A Consideration on Pillars of Faith

Abstract

A Consideration on Pillars of Faith. The number of the pillars of faith, what they are, andhow they should be understood are related to the conception of ‘the pillars of faith’. The conceptionof ‘the pillars of faith’ is, in turn, related to the method employed in the problem of faith and thesolutions offered in this method. Concerning the problem of faith, the hadith school employedrationalism having a concrete character as a method while the kalam school used rationalismhaving an abstract character as a method. The character of the solution offered using a rationalismhaving a concrete character as a method becomes concrete while that of the solution offeredemploying a rationalism having an abstract character as a method becomes abstract.In other words,both the hadith school and the kalam school identify and construe the pillars of faith based on thecriteria they establish and the rationalism they employ as a method. Yet, when we attempt atunderstanding the Qu’ran in terms of semantics, the Qu’ran does not contain any knowledge relatedto the determination and construing of the pillars of faith. In other words, the solutions providedwith respect of the pillars of faith are interpretations. Therefore, any differentiation in this respectis natural

Keywords

• The pillars of faith, rationalism having an abstract character, rationalism having a concrete character,semantic method

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