Chapter 47 of 981 min read

2. Freedom of Intellectual Research

٢. حرية البحث الفكري وأثرها في تطور الفقه

Total freedom and no restriction was common and thus even deviants would be allowed to express their opinions. AThere is an incident with Hasan Al Basri, someone asked Imam Hasan Al Basri, about what happens to one who commits a major sin. A student of his, Wasil ibn Ata, responded before his teacher Qabeelat Tayybah TCE Notes Revolution 54

could, by claiming he would be in a “station between muslim and kaafir.” Hasan Al Basri said that this was not the view of ahlul Sunnah wal jamah and kicked him out of the halaqa. This student ended up as the founder of the Mu’tazila and was promptly executed.

Chapter 47 of 981 min read

2. Freedom of Intellectual Research

٢. حرية البحث الفكري وأثرها في تطور الفقه

Total freedom and no restriction was common and thus even deviants would be allowed to express their opinions. AThere is an incident with Hasan Al Basri, someone asked Imam Hasan Al Basri, about what happens to one who commits a major sin. A student of his, Wasil ibn Ata, responded before his teacher Qabeelat Tayybah TCE Notes Revolution 54

could, by claiming he would be in a “station between muslim and kaafir.” Hasan Al Basri said that this was not the view of ahlul Sunnah wal jamah and kicked him out of the halaqa. This student ended up as the founder of the Mu’tazila and was promptly executed.