بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

The launch of artificial intelligence-powered Islamic preachers has raised questions in Malaysia over the technology’s potential to distort local Islamic teachings and undermine the role of qualified scholars.

Imaam Maalik رحمة الله عليه used to say:

ليس العلم بكثرة الرواية، وإنما هو نور يضعه الله في القلب

“`Ilm is not about being able to narrate a lot (of Ahaadeeth); rather, `Ilm is a Noor which Allaah places in the heart.” [Sifatus Safwah]

“AI Shuyookh” are inherently flawed. Their criterion for right and wrong is “majority opinion”.

The criterion of an `Aalim of Haqq is the Sharee`ah. Through the Noor that Allaah Ta`aalaa places in the heart of an `Aalim of Haqq, he knows what it is that Allaah Ta`aalaa would want from people in a given situation, and he issues his fatwaa accordingly.

AI can never do that, no matter how much it advances.