Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (253) | Postponed
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The Murji'ah.
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They are a sect that emerged as a reactionary counter-movement to the Khawarij and their positions.
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Just as the Khawarij adopted a path of extremism through excess,
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The Murji'ah adopted a path of extremism through negligence.
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They countered the methodology of the Khawarij—who declared people disbelievers for committing sins—
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With a methodology of dilution in defining the meaning of faith.
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They claimed that faith is merely inward affirmation.
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They excluded deeds from the reality of faith.
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The Murji'ah were given this name
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Because they "postponed" (arja'a) deeds from the definition of faith.
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The influence of the Murji'ah has reached some who claim to follow the creed of the salaf in our current time,
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As they restrict disbelief and apostasy solely to declaring the forbidden as lawful or outright denial.
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They do not consider actions that demonstrate defiance and arrogance to be disbelief,
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Nor do they consider mockery or hatred of Allah and His law to be disbelief.
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Based on their belief regarding faith and its definition, the Murji'ah
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Do not acknowledge that faith increases with obedience and decreases with disobedience.
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Nor do they accept making an exception (istithna') regarding one's faith.
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They are of various types.
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Among them are the extremists who claim that faith is merely knowledge.
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Others restrict it to affirmation alone.
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Others claim it is the affirmation of the heart and the speech of the tongue only,
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Without including deeds within it.
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Among them are those who say:
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Whoever says "There is no god but Allah" is a believer, no matter what deeds he commits, provided he does not declare the forbidden as lawful.
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Even though declaring the forbidden as lawful is a condition for some sins—not all—to judge the perpetrator as a disbeliever.
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The tribulation of the Murji'ah has led to the dilution of the religion and the spread of corruption,
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As well as the weakening of the duty of enjoining good and forbidding evil,
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And the duty of jihad in the path of Allah.
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Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, says:
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"Others among the Murji'ah and the wicked
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May see fit to abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil,
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Thinking that this is a way to avoid discord."
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Among their most severe tribulations is that they do not consider one who rejects the law of Allah to be an apostate,
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Nor one who supports the enemies of Allah against the Muslims.
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Thus, the atmosphere was cleared for heretics and tyrants by these fatwas from the leaders of the Murji'ah,
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And they spread corruption on earth and legislated disbelief for the people in the name of public interest and other excuses.
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Yet, they remained believers in the view of the Murji'ah,
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Because they say "There is no god but Allah."
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How happy the tyrants are with this school of thought!
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Therefore, it was said that the Murji'ah follow the religion of kings.
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The Murji'ah of the jurists are those who say that deeds are obligatory and that people vary in them,
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But they do not include deeds in the definition and reality of faith.
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This view is attributed to the school of Abu Hanifah, may Allah have mercy on him,
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And it is the mildest form of Irja'.
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.