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08:07:57 pm on May 19, 2008 | # | |
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when i was a kid i was taught in the masjid that muslims believed in predestination. a quick survey of the literature suggests that this is much stronger a consensus among sunnis. talking to actually muslims suggests that the consensus isn’t really a consensus. thoughts?
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thabet 8:14 am on May 20, 2008 | #

What does or doesn’t have ‘consensus’ is usually restricted to discussions amongst the (Sunni) ulama (or it has come to mean this).

Predestination is an article of faith, and in pious circles asking too many questions about it is considered the start of a slippery slope.
Ali Eteraz 8:54 am on May 20, 2008 | #

Are you talking about qismet?

Theologically the Jabarites were not accepted by the Muslim orthodoxy i.e. Ghazali.

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