Philosophers he ridicules; about arithmetic he says that one should not waste time on it but only learn enough to calculate shares of inheritance and to determine the direction of the Ka'bah. Geometry he declares to be most useless: what good is it, he asks, to know that the sum of the angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles? “We could multiply the catalogue of the orthodox condemnations of positive thought and science but the illustrations given here should suffice.
Jibu: Ni kweli kuwa dhahiri Aya inafahamisha hivyo na inakusanya swala ya faradhi na sunna katika hali zote, lakini imethibiti kutoka kwa Mtume, Maimamu na kwa Ijmai kwamba swala ya faradhi haiswihi kama mtu akielekea pengine ikiwa anaweza kuelekea Al-Ka aba na swala ya sunna inasihi kwa kuelekea popote katika hali ya kupanda kwenye chombo cha kusafiria na katika hali ya kutembea kwa miguu. Vile vile inaswihi kuswali swala ya faradhi kwa kuelekea upande wowote kwa yule aliyeshindwa kujua Qibla.