Unnecessary Debates

UNNECESSARY DEBATES A hadith reports: “The Prophet of Islam forbade engaging in ghalutat” (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 23687). Ghalutat refers to hypothetical or speculative issues that are formulated without any actual occurrence. In another hadith, the Prophet  said: “God dislikes for you three things: idle talk (qil wa qal), wasting wealth, and asking too many questions” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 1477). This teaching is full of wisdom. If this attitude does not remain among people, they will turn everything into a subject of debate and measure everything by the yardstick of dry rationalism. The result is that the real spirit of religion is lost, leaving nothing but verbal arguments over meaningless issues. God’s simple religion, after human additions, becomes a difficult and complicated system. The true spirit of religion lies in meaningful living, not in endless debate. Consider an example. Once, someone asked a man, “Are you a Muslim?” He replied, “I am a believer, if God