Stages of Imam al-Ash’ari thought in theology
Imam al-Ash’ari was the founder and leading figure of the Asha’irah sect of the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah. His approach is often used as a main reference by Muslims since the time of its appearance until now concerning questions of faith.Some other schools of thought try to claim that the holding...
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| description | Imam al-Ash’ari was the founder and leading figure of the Asha’irah sect of the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah. His approach is often used as a main reference by Muslims since the time of its appearance until now concerning questions of faith.Some other schools of thought try to claim that the holding of Imam al-Ash’ari doctrine coincides with their beliefs. Imam al-Ash’ari is said to go through three
stages of thought before he returned to the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah at the end of his life to follow Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal the leadership of Salaf. Therefore,anyone who does not abide by the final stand of Imam al-Ash'ari, they are not considered as Asha’irah followers for conflicting Imam al-Ash’ari and Salaf scholars as recognized the best of generations. To assure the issues, this article is
put forward to reexamine of the truth of the allegations either Imam al-Ash’ari has gone through three stages of thought or otherwise. Through document analysis method based on the works of Imam al-Ash’ari and his followers, the study found that Imam al-Ash’ari only used two stages of thought; Mu’tazilah initially and Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah in the end. Imam al-Ash’ari also used the tafwid Salaf and Khalaf interpretation methods especially in interacting with mutashabihat texts throughout his stay with the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah. The study also identified that the disagreements among Asha’irah when determining the thoughts of Imam al-Ash’ari is due to their uncertainty about the exact date of his works written. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:64112016-12-14T06:41:05Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6411/ Stages of Imam al-Ash’ari thought in theology Muhammad Rashidi Wahab, Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed Omar, Imam al-Ash’ari was the founder and leading figure of the Asha’irah sect of the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah. His approach is often used as a main reference by Muslims since the time of its appearance until now concerning questions of faith.Some other schools of thought try to claim that the holding of Imam al-Ash’ari doctrine coincides with their beliefs. Imam al-Ash’ari is said to go through three stages of thought before he returned to the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah at the end of his life to follow Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal the leadership of Salaf. Therefore,anyone who does not abide by the final stand of Imam al-Ash'ari, they are not considered as Asha’irah followers for conflicting Imam al-Ash’ari and Salaf scholars as recognized the best of generations. To assure the issues, this article is put forward to reexamine of the truth of the allegations either Imam al-Ash’ari has gone through three stages of thought or otherwise. Through document analysis method based on the works of Imam al-Ash’ari and his followers, the study found that Imam al-Ash’ari only used two stages of thought; Mu’tazilah initially and Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah in the end. Imam al-Ash’ari also used the tafwid Salaf and Khalaf interpretation methods especially in interacting with mutashabihat texts throughout his stay with the Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah. The study also identified that the disagreements among Asha’irah when determining the thoughts of Imam al-Ash’ari is due to their uncertainty about the exact date of his works written. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6411/1/5_Muhammad_Rashidi_IJIT_Vol_3_2013.pdf Muhammad Rashidi Wahab, and Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed Omar, (2013) Stages of Imam al-Ash’ari thought in theology. International Journal of Islamic Thought ( IJIT ), 3 . pp. 58-70. ISSN 2232-1314 http://www.ukm.my/ijit/ |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Rashidi Wahab, Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed Omar, Stages of Imam al-Ash’ari thought in theology |
| title | Stages of Imam al-Ash’ari thought in theology |
| title_full | Stages of Imam al-Ash’ari thought in theology |
| title_fullStr | Stages of Imam al-Ash’ari thought in theology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stages of Imam al-Ash’ari thought in theology |
| title_short | Stages of Imam al-Ash’ari thought in theology |
| title_sort | stages of imam al-ash’ari thought in theology |
| url | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6411/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6411/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6411/1/5_Muhammad_Rashidi_IJIT_Vol_3_2013.pdf |