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(c) They say that the world is everlasting, without beginning or end. But no Muslim has adopted any
such
view on this question.
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.
such
view on this question.
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.