Ash'ari

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Ash'ari is a prominent Sunni Islamic theological school that emphasizes divine omnipotence and revelation over pure rationalism while still employing rational methods to defend orthodox beliefs.

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instanceOf Sunni Islamic theological school ⓘ
kalam school ⓘ
aimsTo defend Sunni orthodoxy ⓘ
geographicalSpread historically strong in North Africa ⓘ
historically strong in parts of the Levant ⓘ
historically strong in parts of the Muslim world influenced by Shafi'i and Maliki fiqh ⓘ
historically strong in the central Islamic lands ⓘ
influenced Sunni legal schools such as Maliki ⓘ
Sunni legal schools such as Shafi'i ⓘ
Sunni legal schools such as some Hanbalis ⓘ
opposes Mu'tazilite theology ⓘ
extreme rationalism in theology ⓘ
religiousTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
theologicalOrientation emphasis on divine omnipotence ⓘ
emphasis on divine revelation ⓘ
moderate use of rational methods ⓘ
usesMethod kalam (Islamic dialectical theology) ⓘ
viewOnAttributesOfGod affirms divine attributes without asking how (bila kayf) ⓘ
rejects anthropomorphism ⓘ
viewOnBeatificVision affirms vision of God in the hereafter without modality ⓘ
viewOnCausality God directly creates all events ⓘ
denies necessary natural causation ⓘ
occasionalism ⓘ
viewOnCompanions respects all Companions of the Prophet ⓘ
viewOnConsensus affirms authority of scholarly consensus (ijma') ⓘ
viewOnDivinePower God is omnipotent ⓘ
viewOnDivineSpeech God's speech is an eternal attribute ⓘ
viewOnDivineWill God's will is absolute ⓘ
viewOnEthics denies independent rational obligation on God ⓘ
good and evil are known primarily through revelation ⓘ
viewOnFaith faith (iman) consists of belief in the heart and affirmation by the tongue ⓘ
faith can increase and decrease ⓘ
viewOnFreeWill God creates human acts ⓘ
doctrine of acquisition (kasb) ⓘ
humans acquire responsibility for their acts ⓘ
viewOnGraveSinner grave sinner remains a Muslim unless they commit disbelief ⓘ
viewOnHereafter affirms bodily resurrection ⓘ
affirms existence of Paradise and Hell ⓘ
affirms intercession (shafa'ah) by the Prophet ⓘ
viewOnImanAndIslam distinguishes between faith and outward Islam but links them closely ⓘ
viewOnInnovation condemns blameworthy religious innovation (bid'ah) ⓘ
viewOnInterpretation allows figurative interpretation (ta'wil) of ambiguous texts ⓘ
prefers consigning detailed meaning to God (tafwid) for some attributes ⓘ
viewOnMiracles miracles are signs of prophethood ⓘ
viewOnPredestination strong affirmation of divine predestination (qadar) ⓘ
viewOnProphethood prophethood is necessary for guidance ⓘ
viewOnQuran Qur'an is eternal with God ⓘ
linked to: Quran

Qur'an is uncreated in its meaning ⓘ
linked to: Quran
viewOnReason reason is subordinate to revelation ⓘ

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Al-Ghazali → theologicalSchool → Ash'ari ⓘ
subject linked to: al‑Ghazali
Al-Ghazali → influencedBy → Al-Ash'ari ⓘ
subject linked to: al‑Ghazali
linked to: Ash'ari
Islamic philosophy → debatedWith → Asharite theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Islamic kalam → hasMajorSchool → Ashʿarism ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Athari creed → contrastedWith → Ashʿari creed ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Qadiri → hasDoctrine → Ash‘ari theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Islam in Egypt → hasTheologicalTradition → Ash'ari theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Nizamiyya of Baghdad → mainTradition → Ash‘ari theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
al-Qushayri → schoolTradition → Ashʿari school ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Al-Nawawi → schoolTradition → Ash'ari theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Algazel → followsCreed → Ash‘ari ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Algazel → influencedBy → Al-Ash‘ari ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Kimiya-yi Sa'adat → associatedWith → Ash'ari theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Al-Munqidh min al-Dalal → associatedWith → Ash'ari theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami → creed → Ash'ari theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Al-Maqasid al-Asna → associatedWith → Ashari theology ⓘ
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Al-Maqasid al-Asna → theologicalOrientation → Sunni Ashari ⓘ
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Al-Suyuti → creed → Ash'ari ⓘ
Al-Juwayni → denomination → Ash'ari ⓘ
Al-Juwayni → movement → Ash'ari school of theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi → creed → Ashʿari ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi → schoolTradition → Ashʿarism ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Sunni theology → includesSchool → Ash‘ari theology ⓘ
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Sunni theology → majorSchool → Ash‘arism ⓘ
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Muʿtazilite theology → contrastsWith → Ashʿarite theology ⓘ
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Ibn Tumart → theologicalOrientation → Ashʿari ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Al-Azhar Council of Senior Scholars → religiousTradition → Ashʿari theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini → movement → Ash'arism ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini → confessionalAlignment → Ash'ari Sunni ⓘ
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The Deliverance from Error → associatedWith → Ash'ari theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
The Incoherence of the Philosophers → schoolOfTheology → Ashʿarite theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Qadr (Divine Decree) → emphasizedBy → Ash‘ari school ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Māturīdism → contrastedWith → Ashʿarism ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Zaydi kalam → differsFrom → Sunni Ashʿari kalam ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
ʿAbd al-Karim ibn Hawazin al-Qushayri → creed → Ashʿari ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
ʿAbd al-Karim ibn Hawazin al-Qushayri → theologicalSchool → Ashʿarism ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Lataʾif al-Isharat → associatedWith → Ashʿari theology ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Hasyim Asy'ari → familyName → Asy'ari ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Hasyim Asy'ari → religiousDenomination → Ash'ari creed ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
Nahdlatul Ulama → theologicalSchool → Ash‘ari ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
al-Risala al-Qushayriyya → theologicalSchoolContext → Ash‘ari ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
ʿAbd al-Karim al-Qushayri → tradition → Ashʿari theology ⓘ
subject linked to: ʿAbd al-Karim
linked to: Ash'ari
Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb → theologicalSchool → Ashʿarī ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari