Thursday, March 19, 2020

Doctrines of Islam Course Handout - 02 (Main Divisions)

Main Kalami Schools

1- Sunni
    1-1-Mutazilite
Historical origin: Wasil b. Ata (early 2nd century) isolated himself after proposed “a sinner is not either Mu’min (as Murji’a would have said) not Kafir (as Khawarij would have said) but he is Fasiq.”
   
 1-2-Asharite
Historical origin: early 4th cent. Abu al-Hasan Ash'ari's attempt to reconcile between scriptualist elements and Mutazilite beliefs

2-Shia (Imami)
Historical Origin: Disagreement over the successorship to Prophet Muhammad (s) and religious-political authority after him.

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