In societies that sanctify transmission (Naql) over the intellect ('Aql), critical thinking and questioning become crimes, and those who use their minds are viewed as outliers or even as a threat to "axioms." Those who rely on transmission alone, without contemplation or analysis, feel threatened when facing a new idea or a different interpretation. Their default response is not through dialogue, but through insults, accusations of treason, and sometimes excommunication. However, in reality, an insult from these people is not an offense; it is a testimony that you are thinking and that you have liberated yourself from the mentality of blind indoctrination. The mind is man's primary tool for distinction, and divine legislation itself, in its essence, addresses minds, not repeating throats. Thus, when you face fierce resistance from the proponents of transmission, know that you are on the path of contemplation and enlightenment, because stagnant ideas alone do not provoke reactions, while living ideas are what cause earthquakes.
The conflict between transmission and the intellect is not new, but it is renewed in every age in different forms.
The real challenge lies in maintaining a balance between respecting the heritage and having the courage for critical thinking.
Insults and accusations of treason are but the weapons of the weak who fear the power of thought. Trust that every insult directed at you because of your critical thinking is, in fact, a badge of honor and proof that you are walking on the right path toward enlightenment and intellectual liberation.
That is why I say: If the insult comes to you from the people of transmission, know full well that you are among the people of intellect.