The Devils Deception by Imam Ibn AL-Jawzi

Chapter Two: Condemning bid' ah (innovation) and mubtadi'in (innovators)
The response would be: We know of deviation and of the roots
of all sects. Each sect split into other sects. We do not know the
names of all of these sects and their doctrines, but we know that
some of the roots of these sects: al-lf ariir!J!yah (;J)-1), al-Qadar!J!yah
(;I), aljahm[Jyah (I), al-Mur;i'ah ( )1), al-Rd.fttfah ('i...4.il)I) and
aljabnjyah (_?..\).
Some scholars said: The root of all deviant sects are these six sects.
Each sect split into twelve sects. The total is seventy two sects.
i. al-ljarnr[yyah (JJ)-1)
Al-lfariir!J!yah split into twelve sects:
Al-Azraq[Jyah ('-;iJ}'11 ) claimed that no one (other than their followers)
was a believer, and they declared all followers of Islam to be
non-believers.
Al-lbtitf[Jyah (1.!'1) claimed that whoever adopted their beliefs is
a believer, and whoever did not was a hypocrite.
Al-Tha'lab[Jyah ( 4.WI) claimed that Allah (the Mighty and the
Majestic) did not decree.
Al-/f azjm[Jyah ( jI) claimed that they did not understand belief
(iman), and all humans were excused (for not believing).
Al-Khalef!Yyah (1) claimed that whoever did not practice jihad
whether male or female is a non-believer.
Al-Kiizfyyah ( j}JI) claimed that no one was to touch anyone else
because there was no way to know a pure person (tapir>) from a non-
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