Jahmiyya
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Jahmiyya is an early Islamic theological sect associated with Jahm ibn Safwan, known for its extreme emphasis on divine predestination and its controversial views on the nature of God's attributes.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jahmiyya canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic sect
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Islamic theological school ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
createdness of the Qur’an
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denial that God can be seen in the Hereafter ⓘ negation of God’s direction and spatial location ⓘ |
| classifiedAs | heretical sect in mainstream Sunni heresiography ⓘ |
| controversialFor |
extreme negation of attributes
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position on the created Qur’an ⓘ radical determinism ⓘ |
| coreDoctrine |
God’s speech is created
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Qur’an is created ⓘ affirmation of God’s existence without affirming distinct eternal attributes ⓘ denial of human free will in a real causal sense ⓘ extreme emphasis on divine predestination ⓘ negation of most divine attributes ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
NERFINISHED
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Ibn Taymiyya NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunni heresiographers ⓘ |
| doctrinalOpposite | Qadariyya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emergedInCentury | 8th century ⓘ |
| emergedInRegion | Khorasan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Jahm ibn Safwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalCategory | early kalam movement ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | largely disappeared as an organized sect ⓘ |
| influenced | later discussions on divine attributes in Islamic theology ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Jahm ibn Safwan’s teacher al-Jaʿd ibn Dirham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| legacy | label used polemically for groups seen as denying divine attributes ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Jahm ibn Safwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Ahl al-Hadith
NERFINISHED
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Ashʿarites NERFINISHED ⓘ Hanbali traditionalists NERFINISHED ⓘ Maturidites NERFINISHED ⓘ Muʿtazilites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousLawContext | developed within early Sunni and proto-Sunni milieus ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Islam ⓘ |
| theologicalPosition |
extreme predestinarianism (jabr)
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taʿṭīl (stripping God of attributes) ⓘ |
| viewOnDivineAttributes |
interpretation of scriptural attributes in a highly figurative or negating way
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rejection of anthropomorphic attributes ⓘ |
| viewOnFaith |
actions are not part of the essence of faith
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īmān is merely inner knowledge ⓘ |
| viewOnGod |
God cannot be described by positive attributes distinct from His essence
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God is absolutely transcendent and unlike creation ⓘ |
| viewOnHumanActs |
human acts are directly created by God
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humans have no independent creative power ⓘ |
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