The Final Say in the Issue Death between Mu'tazilah and Ahlussunnah Wal Jamaah

Abstract

This research aims at clarifying the argument in the issue of the murder between Mu'tazilah and Ahlussunnah Wal Jamaah. The study discusses whether the murdered individual dies in his moment of death which Allah made it for him or the killing cut off his life which would have been continued if he had not killed. Also, this article examines whether there is a real argument between Mu'tazilah and Ahlussunnah Wal Jamaah on the issue of death or it is only a verbal controversy. In addition, the study shows who was fair with the Mu'tazilites among the Sunnis and the Jamaa on the issue of death. The comparative analytical descriptive approach was utilized to achieve the research goals. The findings revealed that according to Ahlussunnah Wal Jamaah, the individual who has been murdered is dead in his moment of death which Allah wrote down for him in the Preserved Tablet (al-Lawh al-Mahfuz). The study found that there is a consensus among Al-Mu'tazilah that the murdered has only one moment of death and therefore they agree with Ahlussunnah Wal Jamaah on the murdered issue. Besides, the research found the disagreement between Al-Mu'tazilah and Ahlussunnah Wal Jamaah in the murdered issue is only a verbal controversy. Al-Ash'ari, Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi, and others were fair with the Mu'tazilites on the issue of death.