Abstract: In a treatise known as al-Furqan baynaal-Haqqi wa al-Batil, Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328) attempted to produce a sketch of the history of heresy, starting with the Kharijis' excessive labeling of most Muslims as non-Muslims, passing by Shi'i reconsideration of the status of the Prophet Muhammad's two companions (Abu Bakr and 'Umar), and the Qadari (Mu'tazili) views about grave sinners' middle state (al-manzila bayna al-manzilatayn; residing neither in Hell nor in Paradise), and moving into other heresies such as those of the Murji'is with their excessive skepticism about the nature and stability of "belief" as well as the impact of actions on faith.1 The Mutazili heresy can be dated, according to Ibn Taymiyya, to as early as the end of the age of the companions or thereabout.2 This heresy, the denial of qadar (hence the label Qadari and Qadariyya), is best understood broadly as a failure to accept God's will without mixing its apparent elements with human (Mu'tazili) reasoning, tinged as it is by foreign ideas—as Ibn Taymiyya explains in other writings.3KeywordsLegal TheoristHuman ReasonMuslim WorldDivine RevelationDivine ProvidenceThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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