Wa `alaykum As-Salamu wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh

 

Science is science, and wisdom is wisdom regardless of the source. The Prophet (peace be upon him) always relied on experts – without looking at their religious backgrounds.

 

He used the service of an expert guide when he decided to emigrate to Madinah; he was a pagan solely because of his expertise and trustworthiness. If he did not use his services, he would have been hunted down by the pagans who had sent their men all over the desert to track the Prophet (peace be upon him): they had declared a bounty on his head!

 

The prophet said, “Wisdom is the lost article of a believer; he would appropriate it wherever he finds it.”

 

Muslims down through the centuries have used experts in medicine, engineering as well all beneficial branches of knowledge – regardless of their religious or ideological affiliations. It is for this reason Islamic civilization has been considered even by some of the great western historians such as Richard Bulliet and others as one of the most open civilizations in the history of the world.

 

Almighty Allah knows best.