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**amannddo** · 11-21-2010, 12:16 PM

Salam Alaikum,
Yes this question intrigues many doctors and scientists like ourselves who have had the opportunity of exposure to the technical side (biochemical/evolutionary) as well as the spiritual side (deen and seeking to strengthen it with any knowledge including things that may not be entirely apparent in mainstay Islam or even contemporary times globally) and leads us to ask of our muslim scholar counter-parts simple yet profound philosophical questions. To that end its important that they answer our questions with decisions arising from as highly informed a perspective as we (scientists) can give them.

I think the issue stems from, beyond the technical details of DMT and other similar psychotropic substances that open powerful and enigmatic doors, the relation to the Prophet (saw) and the way he lived his own life. The question I'm trying to figure out has to do with sunnat, and the necessity of a muslim to follow the sunnat as close as possible in order to achieve any enlightenment of knowledge in this world and its rewards after. Are any gains through a DMT experience merely misleading? Can evident truths only be unlocked by following the sunnat as closely as possible? Biologically we have the capacity to undergo these experiences endogenously, which is a major a step in understanding how all-inclusive our bodies are, but what of taking these exogenous shortcuts?

I want to know how closely a substance, or any modern innovation in scientific discovery can be deemed as haram if we stumble upon them after the times of the Prophet. What are the processes and questions that will arise in a Fatwa ruling on this and similar compounds? I think that increasingly young muslims are asking these questions and it is imperative that our Ummah takes a serious and penetrating point-of-research on this matter.
So far I'm trying to take the stance of patience, and allowing myself to ponder these questions in as clear-headed a brain as possible (save for caffeine) and hoping for the answer to this and many other questions in the hereafter. I hope these questions reach brothers and sisters who truly understand this issue (as being far different from smoking cigarettes or drinking) and the intentions behind them. May Allah help me and brothers like me to remain resolved on the path to purity.

11-21-2010, 12:16 PM	#8
amannddo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 410 Senior Member	Salam Alaikum, Yes this question intrigues many doctors and scientists like ourselves who have had the opportunity of exposure to the technical side (biochemical/evolutionary) as well as the spiritual side (deen and seeking to strengthen it with any knowledge including things that may not be entirely apparent in mainstay Islam or even contemporary times globally) and leads us to ask of our muslim scholar counter-parts simple yet profound philosophical questions. To that end its important that they answer our questions with decisions arising from as highly informed a perspective as we (scientists) can give them. I think the issue stems from, beyond the technical details of DMT and other similar psychotropic substances that open powerful and enigmatic doors, the relation to the Prophet (saw) and the way he lived his own life. The question I'm trying to figure out has to do with sunnat, and the necessity of a muslim to follow the sunnat as close as possible in order to achieve any enlightenment of knowledge in this world and its rewards after. Are any gains through a DMT experience merely misleading? Can evident truths only be unlocked by following the sunnat as closely as possible? Biologically we have the capacity to undergo these experiences endogenously, which is a major a step in understanding how all-inclusive our bodies are, but what of taking these exogenous shortcuts? I want to know how closely a substance, or any modern innovation in scientific discovery can be deemed as haram if we stumble upon them after the times of the Prophet. What are the processes and questions that will arise in a Fatwa ruling on this and similar compounds? I think that increasingly young muslims are asking these questions and it is imperative that our Ummah takes a serious and penetrating point-of-research on this matter. So far I'm trying to take the stance of patience, and allowing myself to ponder these questions in as clear-headed a brain as possible (save for caffeine) and hoping for the answer to this and many other questions in the hereafter. I hope these questions reach brothers and sisters who truly understand this issue (as being far different from smoking cigarettes or drinking) and the intentions behind them. May Allah help me and brothers like me to remain resolved on the path to purity.
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