Ibn `Abbas narrated a hadith from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.

A man heard the hadith and became disturbed by it and objected to it. Upon hearing this, Ibn `Abbas commented, “What is it that they have to fear?! They easily accept what is clear, however when it comes to what is unclear, they are destroyed.” The modus operandi of the Western skeptic is to question and then object to anything that does not accord with his understanding. This is because he erroneously believes that his own mind can serve as the absolute criterion of Truth.

The Muslim Skeptic, however, questions himself and objects to anything within himself that does not accord with Islam. This is because he correctly understands that his own mind is finite and that only Islam can serve as the absolute criterion of Truth.

The true weapons of mass destruction are immoral, irrational, destructive, fallacious ideas that appear convincing to people such that they accept those ideas as the truth, cherish them, and fight for them. In this case, it is far better to be a skeptic in the face of such “truth” than to be counted as a “believer.”