Haris el-Muhasibi'ye Göre Haberi Sıfatlar

Abstract

III. century of Hegira is important as it is the time when Islamic sciences were systematically discussed. Although Muhasibi didn’t try to establish a sect, because of the method he used, he is among the scholars who contributed to the formation of the kalam of Ahl al-Sunnah. He is the scholar having the highest number of texts in the Sıfatiyye school. His text, Fahmu'l-Qur'an, is important since it reflects Muhâsibî's views on kalam. Predecessors had accepted only what God said and what was transmitted from the Prophet without questioning their meaning. They had paid attention to reject every kind of anthropomorphism having a conflict with God’s own specific subjects presented by Qur’an. As for their successor scholars, they had asserted that the apparent meaning of the basic religious sources associtaing the God with the created ones should explain God by referring to attributes which are possible to define Him. In this respect, Muhasibi had made a comprehensive evaluation and rational explanations by following a way between the scholars of predecessors and successors. He was among the first ones who supported the God’s attributes against Mu'tazila. In this respect, he was criticized by scholars of predecessors in his time

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