Mu'tazilite

GPTKB entity

Statements (39)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Mu'tazila
gptkbp:associatedWith rationalism
gptkbp:declinedAfter gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
gptkbp:doctrine al-manzilah bayna al-manzilatayn (the intermediate position)
al-wa'd wa al-wa'id (divine promise and threat)
adl (divine justice)
tawhid (oneness of God)
amr bil ma'ruf wa nahi anil munkar (commanding right and forbidding wrong)
gptkbp:emphasizes free will
reason
divine justice
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:theology
gptkbp:influencedBy Greek philosophy
gptkbp:legacy influenced Islamic philosophy
influenced Mu'tazili literature
influenced Zaydi Shia
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Abu_al-Hudhayl_al-Allaf
gptkb:Al-Nazzam
gptkb:Qadi_Abd_al-Jabbar
gptkb:Al-Jahiz
gptkb:Wasil_ibn_Ata
gptkb:Amr_ibn_Ubayd
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Sunni_orthodoxy
gptkb:Ash'arite
predestination
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Basra
8th century
gptkbp:region gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:North_Africa
gptkb:Yemen
gptkb:Persia
gptkbp:scripture gptkb:Quran
gptkbp:viewOnAttributesOfGod denied eternal attributes
gptkbp:viewOnQur'an created
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Tafsir_al-Kashaf
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5