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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Do the Mu'tazilah become disbelievers by their statement: "The servant is the one who creates his own actions"?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, do the Mu'tazilah become disbelievers by their statement that the servant is the one who creates his own actions? And why did the scholars hesitate in declaring them disbelievers if their shirk (associating partners with Allah) is of this magnitude?

Answer:
Because most of them are followers of a scholar without knowing his evidence (taqlid); most of them are followers of a scholar without knowing his evidence, or they have a figurative interpretation (ta'wil) with doubts in their minds, so they are judged to be misguided. But if he intentionally holds this view, he is judged to be a disbeliever. However, most of them do not intend it; they are followers of a scholar without knowing his evidence or ignorant, so it is said that this is misguidance and they are forbidden from it. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [158 -521] هل يكفر المعتزلة بمقولتهم: إن العبد هو الذي يخلق أفعال نفسه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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