Hanyar da Musulmi yake samun ilimi da tunani tana da muhimmanci sosai wajen tantance tasirin tunanin Musulunci a kan mutum. Idan hanyar samun ilimi ta kasance daidai kuma an gina ta a kan bincike, zurfin tunani da nazari (kamar yadda Allah (SWT) ya umarta), to za ta haifar da sakamako mai amfani, kuma irin wannan mutum zai zama mutum mai akida wanda yake tunani ta hanya ta musamman. Allah (SWT) yana umartar mutum ya yi tunani a kan abubuwa da dama na halittarSa cikin zurfi da haske.

The method by which the Muslim acquires knowledge and thought is critical in determining the impact of the Islamic thoughts upon the individual. If the method of acquiring knowledge was correct and based upon research, profound thinking, and analysis (as Allah (swt) ordered) then it will produce effective results, and such a person will turn into an ideological person who thinks in a distinct manner. Allah (swt) orders the human being to think about many aspects of His Creation in a profound and enlightened manner:

"Lalle ne! A cikin halittar sammai da ƙasa, da kuma canjawar dare da rana, akwai lallai alamomi ga mutane masu hankali." [TMQ 3:190] "Shin ba sa yin tunani a kan Alƙur'ani da kyau? Da ya kasance daga wani ba Allah ba, lalle da sun samu a cikinsa saɓani mai yawa." [TMQ 4:82] "Ka faɗa mini! Ruwan da kuke sha — shin ku ne kuke saukar da shi daga gajimare, ko kuwa Mu ne masu saukar da shi?" [TMQ 56:68-69] "An halicce shi daga ruwa mai zubowa — yana fitowa daga tsakanin ƙashin baya da hakarkarinsa." [TMQ 86:6-7] "Ba sa duban raƙuma, yadda aka halicce su? Da sama, yadda aka ɗaga ta? Da duwatsu, yadda aka dasa su aka tsaya da ƙarfi? Da ƙasa, yadda aka shimfiɗa ta?" [TMQ 88:17-20] A cikin dukkan waɗannan ayoyi, Allah yana umurtar mutum da yin tunani da bincike domin gina Aqeedar Musulunci a cikinsa ta hanyar yarda mai tabbaci.

"Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, there are indeed signs for men of understanding." [TMQ 3:190] "Do they not then consider the Qur’an carefully? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found within it many contradictions." [TMQ 4:82] "Tell Me! The water that you drink — is it you who causes it to come down from the rain clouds, or are We the Cause for it to come down?" [TMQ 56:68-69] "He is created from a fluid poured forth — proceeding from between the back bone and the ribs." [TMQ 86:6-7] "Do they not look at the camels, how they are created? And at the heaven, how it is raised? And at the mountains, how they are rooted and fixed firm? And at the earth, how it is spread out?" [TMQ 88:17-20] In all of these ayahs, Allah directs the human being to think and analyze in order to build the Aqeedah of Islam within him through a definite conviction.

Saboda haka, hanyar da Musulunci ke karfafawa wajen neman ilimi tana dogara ne a kan hankali, kuma ta kunshi tunani, bincike da nazari. Ba a gina ta a kan makanta ba, ko imani na zuciya kawai, ko mika wuya ba tare da tattaunawa ba. Irin wadannan hanyoyi ba za su samar da imani mai rai ba, kuma ba za su zama tushen wata mahangar rayuwa ba, ko tushen gina sauran tunani a kansu. Mutumin da ya karbi Musulunci ta irin wadannan hanyoyi zai ci gaba da zama kurkuku ga ra'ayoyin da ya dauka daga asalin rayuwarsa ta baya. Ko da yake irin wannan mutum na iya komawa ga Musulunci a iyakanceccen fanni, kamar ibadunsa, zai ci gaba da komawa ga wasu ra'ayoyi a tunaninsa. Zai rika canzawa akai-akai tsakanin imani mara zurfi wanda ba a gina shi a kan ingantaccen tsarin tunani ba, da kuma shiga tattaunawa ba tare da wata takamaiman hangen nesa ba, abin da zai kai shi ko dai ga karkata ko batawa daga Musulunci gaba daya.

Thus, the method that Islam encourages in pursuing knowledge is based upon the intellect and entails thinking, research, and analysis. It is not built upon blind faith, emotional belief, or submission without any discussion. Such methods will not produce a dynamic Iman and cannot serve either as a foundation for a point of view of life or as a foundation to build other thoughts upon. A person who adopts Islam through these methods will remain a hostage to the concepts that he carried from his previous background. Although such a person may turn to Islam in a limited scope for such aspects as his ibadat, he will continue in his thinking to refer to other concepts. He will constantly shift between a superficial Iman that is not built upon a correct thinking process and indulging in discussion without a specific frame of mind, which will lead him either to diverging or straying from Islam altogether.

Kuma ba zai tsira daga wannan karkacewar ba sai dai ta ɗaya daga cikin hanyoyi: ko dai ya yi sulhu tsakanin abin da ya karɓa daga Musulunci da duk wasu ra'ayoyi kuskure da yake riƙe da su tun farko, domin ya cike gibin da ke tsakaninsu; ko kuma ya raba Musulunci da tunaninsa, ya takaita Musulunci ga ibadunsa kawai, ya kuma yi tunani ta hanyar boko ko ta fuskar amfani kawai; ko kuma ya yanke shawarar kada ya yi tunani sai dai game da abin rayuwarsa, don ya kāre kansa daga karkacewa. Dukkan waɗannan zaɓuɓɓuka ba daidai ba ne, kuma a zahiri ba za su fitar da mutum daga wannan karkacewar ba. A ƙarshe, wannan zagayen zai zubar da ƙarfin mutum, musamman ƙarfin tunaninsa.

And he will not escape this spiral except by either compromising between what he adopted from Islam and whatever erroneous concepts he already possesses in order to bridge the gap, or by separating Islam from his thinking by restricting Islam to his rituals and thinking in a secular or pragmatic manner, or by deciding not to think at all except in his livelihood in order to save himself from diverting. All of these options are incorrect and, in reality, will not get the person out of this spiral. Eventually, this cycle with drain the person’s power, particularly his intellectual capacity, 5

wane ne mafi daraja daga cikin mallakar mutum a wannan rayuwa? Irin wannan kullewar da ba ta ƙarewa tana samuwa ne sakamakon kuskuren hanya wajen karɓar Musulunci da neman ilimi.

which is the most valuable possession of man in this life. Such an endless spiral results from an incorrect method of adopting Islam and acquiring knowledge.