What is the difference between the Mu'tazilah and the Kalbites?

Question:
He asks: Is there a difference between the Mu'tazilah and the Kalbites in creed in general?

Answer:
There is no difference between them. No difference. The Mu'tazilah are called Mu'tazilah because they withdrew from the gathering of al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) and separated themselves, becoming biased, some against others, so they were called Mu'tazilah. They withdrew from the gathering of the Imam of the Tabi'un, al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him), so they were called Mu'tazilah.
Yes, before him. Yes, before him was Wasil ibn 'Ata al-Ghassani. Yes, Wasil ibn 'Ata al-Ghassani was one of the students of al-Hasan al-Basri. When a disagreement arose between him and al-Hasan over an issue, he became angry with his Shaykh and withdrew, and a group followed him.
A group followed him. This was because al-Hasan was asked about the one who commits a major sin, and he said that he is a believer with deficient faith. Wasil ibn 'Ata opposed him and said: No, I hold that he is in the intermediate position between the two positions; he is neither a believer nor a disbeliever. The one in the intermediate position between the two positions is neither a believer nor a disbeliever.
This is among the principles of the Mu'tazilah: the intermediate position between the two positions. It is an innovation or invalid. They are called the Kalbites, named after their Shaykh, Ibn Kullab, after their Shaykh, Ibn Kullab. Yes.