I once read in a book on tassawuf a long time ago the following explanation of ilm al yaqin, haqq al haqin and ayn al yaqin: ilm al yaqin: someone tells you about a fire in the forest. haqq al yaqin: you see the fire in the forest. ayn al yaqin: you are the fire in the forest. wAllahu wa Rasuluhu Alam.
Imam Abd al-Haqq Muhaddith al-Dehlewi rahmatullah alayh: Can thoughts of hesitation exist where there is true love and surrender, or perfect faith? For those who truely believe it is sufficient only to hear; and belief follows. [a: Sayyidinna] Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, recieved his epithet, Siddiq, or Faithful witness of the Truth, the day he attested to the truth of the Prophet's [a: sallallahu alayhi wa alihi wa sahbihi wa baraka wa salam] M'iraj without the least hesitation; while a good many muslims had such doubts that a number of them apostated. Similarly, [a: Sayyidinna] Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased with him, when he first accepted Islam did so without asking for any proofs or miracles. At that time the light of the Prophet's [a: sallallahu alayhi wa alihi wa sahbihi wa baraka wa salam] miracles and signs had already begun to shine, yet [a: Sayyidinna] Abu Bakr asked for nothing. Rather, he accepted Islam without a second thought.[1] [a: Sayyidinna Abu Turab 'Ali ibn Abi Talib Asad Allah karamallah wajh ul karim radiullah ta'la anhu]: Even if the veil was lifted, my certainty could not possibly increase over what it is at present.[2] *** [1] p. 99, Perfection of Faith and its Commentary Fortification of Conviction, trans. Yusuf Talal ‘Ali-2000] [2] p.112, ibid
Salam I found these on the net: http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/showthread.php?5039-Imam-Razi-(ra)-and-debating http://www.ijma.org.uk/features/Ilm-al-Yaqin.html http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...a=X&ei=u3PaT-iuBpHu8QOh-t2NBA&ved=0CFIQ6AEwBg I have heard in the past, a student of knowledge mention that everybody apart from the elite are at the level of 'ilm al-yaqin with the acceptance of all the naqli and aqli proofs, is this correct? What are the proofs both from from aql and naql? I mean which books can a person read to find these proofs, from both aql and naql? Also there is a famous anecdote, i mean, i dont know how true it is (the one i heard is a bit different to the one in the second link). That near his wisal, Imam Fakhr al-Din al-Razi rahmatullah alayh was outdone by iblis in his 101 or 1001 arguments for the existence of the Creator Azza wa Jall. But at the time Imam Najm al-Din al-Kubra was making his wudhu, (which was hundreds of miles away, and whom Imam al-Razi had previously visited), he saw his situation and sprinkled water in his direction so as to bring him out of this state of mind and told him to say i just believe. My question was: is this the way of the siddiqin radiullah ta'la anhum? Sayyidinna Siddique al-Akbar radiullah ta'la anhu being the greatest, is this an indication that they believe without proof?