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3	78	Obligation of acquiring knowledge (ijtihad) and its method If a person is standing between the absence of knowledge and the absence of action, which one comes first and has a better outcome in the world and the Hereafter? In other words, who is more excused in the sight of Allah: one who acquires knowledge but does not act upon it, or one who can acquire knowledge but refrains from doing so out of fear of not acting?	2015-12-18
2	58	Obligation of acquiring knowledge (ijtihad) and its method In sciences that have a non-religious nature, such as physics, engineering, agriculture, management, economics, and medicine, the consensus of a group of experts is usually accepted. Does His Eminence Mansoor believe that consensus is not valid in these sciences either? Is it obligatory to refer to Allah’s caliph on Earth in these sciences as well?	2015-11-17
1	44	Obligation of acquiring knowledge (ijtihad) and its method In the book Return to Islam, Allamah Mansoor Hashemi Khorasani has said that he does not like philosophy; “because although some of its results are correct, its method is different from the method of intellectuals, and it is more mental and abstract than it is practical for them.” Then what is his opinion on other rational sciences, such as logic and Islamic theology?	2015-11-03

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