We also get such examples from the traditions of the Holy Prophet (a.

We also get such examples from the traditions of the Holy Prophet (a.s.) and Imams (a.s.). The Imams (a.s.) themselves explained the philosophies of the Islamic laws or replied when asked by their companions. The great scholar Shaykh al-Saduq (a.r.) has written a famous book, Ilal al-Sharai , as the name itself shows the book is the collection of such traditions.

Therefore, when we see that the glorious Quran itself and the Islamic leaders on many occasions have explained the logic behind Islamic laws, it is a proof that they have given us the right to discuss about it. If the situation were opposite, they would have prevented us from contemplation and research in the Islamic laws. From whatever is said above, we conclude that it is allowed to do research and find the reasons behind Islamic laws.

And in this way the style and explanation of the Holy Prophet (a.s.) and the Holy Imams (a.s.) has 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 is decreased, but in fact explanation of these things satisfies intellect and reason of a person and then he applies laws in his practical life, which makes his life more dynamic.

And in this way a person does not follow the Islamic law in a dry way but acts on the laws of Islam with great fervor. This was one side of the question. The other is that, as the time goes no matter how much our knowledge increases, it 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 sea 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, 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 from the infinite knowledge of the Almighty Allah. He is such a source that He is aware of the whole universe.