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On the further points-their denial of the attributes of Allah, their doctrine that
Allah knows by His essence and not by a knowledge which is over and above
His essence, and the like-their position approximates to that of the Mu‟tazilah;
and the Mu‟tazilah must not be accounted infidels because of such matters. In
my book, The Decisive Criterion for distinguishing Islam from Heresy, I have
presented the grounds for regarding as corrupt the opinion of those who
hastily pronounce a man an infidel if he deviates from their own system of
doctrine.
5. POLITICS. All their discussion of this is based on considerations of worldly
and governmental advantage. These they borrow from the Divine scriptures
revealed through the prophets and from the maxims handed down from the
saints of old.
6. ETHICS. Their whole discussion of ethics consists in defining the
characteristics and moral constitution of the soul and enumerating the various
types of soul and the method of moderating and controlling them. This they
borrow from the teaching of the mystics, those men of piety whose chief
occupation is to meditate upon Allah, to oppose the passions, and to walk in
Allah knows by His essence and not by a knowledge which is over and above
His essence, and the like-their position approximates to that of the Mu‟tazilah;
and the Mu‟tazilah must not be accounted infidels because of such matters. In
my book, The Decisive Criterion for distinguishing Islam from Heresy, I have
presented the grounds for regarding as corrupt the opinion of those who
hastily pronounce a man an infidel if he deviates from their own system of
doctrine.
5. POLITICS. All their discussion of this is based on considerations of worldly
and governmental advantage. These they borrow from the Divine scriptures
revealed through the prophets and from the maxims handed down from the
saints of old.
6. ETHICS. Their whole discussion of ethics consists in defining the
characteristics and moral constitution of the soul and enumerating the various
types of soul and the method of moderating and controlling them. This they
borrow from the teaching of the mystics, those men of piety whose chief
occupation is to meditate upon Allah, to oppose the passions, and to walk in