Rekindling Muslim Scholastic and Spiritual Consciousness

The depth and breadth of the Islamic tradition is beyond comprehension, with countless transformed souls having carried the torch of the Prophet Muhammad since his passing from the physical world. Technical names for the sciences of Islam based on the Hadith of Jibril took firm grounding, with Islam, Iman, and Ihsan becoming Fiqh, 'Aqidah, and Tasawwuf, respectively. As the growing hegemony of a do-it-yourself brand of modernist Islam cast its shade upon Western Sunni Muslims and disintegrated intellectual tolerance, much of the Muslim legacy, Islam's tangibility as a set of engaging sciences, and appreciation for its ocean of personalities were cast aside and forgotten. Previously studied disciplines like mantiq (logic), falsafa (philosophy), kalam (discursive theology), and usul al-fiqh (principles of jurisprudence) were slapped with the label of bid'ah (reprehensible innovation) and lost from many curriculums of study.