The Dangers of Doctrinal and Intellectual Corruption: An Analytical Study in the Light of Islamic Thought and Contemporary Reality

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to shed light on the dangers of doctrinal and intellectual corruption, analyze its causes, provide an Islamic vision to combat it, and reveal the impact of this corruption on the individual and the Muslim society in the contemporary reality.

Methodology: The study relied on the inductive approach by reading and tracing the texts contained in the risks of intellectual and doctrinal corruption, and the analytical method in analyzing Islamic concepts related to doctrinal and intellectual corruption, and providing a comprehensive Islamic vision for ways of treatment and control.

Results: It was found that doctrinal and intellectual corruption is one of the biggest challenges facing Islamic societies, and that its dangers are manifested in: participation in God Almighty, exaggeration in religion, division and partisanship, moral deviation, social disorder, and negative influence on the minds of young people. Intellectual corruption is also one of the supporting prerequisites for the corruption of sound faith and social decay.

Conclusion: The study confirmed that the application of Islamic principles contributes to combating doctrinal and intellectual corruption and achieving justice and societal security, and recommended promoting the correct Islamic faith as a tool to control human thought, activate moderate Islamic media, encourage sober scientific research, and adopt good role models in society.