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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Muhammad Rashidi Wahab, Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed Omar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2013
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6411/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6411/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/6411/1/5_Muhammad_Rashidi_IJIT_Vol_3_2013.pdf
id ukm-6411
recordtype eprints
spelling ukm-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/
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Local University
institution Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
building UKM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
language English
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.
format Article
author Muhammad Rashidi Wahab,
Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed Omar,
spellingShingle Muhammad Rashidi Wahab,
Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed Omar,
Stages of Imam al-Ash’ari thought in theology
author_facet Muhammad Rashidi Wahab,
Syed Hadzrullathfi Syed Omar,
author_sort Muhammad Rashidi Wahab,
title Stages of Imam al-Ash’ari thought in theology
title_short 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_sort stages of imam al-ash’ari thought in theology
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2013
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
first_indexed 2023-09-18T19:46:50Z
last_indexed 2023-09-18T19:46:50Z
_version_ 1777405956158652416