Allah.

He is such a source that He is aware of the whole Universe. For Him words like past, future, absent, and present have no meaning; rather He is all-knowing and aware of everything.