It is not our purpose to research the gathering of these...

It is not our purpose to research the gathering of these names in the Schools of at- Ash’ary or their departing from, rather our first purpose is to know the situation of al- Murjeia on that day. There is no doubt that the Murjeia in that time were sets and schools.

They were gathered together by their opinion that said: it is enough (to show) faith with words even if there is no act, and even if the person who claims belief commits every atrocity still he is a believer and follows the faith of Jibrâ’il and Mika’il, and they delayed forgiveness for those who commit great sins, maybe, they were called the Murjeia for this reason or because Allah has delayed their punishment.

(it is derived from the word at- irjâ’ meaning delay) or because they delayed ‘Au, peace be on him, from the first degree to the fourth degree as at- Shahristãny has mentioned. What we have mentioned is the common idea among the groups of the Murjeia. This what the books of the two parties have reported, which has mentioned the meeting of the parties and departing of the religious sects. Were abu Hanifa and his fellower from the Mâsiryya Murjeia,’[1] who lived in Iraq? Were at- Shäfi’y, Málik b.

Anas, b. abu Layla, Shurayk b. Abd Allah, and their fellower from the Murjeia who were called atShukkäk or at- Batariya, and they were the people of at- HashLi and the great majority who were called at- Hashawiya? We can not decide this, because the books of the sects are different about that ancestry. Also they did not depend on reliable references that may help us to understand the correct viewpoints.

Besides the fanaticism of those authors for their sects and schools made the other sect a goal for them. Moreover, the men of the secular authorities in those times helped this crime to happen, because they propagated a sect and waged war against the other. To achieve this purpose, they hired, orators to preach and for them, so the person who has no knowledge or studies may miss the truth. Maybe, those books have thrown many writers into snares of confusion.

In short, it is not easy for us to depend on those books to understand the correct ancestry. So, the only sect which has correctly related to the Murjeia is at- Jahamyya, who were the followers of Jaham b. Safwân, because they frankly believed in what we have mentioned, and the authors have agreed on that.