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(i) The confusion of the Mu'tazilites and the Murji'ites
If you should say, "What then are the fallacies of the Mu'tazilites and the Murji'ites (and anyone
who
follows this way of thought), and what are the proofs that their position is false?" I would then
say that
their fallacies arose from their failure to understand certain generalities mentioned in the Koran.
As to the Murji'ites, they said that no believer would enter Hell fire, although he might commit
every
possible sin. They based their position on the Words of Allah when he said, "And whoever believes
in his
Lord, shall fear neither shortage nor injustice" (Quran 72:13) and again in His Words when He said:
"Those who believe in Allah and His Messengers are the sincere and the martyrs before their Lord.
They
shall have their reward and their light. But those that disbelieve and belied Our verses, are the
inhabitants of Hell." (Quran 57:19).
If you should say, "What then are the fallacies of the Mu'tazilites and the Murji'ites (and anyone
who
follows this way of thought), and what are the proofs that their position is false?" I would then
say that
their fallacies arose from their failure to understand certain generalities mentioned in the Koran.
As to the Murji'ites, they said that no believer would enter Hell fire, although he might commit
every
possible sin. They based their position on the Words of Allah when he said, "And whoever believes
in his
Lord, shall fear neither shortage nor injustice" (Quran 72:13) and again in His Words when He said:
"Those who believe in Allah and His Messengers are the sincere and the martyrs before their Lord.
They
shall have their reward and their light. But those that disbelieve and belied Our verses, are the
inhabitants of Hell." (Quran 57:19).