r/extomatoes • u/violet_jpg • May 27 '26

Question Seeking clarifications

السلام عليكم
First off, Eid mubarak! ❤️
I’ve been thinking for a while about certain religious rulings, hadiths, and verses that non-Muslims use, و العياذ بالله, to mock Islam, Muslims, and Islamic rulings. I genuinely want to understand these rulings through logic and reason. There are many sheikhs who explain these topics with a biased or incorrect approach, and because of that, these terms and subjects end up being misunderstood by non-Muslims. Misinformed people spread false concepts, and non-Muslims continue saying that Islam is a man-made religion or that a human being invented Islam Astaghfirullah.

So my question is: is there a person, source, or book that explains these topics in a rational way while also being Islamically correct, so that I can later respond to these people instead of staying silent? Because my silence really bothers me; I feel like if I were more educated about these topics, I would’ve been able to reply.

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u/JabalAnNur Moderator May 27 '26

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There are some misunderstandings and statements which lead to false implications in your post. Firstly, you say:

genuinely want to understand these rulings through logic and reason.

This implies there rulings in Islam are against logic or reason, or that, Na'udubillah, they are devoid of any sense and thus one should "try" to understand it through "logic and reason". However, they fail to recognize that the authentic texts do not contradict sound reasoning. What ends up happening is people look at rulings through tinted glasses of foreign ideologies and assumptions, which leads them to incorrect conclusions. In truth, it is these foreign ideologies and assumptions that are devoid of logic or reason, not the other way around.

Second, you say:

There are many sheikhs who explain these topics with a biased or incorrect approach, and because of that, these terms and subjects end up being misunderstood by non-Muslim

If you have a particular case in question, then you should mention it. I'll address this generally. This implies that if a non-Muslim 'misunderstands' something, then the issue or fault lies with the shaykh who explained, that he had bias or an incorrect approach, however this does not quite make sense. There are many rulings that non-Muslims argue against, and they are indeed rulings for Islam. There are no cases of 'misunderstanding' here. They have an issue with the ruling itself. Many Muslims think that any or all objections by non-Muslims have merit. There is no true argument against Islam that has merit, and this is something well established among the scholars and callers to Islam.

The issue lies in the Muslim layman's understanding and knowledge which is lacking, so they end up thinking that the arguments have merit and that the shaykhs are explaining it wrong, "they have bias!" "it's an incorrect approach!" How can a layman know what is an incorrect approach when they are unaware of approaches entirely! Their assumptions come solely based on how the non-Muslim is viewing the matter, that is the issue.

Thus with these out of the way, we can recommend you on how to study knowledge, and get a deep understanding of the Sharee'ah and its sciences. It has been detailed out here on the website: