Does Islam Restrict Talents?
Answered by Mawlana Ilyas Patel
Question
Some are born with talents like drawing, dancing, and music. Whatever we have is a blessing from Allah, then why is it restricted? Keeping dogs in the house is not good, but when I read about incidents where a dog saved its master, my iman decreases.
Answer
I pray you are in good faith and health. Thank you for your question.
Just like human inventions, which have manuals to follow, the item will not operate otherwise. Similarly, the creator of humans, Allah Most High, has a manual of life, His Quran and Prophetic sunna and way of life, that we need to follow; otherwise, we will not function and fulfill our purpose in life and will go astray.
We are restricted to keep dogs to keep them inside but allowed to keep them outside. We can dance in front of our husbands as long we do not follow the way of the corrupt; we can draw, but as long as it is non-facial. There is wisdom and reason. Sometimes, our limited minds cannot grasp or comprehend.
Why Are Some Things Prohibited?
Whereas the permissible is generally without harm, the prohibited has been prohibited because it is harmful. The harm may be worldly or spiritual, individual or social, direct or indirect. But the harm is real.
[Ibn ‘Abd al-Salam, al-Qawa‘id al-Kubra]
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[Mawlana] Ilyas Patel
Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Mawlana Ilyas Patel is a traditionally-trained scholar who has studied within UK, India, Pakistan, Syria, Jordan and Turkey.
He started his early education in UK. He went onto complete hifz of Qur’an in India, then enrolled into an Islamic seminary in UK where he studied the secular and Alimiyyah sciences. He then travelled to Karachi, Pakistan.
He has been an Imam in Rep of Ireland for a number of years. He has taught hifz of the Qur’an, Tajwid, Fiqh and many other Islamic sciences to both children and adults onsite and online extensively in UK and Ireland. He was teaching at a local Islamic seminary for 12 years in the UK where he was a librarian and a teacher of Islamic sciences.
He currently resides in UK with his wife. His personal interest is love of books and gardening.
