Miḥna
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Miḥna was an Islamic inquisition instituted by the Abbasid caliphs in the 9th century to enforce the doctrine that the Qur’an was created, testing and persecuting scholars who refused to conform.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic inquisition
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religious persecution ⓘ theological controversy ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | al-Mutawakkil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aim |
assert caliphal authority over religious doctrine
ⓘ
enforce doctrinal uniformity ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Islamic inquisition
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mihna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Abbasid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedSchool | Muʿtazilism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consequence |
decline of Muʿtazilite influence
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elevation of Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal’s prestige ⓘ later Sunni consensus on uncreated Qur’an ⓘ strengthening of traditionalist Sunni authority ⓘ |
| continuedBy |
al-Muʿtaṣim
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
al-Wāthiq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedIn | classical Islamic historiography ⓘ |
| endedByEvent | policy reversal under al-Mutawakkil ⓘ |
| endTime | 848 ⓘ |
| enforcedDoctrine | Qur’an is created ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic law
ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ Qur’anic studies ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Muʿtazilite theology adopted at court
ⓘ
political desire to control religious elites ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 9th century ⓘ |
| initiatedBy | al-Maʾmūn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Baghdad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Samarra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTopic | createdness of the Qur’an ⓘ |
| method |
dismissal from office
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flogging ⓘ imprisonment ⓘ inquisition of scholars ⓘ |
| notableVictim |
Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
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Yūsuf ibn Yaḥyā al-Buwayṭī NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Buwayṭī NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedDoctrine | Qur’an is uncreated ⓘ |
| opposedGroup | Ahl al-Ḥadīth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedSchool | traditionalist Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| partOf | Abbasid religious policy ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| startTime | 833 ⓘ |
| targetedGroup |
jurists
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qāḍīs ⓘ theologians ⓘ ḥadīth scholars ⓘ |
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