Also they (the authors) have reported (traditions) from the Prophet...

Also they (the authors) have reported (traditions) from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and his family, which have cursed them, while we are innocent of their responsibility. One of these traditions is: “The Murjeia had been cursed by the tongues of seventy prophets. It was said to him: Who are the Murjeia? He said: Those who said: Belief is speech.”[2] In summary: There is no doubt who the Murjeia were at that time. Also they were a group of sects. We have mentioned their thoughts earlier.

Their 1 al- Miial Wa al- Nihal, 1/147. 2 Al- Farq Bayna ai- Firaq: p. 190. thoughts, which brought them together, was that words are enough to achieve belief even if there is no action to match these words, rather even if the action is contrary to the words. We are in no need to study thoroughly their subdivisions and their characteristics lest we should miss our aim and make mistakes. We ask Allah, the Exalted, to protect us from mistakes.

The Mu’tazila We have no doubt that at- I’tizäl (isolation) was born at the time of atSadiq, peace be on him, and at that time it spread. That was when ‘Amru b. Ubaid, Wash b. ‘Attä’, and the like isolated themselves from the theological school of at- Hasan at- Basry, so they called them with this name (i.e. the Mu’tazila or the isolated.) It is not correct that at- I’tizal (isolation) was born during the time of AmTr at- Mu’minTn (the Commander of the Faithful) when Sa’ad b. Abu Waqäs, b.

‘Amr, and Usâm b. Zayd isolated themselves from the battles of AmTr at- Mu’minrn, because that isolation was not due to an idea or suspicion in relation, rather it was deviation from (the right leadership) of AmTr at- Mu’minTn, peacebe on him.

Moreover, at- I’tizal was not know at that time, they were not called at- Mu’tazila (the isolated) on that day, and the Mu’tazila did not belong to their school After the Mu’tazila had agreed with each other on at- I’tizäl, they divided into many sects, and in our present time, there is no one, as I think, belonging to this school.