A salafi friend once pointed out I was a Mu’tazila, I paid no attention and thought he was just being his salafi self, although I eventually realised I actually did fall into Mu’tazila belief for a total period of two weeks. It’s uncool being Mu’tazila, let alone Salafis even Sufis who are all about unity of religions do not approve of Mu’tazila doctrine. Since then, what I call intellectual redress I am undecided if I should go for the Ash’ari or the Maturidi doctrine as for almost two years I’ve not had an adopted Aqeedah!
Although I think I should subscribe to a school of aqeedah preferably one which corresponds with a mainstream view just to be normal, however its been so long without one I don’t see the need anymore. There are many advantages of not adopting a particular school of Aqeedah, for one you don’t see the need to condemn others and secondly you can just be a Muslim. To me being a Muslim means we must have decisive belief in the existence of God who is the creator of all that exist, His books, His Messengers, His angels, the day of judgement, Divine fate and destiny and the Prophet of Islam Mohammed (saw) being the last and final of the Messengers.
Technically following a school of aqeedah means following someone else’s viewpoint or understanding of Islam, which is perfectly acceptable in matters of fiqh since not everyone will specialise in fiqh so there will be a level of dependency on learned people. But why do we need a set of bullet points telling us what our belief in God should entail? It eventually generates weakness in belief as people have not gone through a rational process of deducting certain truths which is replaced with an artificial conviction of following the saved sect, ie ahlasunnah wal jammah. Maybe if everyone followed the conviction of their heart and build upon it without having to memories chunks of text we may see some difference. I think I am happier now than two years ago and I don’t have to engage anymore in endless debates on attributes of God!
Salam,
Fisrt, scuse me for my English. I am French.
Now; I am Mu’tazili, and even if we are a very small minority, I am proud of it. But, I respect, and consider all of those who are considering themselves as muslims.
Being a Mu’tazili is not a matter of fashion and “uncooliness”, but of honesty and coherence.
Wa salam
And you are not alone
Selam from Bosnia.
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Salam
I am a mutazilah as well Alhamdulilah as I believe in the concept of Rationalism and divide unity
Let me clarify, i am not Mu;tazila, I am just muslim.
Btw I didn’t know there was an organised Mu’tazila community somewhere. Nice to meet you guys, but I won’t be joining you unfortunetly.
Mutazilah, you deviants behave yourselves and give up your Mutazilah ways which has been rejected by the majority of Muslims ever since it came out. Islam is what the majority of the Ummah holds onto and whoever separates themselves from it is in error.
You even admit that you are in the minority, so what hope is there for you if you refuse to stand with ahlul sunnah wal jammat.
Anyway no matter you wrong your own souls with your deviant Mutazila creed.
JustMuslimBro,
Wow! you seem to be suffering from security and power addictions that lead you to believe that name calling is 1. conducive to the argument and 2. In line with Muslim/Islamic manners. There is no pure Islamic brand, the problem with Muslims in the west is that there is a continual love for division,Muslims must become wiser, each sect believes in Allah, Muhammad and the Quran. My suggestion for you is to be at least as wise as the alcoholic, for he/she is not concerned with the name on the bottle but with the contents inside. Sufi, Salafi, Mutazilla etc, etc it is the fruit that is produced in the charter of the person that matters,not the names that we ascribe. Btw, what do Ibrahim,Musa, Issa and Muhmmad (PBUT) have in common… the answer, you have already alluded to in your initial post, they all were in the minority:)
peace and best
EAli