Who are the Mu'tazilah?
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The questioner : Who are the Mu'tazilah?
The Shaykh : The Mu'tazilah are an innovator sect that speaks about Allah, the speech of Allah, and the actions of Allah in a way that contradicts the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community. Their leaders are 'Amr ibn 'Ubayd and Wasil ibn 'Ata'. They are called the Mu'tazilah because they withdrew from the gathering of al-Hasan al-Basri, where he was establishing that the one who commits a major sin does not exit from faith, but rather is a believer whose faith is deficient, or a believer in his faith but an open sinner due to his major sin. So they withdrew from the gathering of al-Hasan al-Basri and adopted their famous statement: that the one who commits a major sin is in a position between two positions; he is not a believer and he is not a disbeliever, but despite that, he is eternally in the Fire.
So they meet with the Khawarij in the statement that the one who commits a major sin is eternally in the Fire, but the Khawarij explicitly state that he is a disbeliever who has exited Islam, whereas these people explicitly state that he has exited Islam, but they do not dare to say that he is a disbeliever. Rather, they say: he is in a position between two positions.
So they established this position that contradicts the speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), where He (Blessed and Exalted is He) said:[At-Taghabun 64:2] And there is no third category that is neither a disbeliever nor a believer, except according to the statement of these Mu'tazilah who innovated in the religion of Allah and its Shari'ah what is not part of it.
The questioner : May Allah bless you.
The Shaykh : The Mu'tazilah are an innovator sect that speaks about Allah, the speech of Allah, and the actions of Allah in a way that contradicts the methodology of the people of the Sunnah and the community. Their leaders are 'Amr ibn 'Ubayd and Wasil ibn 'Ata'. They are called the Mu'tazilah because they withdrew from the gathering of al-Hasan al-Basri, where he was establishing that the one who commits a major sin does not exit from faith, but rather is a believer whose faith is deficient, or a believer in his faith but an open sinner due to his major sin. So they withdrew from the gathering of al-Hasan al-Basri and adopted their famous statement: that the one who commits a major sin is in a position between two positions; he is not a believer and he is not a disbeliever, but despite that, he is eternally in the Fire.
So they meet with the Khawarij in the statement that the one who commits a major sin is eternally in the Fire, but the Khawarij explicitly state that he is a disbeliever who has exited Islam, whereas these people explicitly state that he has exited Islam, but they do not dare to say that he is a disbeliever. Rather, they say: he is in a position between two positions.
So they established this position that contradicts the speech of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), where He (Blessed and Exalted is He) said:
It is He who created you, and among you is the disbeliever, and among you is the believer
هُوَ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُمْ فَمِنْكُمْ كَافِرٌ وَمِنْكُمْ مُؤْمِنٌThe questioner : May Allah bless you.