Islam and the authority of reason and science

Muhammad Farid Wajdi presents Islam as calling to reflection, thinking, demanding proof and casting off blind imitation — the whole Qur'an rests on these principles ¹. He cites a hadith that religion is reason; a marginal note records al-Nasa'i judged it baseless ² — so no hadith is ascribed to the Prophet ﷺ without verifying its grade. The author holds Islam spread "with neither summons nor compulsion" — his own view, presented alongside others.