Mu'tazilites

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mihna_(Inquisition)
gptkbp:category gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
Rationalist schools of thought
gptkbp:coreBelief God must act justly
human reason can discern good and evil
God's attributes are not separate from His essence
Qur'an is created, not eternal
humans have free will
reward and punishment are just
gptkbp:declinedAfter 9th century
gptkbp:foundedIn 8th century
gptkbp:hasDoctrine free will
rationalism
divine justice
createdness of the Qur'an
unity of God (tawhid)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mu'tazilites
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkb:philosophy
gptkb:theology
gptkbp:influencedBy Greek philosophy
Hellenistic thought
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Abu_al-Hudhayl_al-Allaf
gptkb:Al-Nazzam
gptkb:Al-Jahiz
gptkb:Wasil_ibn_Ata
gptkb:Amr_ibn_Ubayd
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Ash'arites
gptkb:Sunni_orthodoxy
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Basra
gptkbp:region gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Yemen
gptkb:Persia
gptkbp:supportedBy Abbasid Caliph al-Ma'mun
gptkbp:survivesIn gptkb:Zaydi_Shia_Islam
Some Ibadi communities
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ahl_al-Hadith
gptkb:Hisham_ibn_al-Hakam
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6