The five principles of Al Mutazilah : presentation and criticism

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This paper aimed to explain the five principles of Mu'tazila, and the position of the people of Ahlussunnah wal Jama'ah towards these five principles: 1) Monotheism.

2) Justice.

3) Promise and threat.

4) The intermediate position.

5) The enjoining of right and prohibition of wrong.

It attempted to compare between Al Mu'tazila doctrine and Ahlussunnah wal Jama'ah doctrine.

Qadi 'Abd al-Jabbar explained why they limited their doctrine to these five principles saying: No doubt that those who contradicted us are limited to these principles, don't you see that the contradiction of infidels and atheists in cooperative and assimilators, has joined the principle of monotheism?, contradiction of compellers has joined all the principle of justice?, those of deferred joined the principle of promise and threat? those Kharijites "dissidenters" have joined under the principle of intermediate position? and contradiction of Imamis have joined the enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong ?.

No one deserves the name of Al Mutazilah unless he believes in these five principles