What is the view of Islam about fideism?

- What is the view of Islam about fideism?
- Who are the Islamic scholars that oppose fideism and that support fideism?
- Is everybody not a fideist to a certain extent?
There are some questions that cannot be answered by the mind. Probably due to this reason, scholars have adhered to their faith based on the rule “A probability that is not based on an evidence has no scientific value” instead of thinking about the questions like ‘’Is it not possible for the Quran to have been written by aliens?”

Dear Brother / Sister,

Islamic faith accepts with importance to reach the reality of belief through sources of knowledge and the knowledge that comes through the mind. Therefore, the Quran insistently wants people to refer to the mind and sources of knowledge properly. Islam is not based on blind belief.

Christianity adheres to a fideistic surrendering since it is difficult to base the faith of trinity on reason in Christianity.

Islam determines the definite knowledge of the belief of oneness in three forms: They are knowledge of certainty, vision of certainty and absolute certainty. It is essential to know in all three forms.

In the first form, the existence and oneness of Lord is known through knowledge; in the second form, reaching His qualities in His names and deeds through vision and witnessing, which is a kind of knowledge completely.

Absolute certainty is knowledge based on the believer’s finding the reflection of divine existence in his inner world and spiritual experience, and experiencing it in his deepest world.

We can explain it with an example: the first one is the smoke indicating the fire, the second is sitting in front of the fire and the third is to realize its effect and existence by touching it.   

The existence of questions that we cannot answer with the mind originates from our asking the realm of science about the knowledge that is related to the realm of vision or spiritual experience or vice versa.  

Islamic scholars found all of the decrees related to belief in a way that is confirmed and approved in all of those three levels.

Questions like ’Is it not possible for the Quran to have been written by aliens?’ need fideism because they are not based on science. All of those absurdities are psychological obsessions like a person’s closing his eyes and saying "the sun does not exist."

If people are left alone with fears and apprehensions, they will surrender to them.

In all cases, belief is a bright and doubtless way that is based on the knowledge levels and witnessing of the mind, heart and spirit.

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