Is Islam Rational ? | Abdullah As-Sueidi | 058

Our guest for this session, Syeikh Abdullah Suiedi.

A Swedish Muslim reverted, PHD holder from the Islamic University Of Madeenah in Dakwah and Usuluddin.

He teaches at Masjid An-Nabawi in Madinah for English listeners.

In this episode titled, Is Islam Rational?

The objective of this episode is to clear the misconceptions regarding the Islamic view on rational thinking.

Syeikh answers the question such as:

What is rational thinking?

How to identify true rational thinking, because every religion and philosophy claims that they are rational.

How is ibadah rational?

Syeikh also shares methods of preventing and solutions to the problem of widespread ideologies that are far away from the fold of Islam.

Time stamps

0:00:00 Start

0:05:03 Discovering Islam in Sweden as a teenager

0:11:03 how "Rationality" and existential questions led Sheikh to eventually embrace Islam

0:20:00 What drives aethism? How Aethism also leads to racism

0:29:36 Facing challenges in combating aethism

0:33:46 How aethism branched out to how it is today

0:37:09 How psychological factors and trauma leads to aethism and deviation

0:42:38 Is Aethism really spreading amongst Muslims?

0:50:36 More knowledgeable = more critical = doubt religion?

0:54:03 What exactly is "Rational thinking"? Is Islam really "rational"?

1:01:35 To get the right answers, you need to ask the right QUESTIONS

1:05:21 How can we protect our children from falsehood and chaotic corrupting ideologies?

1:11:30 Psychological factors

1:16:58 Upcoming projects Dr. Abdullah is working on

1:26:26 What legacy Dr. Abdullah hopes to leave behind

1:28:44 Dr. Abdullah's favorite quote

1:31:36 How to get in touch with Dr. Abdullah

1:32:47 the Key to Barakah is..