What Kind of Faith Should One Have?

Imam Fakhr al-Dīn Rāzī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه was a great imam and a highly knowledgeable Islamic scholar. When on his deathbed, Satan appeared before him and said: "Razi! Prove to me that Allah is One!"

Imam Rāzī presented a logical argument, but Satan, being extremely deceitful, twisted this logic. Imam Rāzī then presented a second argument, but Satan declined this as well. Imam Rāzī gave a third argument, and once again, Satan raised an objection.

This continued until the imam presented 360 proofs, but Satan refuted each in his deceptive way.

At that moment, Imam Rāzī’s shaykh was performing wudu at a distant place. Through his spiritual insight, he saw what was happening and called out: “Rāzī! Why don’t you simply say: ‘I believe in Allah’s Oneness without any proof!’”

As soon as Imam Rāzī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه followed his spiritual guide’s words and declared his belief without relying on logical proofs, his soul departed from this world.^[1]

Dear Islamic brothers! What do we understand from this? If we base our religion, faith, and beliefs on intellect alone, there is a great danger of being misled and going astray. Therefore, we must base our faith on love.

Scholars have said:

عَلَیْکُمْ بِدِیْنِ الْعَجَائِزِ

You must have the faith of elderly women.^[2]

Elderly women are very firm in their beliefs. No matter what you say to