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They want to rationalize every law of the shari'ah; they want to know the reason and purpose of the legislation of these laws. This chapter deals with this tendency and attempts to explain the validity or otherwise of such a trend. Before explaining the validity or otherwise of rationalizing the shari' ah laws, I would like to clarify the fundamental attitude of a Muslim towards the shari'ah. The Scope of Rationalization Islam is a din -religion.
Din means a complete way of life consisting of beliefs and laws (both legal and moral). To find the Islamic attitude about understanding religion, we have to study the Qur' an and the sunnah. In the Qur' an and the sunnah, we find two different attitudes towards two different aspects of din . These two aspects of din are: (a) the fundamental beliefs known as usul ' d-din -- the roots of religion, (b) the shari' ah laws known in general as furu'u ' d-din -- the branches of religion.
As for the "roots" of religion, Islam expects the Muslims to hold their belief in the fundamentals of their religion after attaining conviction of their truth through examination and reflection. The Qur’an clearly condemns those who follow others blindly in matters of beliefs: There is no compulsion in the religion (of Islam because) truly the right path has become clearly distinct from error.
(Surah al-Baqara, 2:256) Again the Qur'an says: And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has sent down, and (to) the Messenger," they say, "Enough for us is what we found our fathers doings." What, even if their fathers had knowledge of naught and were not rightly-guided?