The history and doctrines of the Karrāmiyya sect with special reference to ar-Rāzī's criticism
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06/1970Author
el-Galli, Aḥmad Muḥammad Aḥmad
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Abstract
The objective of this thesis is the study of the history and
doctrines of one of the Muslim sects namely the Karramiyya sect,
with special attention made to Fakhr ad-Dln ar-RazI's
criticism of the sect's doctrines and views. Therefore the first
chapter of this study is dedicated to the study of ar-Razi's life
in particular that part connected with his involvement with the
Karramites. In the second chapter I have treated the history of
the sect starting from its founder Muhammad Ibn-Karram including
various aspects of his life as well as his achievement and
significance. It is also dealt here with the history of the sect
after Ibn-Karram and the role which his adherents had played in the
life of Khurasan and the Ghur regime.
The following chapters have been devoted to the explanation of
the theological doctrines of the sect. In the third chapter it is
dealt with the Karramite views regarding the nature of God and the
problems related to their views in this respect. Therefore a
section of this chapter is concerned with the sect's views of the
Essence of God, another with their views of God's attributes and
the third with their theory of the origination and annihilation
of the world. The sect's views regarding the problem of Free will
and predestination have been considered in the fourth chapter, and
in the fifth their Doctrine of faith and its further implications
have been treated. And in the last chapter the Karramite concept
of the Prophecy have been considered. All this has been dealt
with in comparison between the Karramites views and the views
of other sects, particularly the Asb'arites whose views were
presented mainly by Fakhr ad-Din ar-RazI.