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measure the reality upon the principles of the true sensation


The first criteria is for the ‘Aqliyah (mentality) to built upon the ‘Aql (mind/intellect) and the second criteria is its applicability upon the reality of this human being, which means that it is in agreement with the Fitrah (nature) that the human was provided with. The first criteria: Here I mean the intellectual conviction and building upon the mind. As such one should not believe that every intellectual study is a study that is built upon the mind or that every thought that the mind has been used to judge upon a specific reality is a correct judgment and built upon the mind. Rather the intellectual study and the issuing of a judgement upon things, matters, realities and events requires a number of elements, different principles and various criteria that must necessarily be used when undertaking the intellectual process that leads to the issuing of a judgement upon a thing, reality or event. The correctness of the judgement rests upon the correctness and validity of these elements, principles and criteria. This is because the intellectual process necessitates the sound mind or intellect that takes on the process of connecting the (previous) information he holds with what has been transferred to him of the sensation of the particular reality of event.

So the fundamental elements for the intellectual (or thinking) process number four: The sound mind, the sound sensation, the sensed reality or that which is embodied in the mind and the stored or retained information or that which has been gained that explains the particular reality or incident. So the mind undertakes the process of connecting these elements and issuing its judgement upon the thing or event. And the correctness of the results of this intellectual thought process rests upon the accurateness of the understanding of the reality and gaining understanding in it whilst being beware of the possible deception or manipulation of the sensation. It also rests upon the accuracy of the information that explains and interprets this reality and making sure that it is correct. Then accuracy is required when connecting between the information and the reality.

However this does not mean that the Hukm (judgment) is correct unless the fundamental principles and measuring units that were used as the basis for making the judgement upon the thoughts and realities were correct decisively (i.e. with certainty). So if the information used to explain and interpret the realities was correct and if the principles and measures (criteria) upon which the measurement of the reality and the information was made were also correct in addition to the process of connecting between these elements being correct, then the Hukm (judgement) would be Saheeh (correct) and it would be considered an intellectual judgement that is built upon the mind (intellect). However if the information was mistaken or the principles and measures were not intellectually accepted facts (axioms), or if the connection between these elements was not done soundly, then the result would be incorrect.

 If however the information was correct, the reality correct and the process of connecting was correct but the principles and measuring units that were used were incorrect and then the process of making the judgement upon the reality was made upon them during the process of connecting in addition to the judgement of the information upon them during the connecting between the information and the reality, then in this case (the judgement) would not be correct. This thought process is considered an intellectual thought process however it was not built upon the mind (Aql) because the Qawaa’id (principles) and Maqaayees (measurements) that were used were not from the given and accepted (undisputable) facts (axioms).

They were not from that which the sound mind decisively accepts to be correct and for this reason we state that the result is intellectual but that it was not built upon the mind or intellect (Aql). For this reason the sensation of the reality is not sufficient but rather it is necessary to understand this reality in a manner that is built upon the pure (truthful) sensation. Therefore before the judgement is made it is necessary to measure the reality upon the principles of the true sensation so that we are not deceived by one of the manifestations of a matter or thing, or imagine a mirage that does not really exist. Similarly it is necessary to gain understanding of this reality and to know all of its aspects, circumstances, conditions and what relates to it.
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